android - Latitude and longitude addresses for Google Maps always show Chinese locations -

the problem

i'm trying retrieve latitude , longitude address using geocoder.getfromlocationname().

it works android devices, keeps showing chinese latitude , longitude addresses xiamoi mobile phone. however, should showing location - saket, delhi, india.

here's code:

public latlng getlocationfromaddress(string straddress) {         geocoder coder = new geocoder(getactivity(), locale.getdefault());     list<address> address;     latlng p1 = null;      try {         address = coder.getfromlocationname(straddress, 5);         if (address == null) {             return null;         }         address location = address.get(0);         location.getlatitude();         location.getlongitude();         p1 = new latlng(location.getlatitude(), location.getlongitude());         return p1;     } } 

change locale

the locale passed geocoder constructor represents desired locale query results. applies the following code:

 geocoder coder = new geocoder(getactivity(), locale.getdefault()); 

be wary of default locale

from documentation locale.getdefault();

note there many convenience methods automatically use default locale, using them may lead subtle bugs.

a common mistake implicitly use default locale when producing output meant machine-readable. tends work on developer's test devices (especially because many developers use en_us), fails when run on device user in more complex locale.

the default locale china. makes sense seeing xiaomi chinese manufacturer. why keep getting chinese addresses.

test

try following , check logs see locale being set to:

locale defaultlocale = locale.getdefault(); log.i("myactivity", defaultlocale.tostring());