Getting name of google places API (Place Search) for my current location

Question

I am making an android app, in which I will use the name of current location to search its details over wikipedia. for e.g. If I am in Madame Tussauds, First I ll get the current location coordinates then after reverse geocoding, it's info will be searched over wikipedia and displayed in my app.

I have my current location coordinates but the problem is when I reverse geocode the coordinates, I don't get the place name. for e.g. for coordinates 33.651826, 73.156593, when I reverse geocode, I get Park Road, Pakistan where as the name of the place is COMSATS Institute of Information Technology.

I get COMSATS Institute of Information Technology in Google Places API (Place Search) in Name node. So is there a way I can use Google Places API's name node for my current location name rather than any place search or other features?

Or is there any way I can get the place name using lat lon?

Answer 1

Define a GoogleApiClient object and then call this method

private void guessCurrentPlace() {
PendingResult<PlaceLikelihoodBuffer> result = Places.PlaceDetectionApi.getCurrentPlace( mGoogleApiClient, null );
result.setResultCallback( new ResultCallback<PlaceLikelihoodBuffer>() {
    @Override
    public void onResult( PlaceLikelihoodBuffer likelyPlaces ) {

        PlaceLikelihood placeLikelihood = likelyPlaces.get( 0 );
        String content = "";
        if( placeLikelihood != null && placeLikelihood.getPlace() != null && !TextUtils.isEmpty( placeLikelihood.getPlace().getName() ) )
            content = "Most likely place: " + placeLikelihood.getPlace().getName() + "\n";
        if( placeLikelihood != null )
            content += "Percent change of being there: " + (int) ( placeLikelihood.getLikelihood() * 100 ) + "%";
        mTextView.setText( content );

        likelyPlaces.release();
    }
});
}

Reference: http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/google-play-services-using-the-places-api--cms-23715