Geocoder.getFromLocation() does not return any addresses

Question

I am trying to get location information(Country name, city name, etc) by having longitude and latitude. But, the following code does not return any addresses, the addresses.size() is always zero!! I need help. Thank you.

public class FirstUsage extends Activity{

private LocationListener myLocListener;
private LocationManager myLocManager;
private TextView tv;
private Button okButt;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.first_use_page);

    tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.TextView_firstPageCoordination);
    okButt = (Button)findViewById(R.id.firstPageOKButt);

    myLocManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);
    setLocationChangeListener();
}

private void setLocationChangeListener() {
    myLocListener = new LocationListener() {
        @Override
        public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {

            /*----------to get City-Name from coordinates ------------- */
            String countryName = null;
            Geocoder gcd = new Geocoder(FirstUsage.this, Locale.getDefault());
            List<Address> addresses;
            try {
                addresses = gcd.getFromLocation(location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude(), 1);
                if (addresses.size() > 0) {

                    Address returnedAddress = addresses.get(0);
                    countryName = returnedAddress.getCountryName();
                }
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            tv.setText("Your current country is: " + countryName + "\n Your current coordination is:\n" + "Longitude: " + location.getLongitude() + "   Latitude: " + location.getLatitude());


            /////
            if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(FirstUsage.this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED && ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(FirstUsage.this, Manifest.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                return;
            }
            myLocManager.removeUpdates(myLocListener);
        }

Answer 1

From the android documentation:

The Geocoder class requires a backend service that is not included in the core android framework.

The issue is Geocoder backend service is not available in your device/simulator. Your device/simulator needs Google API in order to works correctly with Grocoder.