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@jd:body
<div id="tb-wrapper">
<div id="tb">
<div id="tb">
<h2>This lesson teaches you to</h2>
<ol>
<li><a href="#DefineTask">Define the Address Lookup Task</a></li>
<li><a href="#DisplayResults">Define a Method to Display the Results</a></li>
<li><a href="#RunTask">Run the Lookup Task</a></li>
</ol>
<h2>This lesson teaches you how to</h2>
<ol>
<li><a href="#connect">Get a Geographic Location</a></li>
<li><a href="#fetch-address">Define an Intent Service to Fetch the
Address</a></li>
<li><a href="#start-intent">Start the Intent Service</a></li>
<li><a href="#result-receiver">Receive the Geocoding Results</a></li>
</ol>
<h2>You should also read</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">Setup Google Play Services SDK</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="retrieve-current.html">Retrieving the Current Location</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="receive-location-updates.html">Receiving Location Updates</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Try it out</h2>
<h2>You should also read</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">Setting up Google
Play Services</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="retrieve-current.html">Getting the Last Known Location</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="receive-location-updates.html">Receiving Location Updates</a>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>Try it out</h2>
<div class="download-box">
<a href="http://developer.android.com/shareables/training/LocationUpdates.zip" class="button">Download
the sample app</a>
<p class="filename">LocationUpdates.zip</p>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/googlesamples/android-play-location/tree/master/LocationAddress" class="external-link">LocationAddress</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<p>The lessons <a href="retrieve-current.html">Getting the Last Known
Location</a> and <a href="receive-location-updates.html">Receiving Location
Updates</a> describe how to get the user's location in the form of a
{@link android.location.Location} object that contains latitude and longitude
coordinates. Although latitude and longitude are useful for calculating
distance or displaying a map position, in many cases the address of the
location is more useful. For example, if you want to let your users know where
they are or what is close by, a street address is more meaningful than the
geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) of the location.</p>
<p>Using the {@link android.location.Geocoder} class in the Android framework
location APIs, you can convert an address to the corresponding geographic
coordinates. This process is called <em>geocoding</em>. Alternatively, you can
convert a geographic location to an address. The address lookup feature is
also known as <em>reverse geocoding</em>.</p>
<p>This lesson shows you how to use the
{@link android.location.Geocoder#getFromLocation getFromLocation()} method to
convert a geographic location to an address. The method returns an estimated
street address corresponding to a given latitude and longitude.</p>
<h2 id="connect">Get a Geographic Location</h2>
<p>The last known location of the device is a useful starting point for the
address lookup feature. The lesson on
<a href="retrieve-current.html">Getting the Last Known Location</a> shows you
how to use the
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/location/FusedLocationProviderApi.html#getLastLocation(com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiClient)">{@code getLastLocation()}</a>
method provided by the
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/location/FusedLocationProviderApi.html">fused
location provider</a> to find the latest location of the device.</p>
<p>To access the fused location provider, you need to create an instance of the
Google Play services API client. To learn how to connect your client, see
<a href="{@docRoot}training/location/retrieve-current.html#play-services">Connect
to Google Play Services</a>.</p>
<p>In order for the fused location provider to retrieve a precise street
address, set the location permission in your app manifest to
{@code ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION}, as shown in the following example:</p>
<p>
The lessons <a href="retrieve-current.html">Retrieving the Current Location</a> and
<a href="receive-location-updates.html">Receiving Location Updates</a> describe how to get the
user's current location in the form of a {@link android.location.Location} object that
contains latitude and longitude coordinates. Although latitude and longitude are useful for
calculating distance or displaying a map position, in many cases the address of the location is
more useful.
</p>
<p>
The Android platform API provides a feature that returns an estimated street addresses for
latitude and longitude values. This lesson shows you how to use this address lookup feature.
</p>
<p class="note">
<strong>Note:</strong> Address lookup requires a backend service that is not included in the
core Android framework. If this backend service is not available,
{@link android.location.Geocoder#getFromLocation Geocoder.getFromLocation()} returns an empty
list. The helper method {@link android.location.Geocoder#isPresent isPresent()}, available
in API level 9 and later, checks to see if the backend service is available.
</p>
<p>
The snippets in the following sections assume that your app has already retrieved the
current location and stored it as a {@link android.location.Location} object in the global
variable {@code mLocation}.
</p>
<!--
Define the address lookup task
-->
<h2 id="DefineTask">Define the Address Lookup Task</h2>
<p>
To get an address for a given latitude and longitude, call
{@link android.location.Geocoder#getFromLocation Geocoder.getFromLocation()}, which returns a
list of addresses. The method is synchronous, and may take a long time to do its work, so you
should call the method from the {@link android.os.AsyncTask#doInBackground
doInBackground()} method of an {@link android.os.AsyncTask}.
</p>
<p>
While your app is getting the address, display an indeterminate activity
indicator to show that your app is working in the background. Set the indicator's initial state
to {@code android:visibility="gone"}, to make it invisible and remove it from the layout
hierarchy. When you start the address lookup, you set its visibility to "visible".
</p>
<p>
The following snippet shows how to add an indeterminate {@link android.widget.ProgressBar} to
your layout file:
</p>
<pre>
&lt;ProgressBar
android:id="&#64;+id/address_progress"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:indeterminate="true"
android:visibility="gone" /&gt;
&lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.google.android.gms.location.sample.locationupdates" &gt;
&lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/&gt;
&lt;/manifest&gt;
</pre>
<p>
To create the background task, define a subclass of {@link android.os.AsyncTask} that calls
{@link android.location.Geocoder#getFromLocation getFromLocation()} and returns an address.
Define a {@link android.widget.TextView} object {@code mAddress} to contain the returned
address, and a {@link android.widget.ProgressBar} object that allows you to control the
indeterminate activity indicator. For example:
</p>
<h2 id="fetch-address">Define an Intent Service to Fetch the Address</h2>
<p>The {@link android.location.Geocoder#getFromLocation getFromLocation()}
method provided by the {@link android.location.Geocoder} class accepts a
latitude and longitude, and returns a list of addresses. The method is
synchronous, and may take a long time to do its work, so you should not call
it from the main, user interface (UI) thread of your app.</p>
<p>The {@link android.app.IntentService IntentService} class provides a
structure for running a task on a background thread. Using this class, you can
handle a long-running operation without affecting your UI's responsiveness.
Note that the {@link android.os.AsyncTask AsyncTask} class also allows you to
perform background operations, but it's designed for short operations. An
{@link android.os.AsyncTask AsyncTask} shouldn't keep a reference to the UI if
the activity is recreated, for example when the device is rotated. In
contrast, an {@link android.app.IntentService IntentService} doesn't need to
be cancelled when the activity is rebuilt.</p>
<p>Define a {@code FetchAddressIntentService} class that extends
{@link android.app.IntentService}. This class is your address lookup service.
The intent service handles an intent asynchronously on a worker thread, and
stops itself when it runs out of work. The intent extras provide the data
needed by the service, including a {@link android.location.Location} object
for conversion to an address, and a {@link android.os.ResultReceiver} object
to handle the results of the address lookup. The service uses a {@link
android.location.Geocoder} to fetch the address for the location, and sends
the results to the {@link android.os.ResultReceiver}.</p>
<h3>Define the Intent Service in your App Manifest</h3>
<p>Add an entry to your app manifest defining the intent service:</p>
<pre>
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
&lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.google.android.gms.location.sample.locationaddress" &gt;
&lt;application
...
&lt;service
android:name=".FetchAddressIntentService"
android:exported="false"/&gt;
&lt;/application&gt;
...
private TextView mAddress;
private ProgressBar mActivityIndicator;
&lt;/manifest&gt;
</pre>
<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The {@code &lt;service&gt;} element in
the manifest doesn't need to include an intent filter, because your main
activity creates an explicit intent by specifying the name of the class to use
for the intent.</p>
<h3>Create a Geocoder</h3>
<p>The process of converting a geographic location to an address is called
<em>reverse geocoding</em>. To perform the main work of the intent service,
that is, your reverse geocoding request, implement
{@link android.app.IntentService#onHandleIntent onHandleIntent()} within the
{@code FetchAddressIntentService} class. Create a
{@link android.location.Geocoder} object to handle the reverse geocoding.</p>
<p>A locale represents a specific geographical or linguistic region. Locale
objects are used to adjust the presentation of information, such as numbers or
dates, to suit the conventions in the region represented by the locale. Pass a
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/java/util/Locale.html">{@code Locale}</a> object
to the {@link android.location.Geocoder} object, to ensure that the resulting
address is localized to the user's geographic region.</p>
<pre>
&#64;Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
...
}
</pre>
<h3 id="retrieve-street-address">Retrieve the street address data</h3>
<p>The next step is to retrieve the street address from the geocoder, handle
any errors that may occur, and send the results back to the activity that
requested the address. To report the results of the geocoding
process, you need two numeric constants that indicate success or failure.
Define a {@code Constants} class to contain the values, as shown in this code
snippet:</p>
<pre>
public final class Constants {
public static final int SUCCESS_RESULT = 0;
public static final int FAILURE_RESULT = 1;
public static final String PACKAGE_NAME =
"com.google.android.gms.location.sample.locationaddress";
public static final String RECEIVER = PACKAGE_NAME + ".RECEIVER";
public static final String RESULT_DATA_KEY = PACKAGE_NAME +
".RESULT_DATA_KEY";
public static final String LOCATION_DATA_EXTRA = PACKAGE_NAME +
".LOCATION_DATA_EXTRA";
}
</pre>
<p>To get a street address corresponding to a geographical location, call
{@link android.location.Geocoder#getFromLocation getFromLocation()},
passing it the latitude and longitude from the location object, and the
maximum number of addresses you want returned. In this case, you want just one
address. The geocoder returns an array of addresses. If no addresses were
found to match the given location, it returns an empty list. If there is no
backend geocoding service available, the geocoder returns null.</p>
<p>Check for the following errors as shown in the code sample below. If an error
occurs, place the corresponding error message in the {@code errorMessage}
variable, so you can send it back to the requesting activity:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>No location data provided</strong> - The intent extras do not
include the {@link android.location.Location} object required for reverse
geocoding.</li>
<li><strong>Invalid latitude or longitude used</strong> - The latitude
and/or longitude values provided in the {@link android.location.Location}
object are invalid.</li>
<li><strong>No geocoder available</strong> - The background geocoding service
is not available, due to a network error or IO exception.</li>
<li><strong>Sorry, no address found</strong> - The geocoder could not find an
address for the given latitude/longitude.</li>
</ul>
<p>To get the individual lines of an address object, use the
{@link android.location.Address#getAddressLine getAddressLine()}
method provided by the {@link android.location.Address} class. Then join the
lines into a list of address fragments ready to return to the activity that
requested the address.</p>
<p>To send the results back to the requesting activity, call the
{@code deliverResultToReceiver()} method (defined in
<a href="#return-address">Return the address to the requestor</a>). The
results consist of the previously-mentioned numeric success/failure code and
a string. In the case of a successful reverse geocoding, the string contains
the address. In the case of a failure, the string contains the error message,
as shown in the code sample below:</p>
<pre>
&#64;Override
protected void onHandleIntent(Intent intent) {
String errorMessage = "";
// Get the location passed to this service through an extra.
Location location = intent.getParcelableExtra(
Constants.LOCATION_DATA_EXTRA);
...
List&lt;Address&gt; addresses = null;
try {
addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(
location.getLatitude(),
location.getLongitude(),
// In this sample, get just a single address.
1);
} catch (IOException ioException) {
// Catch network or other I/O problems.
errorMessage = getString(R.string.service_not_available);
Log.e(TAG, errorMessage, ioException);
} catch (IllegalArgumentException illegalArgumentException) {
// Catch invalid latitude or longitude values.
errorMessage = getString(R.string.invalid_lat_long_used);
Log.e(TAG, errorMessage + ". " +
"Latitude = " + location.getLatitude() +
", Longitude = " +
location.getLongitude(), illegalArgumentException);
}
// Handle case where no address was found.
if (addresses == null || addresses.size() == 0) {
if (errorMessage.isEmpty()) {
errorMessage = getString(R.string.no_address_found);
Log.e(TAG, errorMessage);
}
deliverResultToReceiver(Constants.FAILURE_RESULT, errorMessage);
} else {
Address address = addresses.get(0);
ArrayList&lt;String&gt; addressFragments = new ArrayList&lt;String&gt;();
// Fetch the address lines using {@code getAddressLine},
// join them, and send them to the thread.
for(int i = 0; i < address.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {
addressFragments.add(address.getAddressLine(i));
}
Log.i(TAG, getString(R.string.address_found));
deliverResultToReceiver(Constants.SUCCESS_RESULT,
TextUtils.join(System.getProperty("line.separator"),
addressFragments));
}
}
</pre>
<h3 id="return-address">Return the address to the requestor</h3>
<p>The final thing the intent service must do is send the address back to a
{@link android.os.ResultReceiver} in the activity that started the service.
The {@link android.os.ResultReceiver} class allows you to send a
numeric result code as well as a message containing the result data. The
numeric code is useful for reporting the success or failure of the geocoding
request. In the case of a successful reverse geocoding, the message contains
the address. In the case of a failure, the message contains some text
describing the reason for failure.</p>
<p>You have already retrieved the address from the geocoder, trapped any errors
that may occur, and called the {@code deliverResultToReceiver()} method. Now
you need to define the {@code deliverResultToReceiver()} method that sends
a result code and message bundle to the result receiver.</p>
<p>For the result code, use the value that you've passed to the
{@code deliverResultToReceiver()} method in the {@code resultCode} parameter.
To construct the message bundle, concatenate the {@code RESULT_DATA_KEY}
constant from your {@code Constants} class (defined in
<a href="#retrieve-street-address">Retrieve the street address data</a>) and
the value in the {@code message} parameter passed to the
{@code deliverResultToReceiver()} method, as shown in the following sample:
</p>
<pre>
public class FetchAddressIntentService extends IntentService {
protected ResultReceiver mReceiver;
...
private void deliverResultToReceiver(int resultCode, String message) {
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putString(Constants.RESULT_DATA_KEY, message);
mReceiver.send(resultCode, bundle);
}
}
</pre>
<h2 id="start-intent">Start the Intent Service</h2>
<p>The intent service, as defined in the previous section, runs in the
background and is responsible for fetching the address corresponding to a
given geographic location. When you start the service, the Android framework
instantiates and starts the service if it isn't already running, and creates a
process if needed. If the service is already running then it remains running.
Because the service extends {@link android.app.IntentService IntentService},
it shuts down automatically when all intents have been processed.</p>
<p>Start the service from your app's main activity,
and create an {@link android.content.Intent} to pass data to the service. You
need an <em>explicit</em> intent, because you want only your service
to respond to the intent. For more information, see
<a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/intents-filters.html#Types">Intent
Types</a>.</p>
<p>To create an explicit intent, specify the name of the
class to use for the service: {@code FetchAddressIntentService.class}.
Pass two pieces of information in the intent extras:</p>
<ul>
<li>A {@link android.os.ResultReceiver} to handle the results of the address
lookup.</li>
<li>A {@link android.location.Location} object containing the latitude and
longitude that you want to convert to an address.</li>
</ul>
<p>The following code sample shows you how to start the intent service:</p>
<pre>
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements
ConnectionCallbacks, OnConnectionFailedListener {
protected Location mLastLocation;
private AddressResultReceiver mResultReceiver;
...
protected void startIntentService() {
Intent intent = new Intent(this, FetchAddressIntentService.class);
intent.putExtra(Constants.RECEIVER, mResultReceiver);
intent.putExtra(Constants.LOCATION_DATA_EXTRA, mLastLocation);
startService(intent);
}
}
</pre>
<p>Call the above {@code startIntentService()} method when the
user takes an action that requires a geocoding address lookup. For example,
the user may press a <em>Fetch address</em> button on your app's UI. Before
starting the intent service, you need to check that the connection to Google
Play services is present. The following code snippet shows the call to the
{@code startIntentService()} method in the button handler:</p>
<pre>
public void fetchAddressButtonHandler(View view) {
// Only start the service to fetch the address if GoogleApiClient is
// connected.
if (mGoogleApiClient.isConnected() && mLastLocation != null) {
startIntentService();
}
// If GoogleApiClient isn't connected, process the user's request by
// setting mAddressRequested to true. Later, when GoogleApiClient connects,
// launch the service to fetch the address. As far as the user is
// concerned, pressing the Fetch Address button
// immediately kicks off the process of getting the address.
mAddressRequested = true;
updateUIWidgets();
}
</pre>
<p>You must also start the intent service when the connection to Google Play
services is established, if the user has already clicked the button on your
app's UI. The following code snippet shows the call to the
{@code startIntentService()} method in the
<a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/common/api/GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks.html#onConnected(android.os.Bundle)">{@code onConnected()}</a>
callback provided by the Google API Client:</p>
<pre>
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements
ConnectionCallbacks, OnConnectionFailedListener {
...
&#64;Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
...
mAddress = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.address);
mActivityIndicator =
(ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.address_progress);
}
...
/**
* A subclass of AsyncTask that calls getFromLocation() in the
* background. The class definition has these generic types:
* Location - A {@link android.location.Location} object containing
* the current location.
* Void - indicates that progress units are not used
* String - An address passed to onPostExecute()
*/
private class GetAddressTask extends
AsyncTask&lt;Location, Void, String&gt; {
Context mContext;
public GetAddressTask(Context context) {
super();
mContext = context;
}
...
/**
* Get a Geocoder instance, get the latitude and longitude
* look up the address, and return it
*
* &#64;params params One or more Location objects
* &#64;return A string containing the address of the current
* location, or an empty string if no address can be found,
* or an error message
*/
&#64;Override
protected String doInBackground(Location... params) {
Geocoder geocoder =
new Geocoder(mContext, Locale.getDefault());
// Get the current location from the input parameter list
Location loc = params[0];
// Create a list to contain the result address
List&lt;Address&gt; addresses = null;
try {
/*
* Return 1 address.
*/
addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(loc.getLatitude(),
loc.getLongitude(), 1);
} catch (IOException e1) {
Log.e("LocationSampleActivity",
"IO Exception in getFromLocation()");
e1.printStackTrace();
return ("IO Exception trying to get address");
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e2) {
// Error message to post in the log
String errorString = "Illegal arguments " +
Double.toString(loc.getLatitude()) +
" , " +
Double.toString(loc.getLongitude()) +
" passed to address service";
Log.e("LocationSampleActivity", errorString);
e2.printStackTrace();
return errorString;
public void onConnected(Bundle connectionHint) {
// Gets the best and most recent location currently available,
// which may be null in rare cases when a location is not available.
mLastLocation = LocationServices.FusedLocationApi.getLastLocation(
mGoogleApiClient);
if (mLastLocation != null) {
// Determine whether a Geocoder is available.
if (!Geocoder.isPresent()) {
Toast.makeText(this, R.string.no_geocoder_available,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
return;
}
// If the reverse geocode returned an address
if (addresses != null &amp;&amp; addresses.size() &gt; 0) {
// Get the first address
Address address = addresses.get(0);
/*
* Format the first line of address (if available),
* city, and country name.
*/
String addressText = String.format(
"&#037;s, &#037;s, &#037;s",
// If there's a street address, add it
address.getMaxAddressLineIndex() &gt; 0 ?
address.getAddressLine(0) : "",
// Locality is usually a city
address.getLocality(),
// The country of the address
address.getCountryName());
// Return the text
return addressText;
} else {
return "No address found";
if (mAddressRequested) {
startIntentService();
}
}
...
}
...
}
</pre>
<p>
The next section shows you how to display the address in the user interface.
</p>
<!-- Define a method to display the address -->
<h2 id="DisplayResults">Define a Method to Display the Results</h2>
<p>
{@link android.os.AsyncTask#doInBackground doInBackground()} returns the result of the address
lookup as a {@link java.lang.String}. This value is passed to
{@link android.os.AsyncTask#onPostExecute onPostExecute()}, where you do further processing
on the results. Since {@link android.os.AsyncTask#onPostExecute onPostExecute()}
runs on the UI thread, it can update the user interface; for example, it can turn off the
activity indicator and display the results to the user:
</p>
<h2 id="result-receiver">Receive the Geocoding Results</h2>
<p>The intent service has handled the geocoding request, and uses a
{@link android.os.ResultReceiver} to return the results to the activity that
made the request. In the activity that makes the request, define an
{@code AddressResultReceiver} that extends {@link android.os.ResultReceiver}
to handle the response from {@code FetchAddressIntentService}.</p>
<p>The result includes a numeric result code (<code>resultCode</code>) as well
as a message containing the result data (<code>resultData</code>). If the
reverse geocoding process was successful, the <code>resultData</code> contains
the address. In the case of a failure, the <code>resultData</code> contains
text describing the reason for failure. For details of the possible errors,
see <a href="#return-address">Return the address to the requestor</a>.</p>
<p>Override the
{@link android.os.ResultReceiver#onReceiveResult onReceiveResult()} method
to handle the results delivered to the result receiver, as shown in the
following code sample:</p>
<pre>
private class GetAddressTask extends
AsyncTask&lt;Location, Void, String&gt; {
...
/**
* A method that's called once doInBackground() completes. Turn
* off the indeterminate activity indicator and set
* the text of the UI element that shows the address. If the
* lookup failed, display the error message.
*/
public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements
ConnectionCallbacks, OnConnectionFailedListener {
...
class AddressResultReceiver extends ResultReceiver {
public AddressResultReceiver(Handler handler) {
super(handler);
}
&#64;Override
protected void onPostExecute(String address) {
// Set activity indicator visibility to "gone"
mActivityIndicator.setVisibility(View.GONE);
// Display the results of the lookup.
mAddress.setText(address);
protected void onReceiveResult(int resultCode, Bundle resultData) {
// Display the address string
// or an error message sent from the intent service.
mAddressOutput = resultData.getString(Constants.RESULT_DATA_KEY);
displayAddressOutput();
// Show a toast message if an address was found.
if (resultCode == Constants.SUCCESS_RESULT) {
showToast(getString(R.string.address_found));
}
}
...
}
</pre>
<p>
The final step is to run the address lookup.
</p>
<!-- Get and display the address -->
<h2 id="RunTask">Run the Lookup Task</h2>
<p>
To get the address, call {@link android.os.AsyncTask#execute execute()}. For example, the
following snippet starts the address lookup when the user clicks the "Get Address" button:
</p>
<pre>
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity {
...
/**
* The "Get Address" button in the UI is defined with
* android:onClick="getAddress". The method is invoked whenever the
* user clicks the button.
*
* &#64;param v The view object associated with this method,
* in this case a Button.
*/
public void getAddress(View v) {
// Ensure that a Geocoder services is available
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT &gt;=
Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD
&amp;&amp;
Geocoder.isPresent()) {
// Show the activity indicator
mActivityIndicator.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
/*
* Reverse geocoding is long-running and synchronous.
* Run it on a background thread.
* Pass the current location to the background task.
* When the task finishes,
* onPostExecute() displays the address.
*/
(new GetAddressTask(this)).execute(mLocation);
}
...
}
...
}
</pre>
<p>
The next lesson, <a href="geofencing.html">Creating and Monitoring Geofences</a>, demonstrates
how to define locations of interest called <b>geofences</b> and how to use geofence monitoring
to detect the user's proximity to a location of interest.
</p>