Geocoder is not working, instead use google maps

I noticed that Geocoder does not work for a month in my app. I tested it different simulator and device. But i never get a address. After test i search another method for find address. While i search this, i notice i am not alone with geocoder issue. Other developers use a work arround. I added a few line of code for encoding UTF-8 characters.

public static List<Address> getStringFromLocation(double lat, double lng)
        throws ClientProtocolException, IOException, JSONException {


String address = String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=%1$f,%2$f&sensor=false", lat, lng);

HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet(address);



HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();



client.getParams().setParameter(CoreProtocolPNames.HTTP_CONTENT_CHARSET, "UTF-8");


HttpResponse response;

StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

List<Address> retList = null; 



response = client.execute(httpGet);

HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();



InputStream stream = entity.getContent();

BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream, "UTF-8"));

String line;

while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) 

   stringBuilder.append(line);

      JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();


jsonObject = new JSONObject(stringBuilder.toString());



retList = new ArrayList<Address>();

if ("OK".equalsIgnoreCase(jsonObject.getString("status"))) {

   JSONArray results = jsonObject.getJSONArray("results");

   for (int i = 0; i < results.length(); i++) {

      JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(i);

      String indiStr = result.getString("formatted_address");

      Address addr = new Address(Locale.getDefault());

      addr.setAddressLine(0, indiStr);

      retList.add(addr);

   }  



}



return retList;

}

I hope you can use this helpful. And i update Show The Way. 

Here is change log;

#2.3
FC Bugs fixed
No location issue solved
Unnecessary dialogs removed
No address issue solved
Reduce ads show
Refactor location code
Library update

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