Question

I need to determine the address for a geo location, so I used GeoCoder and Address, I tried to print an Address object and got the following:

(for privacy reason, I used some fake data, but the data I received on my device is real)

Address[addressLines=[0:”123 ABC St”,1:”Melbourne VIC 1234″,2:”Australia”],feature=123,admin=Victoria,sub-admin=null,locality=Melbourne,thoroughfare=ABC St,postalCode=1234,countryCode=AU,countryName=Australia,hasLatitude=true,latitude=-123.321,hasLongitude=true,longitude=123.321,phone=null,url=null,extras=null]

Now I’m wondering, can I assume that:

1. address line index 0 is always the street address?
2. and index 1 and to is the suburb, state, postcode pair, and index 2 is the country?
3. “feature” is actually the street number(ie 123)?
4. “admin” is state?

If the format is NOT fixed, how do I get address information?
Thanks!

Answer 1

I don’t think that the format is fixed and you should not rely on the array indexes. From the docs:

The amount of detail in a reverse
geocoded location description may
vary, for example one might contain
the full street address of the closest
building, while another might contain
only a city name and postal code. The
Geocoder class requires a backend
service that is not included in the
core android framework.

The geocoding service is implemented by the Google Maps service which runs in the backgroind I believe. You should use Address class to fetch the elements of the address that you require.