Geocoder suddenly stopped working

Question

I am using Geocoder to get the lat and long in my android application. It was working fine some while back but now it just stopped working. I didn't change the code. Why this happned?

public void onItemClick(AdapterView adapterView, View view, int position, long id) {
        String str = (String) adapterView.getItemAtPosition(position);
    List<Address> addressList= null;
            if(str != null || str.equals("") ){
                Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this);
                try {
                    addressList = geocoder.getFromLocationName(str, 1);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                Address address = addressList.get(0);
                //LatLng latLng = new LatLng(address.getLatitude(),address.getLongitude());
                Intent i = new Intent(Activity2.this, MainActivity.class);
                i.putExtra("location", str);
                i.putExtra("latitude", address.getLatitude());
                i.putExtra("longitude", address.getLongitude());
                startActivity(i);
            }
}

Thank you!!

Why someone is down voting? At least tell us where we are going wrong? — user3304748, Apr 03 '16 at 20:14
This call requires an Internet connection. Do you have an Internet connection when it's not working? — Daniel Nugent, Apr 03 '16 at 20:18
Ya I have Internet connection. It was working fine 7-8 hrs ago. — user3304748, Apr 03 '16 at 20:21
Service not available perhaps? Take a look here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7109240/service-not-available-geocoder-android Check your log output.... — Daniel Nugent, Apr 03 '16 at 20:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 04 '16 at 06:16

Are you receiving IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server error? Because I've already seen other posts where it is mentioned that Geocoder isn't functioning properly, even though it did earlier (a few hours/days ago). I went to the public ticket - https://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=9153 - that was made when this happened last January, and it seems there are others who are experiencing this. You did mention you didn't modify anything in the code, right?

Geocoder suddenly stopped working

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