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Cordova NativeGeocoder plugin

Call nativegeocoder.reverseGeocode() to transform a latitude and longitude into an address or nativegeocoder.forwardGeocode() to transform an address into a latitude and longitude using iOS CoreLocation service and Android Geocoder class.

No need for creating API keys or querying external APIs

Please read Known Issues before posting an issue! Thank you! :heart_eyes:

Ionic

This plugin is also available for Ionic awesome-cordova-plugins & Capacitor.

Installation

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder

For iOS Cordova iOS version >5.0.0 is required.

Configuration

You can also configure the following variable to customize the iOS location plist entry

LOCATION_WHEN_IN_USE_DESCRIPTION for NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription (defaults to "Use geocoder service")

Supported Platforms

iOS
Android

API

.reverseGeocode(successCallback, errorCallback, latitude, longitude, options);

Reverse geocode a given latitude and longitude to find location address.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`success`	`Function`	Success callback (with Array<Result>)
`error`	`Function`	Error callback.
`latitude`	`Number`	The latitude.
`longitude`	`Number`	The longtitude.
`options`	`Object`	Optional. Is called when the api encounters an error while initializing the context.

All available options attributes:

Attribute	Type	Default	Comment
`useLocale`	`Boolean`	true	Optional. Only works for Android and iOS 11.0+.
`defaultLocale`	`String`		Optional. E.g.: 'fa-IR' or 'de_DE'; works only for Android and iOS 11.0+.
`maxResults`	`Number`	1	Optional. Min value: 1, max value: 5.

Array<Result>

Conforms to Apple's and Android's geocoder's result arrays.

Value	Type
`latitude`	`String`
`longitude`	`String`
`countryCode`	`String`
`postalCode`	`String`
`administrativeArea`	`String`
`subAdministrativeArea`	`String`
`locality`	`String`
`subLocality`	`String`
`thoroughfare`	`String`
`subThoroughfare`	`String`
`areasOfInterest`	`Array<String>`
`addressLines` (Android only)	`Array<String>`

Example

nativegeocoder.reverseGeocode(success, failure, 52.5072095, 13.1452818, { useLocale: true, maxResults: 1 });

function success(result) {
  var firstResult = result[0];
  console.log("First Result: " + JSON.stringify(firstResult));
}

function failure(err) {
  console.log(err);
}

.forwardGeocode(success, error, addressString, options)

Forward geocode a given address to find coordinates.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`success`	`Function`	Success callback (with Array<Result>)
`error`	`Function`	Error callback.
`addressString`	`String`	The address to be geocoded.
`options`	`Object`	Optional. Is called when the api encounters an error while initializing the context.

All available options attributes:

Attribute	Type	Default	Comment
`useLocale`	`Boolean`	true	Optional. Only works for Android and iOS 11.0+.
`defaultLocale`	`String`		Optional. E.g.: 'fa-IR' or 'de_DE'; works only for Android and iOS 11.0+.
`maxResults`	`Number`	1	Optional. Min value: 1, max value: 5.

Array<Result>

Conforms to Apple's and Android's geocoder's result arrays.

Value	Type
`latitude`	`String`
`longitude`	`String`
`countryCode`	`String`
`postalCode`	`String`
`administrativeArea`	`String`
`subAdministrativeArea`	`String`
`locality`	`String`
`subLocality`	`String`
`thoroughfare`	`String`
`subThoroughfare`	`String`
`areasOfInterest`	`Array<String>`
`addressLines` (Android only)	`Array<String>`

Example

nativegeocoder.forwardGeocode(success, failure, "Berlin", { useLocale: true, maxResults: 1 });

function success(coordinates) {
  var firstResult = coordinates[0];
  console.log("The coordinates are latitude = " + firstResult.latitude + " and longitude = " + firstResult.longitude);
}

function failure(err) {
  console.log(err);
}

Known Issues

Android

Geocoder not working

Errors like Geocoder:getFromLocationName Error: grpc failed, Geocoder is not present on this device/emulator., Geocoder [...] Error or Geocoder Service not available.

Why?: The plugin checks for Geocoder.isPresent() (Android docs). One reason for Geocoder not working on a device could be that you are running your app on an emulator or on a device without Google Play Services. But Geocoder API "[...] requires a backend service that is not included in the core android framework".

Any workaround?: Yes, install Google Play services. Open SDK Tools > Tab SDK Tools > install Google Play services.

iOS

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Thank you :heart:

Yes you! Thank you very much for using cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder. If you have any feedback or run into issues using the plugin, please file an issue on this repository.