I have an app where I want to implement a function that takes a latitude & longitude pair and return a "place" associated with those coordinates. The android.location.Geocoder interface is exactly what I need, but the documentation includes the following note: "The Geocoder class requires a backend service that is not included in the core android framework." I assume in most Android devices, this backend is powered using the Google Maps infrastructure.
Instead of using Google Maps to determine the relevant places, I'd rather have a fully-offline implementation that implements a simpler scheme that I'm using in my app. Basically, all I want to do is map location coordinates to a handful (< 10) regions in the world that I can determine from the coordinates themselves without an offline call to Google's services. (In addition to offline access, I also want to support non-Google sanctioned devices like the Nook.) The simplest solution would be to ignore Geocoder altogether (and just use a custom lookup method), but in the spirit of doing things the "Android way", I was wondering if it was possible to override the system provider Context.LOCATION_SERVICE with one of my own and have Geocoder use my implementation (just for my own app). Please keep in mind, I'm a simple app developer using stock devices - not a device manufacturer. :-) Thanks in advance, -Chris Karr -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
