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! 😍

This plugin is also available for Ionic Native.

Installation

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder

The iOS part is written in Swift and the Swift support plugin is configured as a dependency.

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(success, error, latitude, longitude, options)
• .forwardGeocode(success, error, addressString, options)

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

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

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
success	Function		Success callback (with Array)
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

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

Value	Type
countryCode	String
postalCode	String
administrativeArea	String
subAdministrativeArea	String
locality	String
subLocality	String
thoroughfare	String
subThoroughfare	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	Default	Description
success	Function		Success callback (with Array)
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

Value	Type
latitude	String
longitude	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 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. Query Google Maps Geocoding API as a backup if Geocoder is not present.

Can the plugin handle this?: No. I decided not to implement Google Maps Geocoding API as a backup because you have to add an API key and more. I want this plugin to remain as small and lightweight as possible.

iOS

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Thank you ❤️

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.