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note that this code does work using Google API version 7 for android 2.1

I am also having the same issue with an AVD created for Google API v8.

List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocationName("Clock Tower, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India", 1);

The full stacktrace is as below:
java.io.IOException: Service not Available
    at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocationName(Geocoder.java:159)
    at org.prashlabs.android.taskmanager.AddLocationMapActivity.mapCurrentAddress(AddLocationMapActivity.java
    at org.prashlabs.android.taskmanager.AddLocationMapActivity$2.onClick(AddLocationMapActivity.java:60)
    at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2408)
    at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:8816)
    at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4627)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
    at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

It will work on the actual 2.2 device.  That's the only information I know (not affiliated with Google).  I'm actually going to look into the SAME bug this evening. Seems like a giant thing to overlook.  

Still not fixed? I have the same issue when using the Geocoder...

I'm getting the same error here

Just installed CyanogenMod 6 alfa and now GeoCoder works fine. I guess it will work on final builds of stock Froyo too.

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Still not fixed with latest release: SDK 2.2, API8, revision 2: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/07/android-22-sdk-refresh.html

I also meet the same error

I also get this error. I have opted to use the webservice described at http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/

Are you guys using this code on the Android 2.2 emulator? I'm also getting this error on the emulator but it works on the actual device (nexus one - android 2.2)

Same error for me on 2.2 emulator.  Haven't tried on actual device yet, but I'm glad I found this.  Yikes.

For info: If the Eclipse build properties link with the Google APIs level 7 and the target is AVD level 8 I still get the "Service not Available" IOException on coder.getFromLocationName. So it seems that the problem lies within the level 8 AVD not the API jars.

Hi, I'm getting the same error too. Same codes that works on AVD 7, does not work on AVD 8. :(

Please stop posting "I'm getting the same error" and the like. Remember that people get email everytime such a comment is posted.

Instead of posting such an uninformative comment, the design of the system is that you vote for the issue, so please do that instead.

folks.. please fix the bug. thanks a ton.

Just ran into this issue using the 2.2 Emulator...it's a bummer because I have nothing else to test on right now....my Droid X still hasn't gotten Froyo :/

Please, we need a solution to this issue or at least a workaround

AVDs tested on: Google API v7 (2.1-update1), Google API v8 (2.2)

Code that causes this issue for me:

List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(37.422006, -122.084095, 1);

Result using "Google API v7 (2.1-update1)": Works as intended.
Result using "Google API v8 (2.2)": Error - java.io.IOException: Service not Available


The stacktrace is essentially the same as the one posted by prashanth.babu (Comment 2 in this thread: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=8816#c2), except for the first line:

In prashanth.babu's stack trace, the first line is:
    at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocationName(Geocoder.java:159)

In my stack trace, the first line is:
    at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:117)

hi, i also meet the issue,but i found a solution. i use the kml to get the longitude and latitude,you can input address or train station name.
it almost work in any string.
the %E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E7%81%AB%E8%BB%8A%E7%AB%99 is the String you want to know.
the string type is UTF-8.
http://maps.google.com.tw/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=zh-TW&geocode=&q=%E5%8F%B0%E5%8D%97%E7%81%AB%E8%BB%8A%E7%AB%99&ie=UTF8&0&om=0&output=kml

hope it can help.

I have found a workaround to the issue. I used the standard google api: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/geocoding/

I have created a method that received a String address like "220+victoria+square" and returns a JSONObject with the response of the HTTP Call

public static JSONObject getLocationInfo(String address) {

                HttpGet httpGet = new HttpGet("http://maps.google."
                                + "com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=" + address
                                + "ka&sensor=false");
                HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();
                HttpResponse response;
                StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

                try {
                        response = client.execute(httpGet);
                        HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
                        InputStream stream = entity.getContent();
                        int b;
                        while ((b = stream.read()) != -1) {
                                stringBuilder.append((char) b);
                        }
                } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
                } catch (IOException e) {
                }

                JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
                try {
                        jsonObject = new JSONObject(stringBuilder.toString());
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                }

                return jsonObject;
        }

After executing this, another method converts that JSONObject into a GeoPoint.

public static GeoPoint getGeoPoint(JSONObject jsonObject) {

                Double lon = new Double(0);
                Double lat = new Double(0);

                try {

                        lon = ((JSONArray)jsonObject.get("results")).getJSONObject(0)
                                .getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location")
                                .getDouble("lng");

                        lat = ((JSONArray)jsonObject.get("results")).getJSONObject(0)
                                .getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location")
                                .getDouble("lat");

                } catch (JSONException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                }

                return new GeoPoint((int) (lat * 1E6), (int) (lon * 1E6));

        }

However this solution is extremely nasty and coupled..

I hope this helps

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Hii, Pablolarrimbe this is Dev your,s extremely nasty and coupled solution worked for me. Thanx bro...Only the address you are passing to the "getLocationInfo(String address)"
 replace all blank spaces with %20. ex-> address = address.replaceAll(" ","%20"); Thats it....

Hi ,

Please provide solution for geoCoder.getFromLocation(
                        point.getLatitudeE6()  / 1E6,
                        point.getLongitudeE6() / 1E6, 1) "Google API v8 (2.2)": Error - java.io.IOException: Service not Available

Thanks in advance

Samina

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Alas, geocoding fails on a DEVICE for me. Android 1.5 and Android 1.6. Presumably it works OK on an Android 2.2 device.

Are you guys building against SDK 8 and intending to run on 1.5, 1.6, etc? Has anyone else had the same errors?

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Can Google engineers put a priority on this bug? What's the escalation process to fix this?

Hey guys. Check my comment number 21, there I have posted a solution to this problem.
It is more like a workaround, but it will do it for now.

pablolarrimbe, they are referring to reverse geocoding, yeah?  You just have geocoding.

Attached is my workaround.. it works well enough for testing.  It uses the old google geocode API.  It's good enough until I get a phone to develop on.

ReverseGeocode.getFromLocation(double lat, double lon, int maxResults)

Returns a List<Address> like Geocoder's getFromLocation.

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pablolarrimbe, I saw your post #21. As you said it is a workaround. The API clearly breaks from its previous release. I can live with workaround during my development. Can google give an ETA to fix this? Also, I was asking what is the escalation path, if any? Thanks.

 Edward.the.IV,
No. It is the Geocoder. The following code throws an IOException in the emulator with SDK 2.2.  Apparently according to other post, the code is working on the physical device.  This could be a bug in the emulator.

        String staddress = "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043";
        try {
                List<Address> loc = geocoder.getFromLocationName(staddress, 5);
        } catch(IOException e) {
                Log.e("IOException", e.getMessage());
        }

Hey guys if it's a emulator bug, why is it doing without any problem when you click on an address under contact's address??? I'm saying that in emulators contact create an address for a contact and then click it, it brings the map and shows the correct address.
Is that map a different map? (is not not google map)?
So why we can not use that map?

Any suggestion???

bobbyfu: Again, you posted a Geocoder.  Not a reverse Geocoder.

varandtin: As far as I can tell, they're opening Maps with an intent.

It's as if you did this:

Intent i = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("geo:0,0?q=123+Some+Street+Vermont"));
startActivity(i);


Posting "Any suggestion???" sent an email to my phone while I was busy.  Thank you for that, it was very irritating.

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DavidAlanJewell: This bug is with the GeoCoder API.  It has nothing to do with the MapView or MapActivity classes.  The problem you describe sounds like an invalid maps API key.

Can people please think before posting.  Unless you have information that is specific to this bug and will help in the diagnosis of it by Google staff there is little reason in posting.

All you're doing is disturbing everyone who has starred this bug and making it harder for Google staff to get genuine information about the problem when they do get around to looking at it.

I respectively remove my "Google staff disturbing" Comment #39.

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Ok, maybe this might seem of little use to "average" app developers (like me):
I just noticed, by stepping through code, that the first place where you get a "Service not Available" _result String is inside some ILocationManager$Stub$Proxy@<...some numbers...> at line 818 (froyo 2.2 source code). Of course there's no source code for this beaing an AIDL proxy implementation.
Not an expert of AIDL programming, but "from the outside" it seems like a proxy stub is called on the emulator, while there should be an actual proxy implementation (i.e. not a stub) that should do the actual work.

Is it possible to change the name of this bug? It may help in getting it noticed. IMO the problem appears to be that the location service hasn't been started in the emulator or it's started and the AIDL proxy can't use it. Does anyone know if it's possible to start the service manually?

After having a play I've found:

    <!-- Component name of the service providing network location support. -->
    <string name="config_networkLocationProvider">@null</string>

    <!-- Component name of the service providing geocoder API support. -->
    <string name="config_geocodeProvider">@null</string>

in the android source folder: frameworks/base/core/res/res/values/config.xml

After looking here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710105&page=71) it looks like those @null's should be:

     <!-- Component name of the service providing network location support. -->
    <string name="config_networkLocationProvider">com.google.android.location.NetworkLocationProvider</string>

    <!-- Component name of the service providing geocoder API support. -->
    <string name="config_geocodeProvider">com.google.android.location.GeocodeProvider</string>

Is anyone able to change these params, compile and see if it works? I would but I'm on Snow Leopard on a Mac and havent managed a successful build (just yet ;-) )

verified aarons88's workaround in comment45. it works!

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is anyone experiencing this issue on devices running Gingerbread?

verified aarons88's workaround in comment45. it doesn't work!

verified aarons88's workaround in comment45. it doesn't work!

E/ReverseGeocoder( 1137): java.io.IOException: Service not Available
E/ReverseGeocoder( 1137):       at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:117)
E/ReverseGeocoder( 1137):       at com.android.camera.ReverseGeocoderTask.doInBackground(ReverseGeocoderTask.java:52)

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this bug is always broken?

I say that beacause this morning i was triying (my first time) Geocoder and worked fine, I got street, number and city. After that, now I tried to get Locale and....doesn't work any more.

Thanks for trying guys.

After thinking - we dont have the source for the GeocodeProvider (afaik its kept in house at Google) so we wouldn't be able to compile it in anyway. Short of someone in Google updating that config file and redistributing the GoogleAPI's avd I can't think of a way around it.

Unless its possible to unpack the image, edit the config file then pack it up and run again?

with the solution on 21 and 24 it's not working on 2.3, this return an error:

02-07 20:29:28.986: WARN/System.err(2551): IOException processing: 26
02-07 20:29:28.986: WARN/System.err(2551): java.io.IOException: Server returned: 3
02-07 20:29:28.986: WARN/System.err(2551):     at android_maps_conflict_avoidance.com.google.googlenav.map.BaseTileRequest.readResponseData(BaseTileRequest.java:115)

I compare the coord and the json response and this are good.

Any solution?

Please, some solution to this bug?

I am interested in using Geopoint.getFromLocation (....) to launch after a try with a route through Google Navigation.

Necesito obtener la direccion real del dispositivo.

He visto en otros mensajes que en un dispositivo funciona ok, pero quiero hacer pruebas en los emuladores de API LEVEL 8.

Please, some solution to this bug?

I am interested in using Geopoint.getFromLocation (....) to launch after a try with a route through Google Navigation.

 I need to get the real address of the device.

 I've seen in other posts that a device works ok, but I want to test the API emulators LEVEL 8.

Please excuse the mess of the previous message.

it has to do with your network connection.  when i turn Wifi on everything works fine.  

Somebody help me

How can I apply #21 or #31 solution to my project?

try this fragment:

            Geocoder gc = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());
            List<Address> addresses = null;
                try {
                        addresses = gc.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, maxResults);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        Log.i("tag", "build:"+ Build.PRODUCT);
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        if("google_sdk".equals( Build.PRODUCT )) {
                                Log.i("tag", "Geocoder doesn't work under emulation.");
                                addresses = ReverseGeocode.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 1);
                        } else
                                e.printStackTrace();
                }

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This is a bug tracker, not your personal support forum. If you don't have something CONSTRUCTIVE to contribute to the issue, don't post.

please.

[My apologies to the other 75 people who are being e-mailed this. I'm just trying to improve the signal/noise ratio.]

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Sorry its Comment 31 NOT 21 that Certainly Works! I just tried!
(Maybe 21 too works, yet to try it out)
Make sure that in your manifest file your permissions are above the activity!!

Like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
      package="ex.checkgeo"
      android:versionCode="1"
      android:versionName="1.0">
    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
        <activity android:name=".checkgeo"
                  android:label="@string/app_name">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>


    </application>
</manifest>


---------
I had kept it inside application and it was not working!
Now it is.
Cheers

Ok Comment 21 Works Too!
Note for that just put this in manifest too
<uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />

just before your application tags is closed!
i.e.

        <uses-library android:name="com.google.android.maps" />

        </application>
</manifest>

Cheers!!
:D

Hey!

Im #21's writer. I can help you with that if you cant.

Just tell me how i can help you.

I also get the same error ,test many times changing api version or emulator ,it it irresolvable

Thanks all of you who give me your comments.
I have already solve the issue by changing the other apk.

It is really works ! Thanks #21 ,thanks for you solution way. you did really a great job.

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04-13 19:39:53.161: WARN/System.err(4235): java.io.IOException: Service not Available
solution plz...?

java.io.IOException: Service not Available
android 2.3.3
same error.... any solution?????

It will work on the actual 2.2 device.  That's the only information I know (not affiliated with Google).  I'm actually going to look into the SAME bug this evening. Seems like a giant thing to overlook.  

#72 - I've tried it on an actual device running 2.2 and it is NOT working..

Sir I am getting same error i tried to my best but i am always getting java.io.IOException: Service not Available

Please tell me solution

so many people onbody can do it! it's a tragedy

so many people onbody can do it! it's a tragedy

Any word on if this has been fixed for 2.3.3? I'm assuming not since I'm getting the same issue. What a pain.

When can we expect this to be fixed?

Hey there:

I am also facing a problem getting my own location with com.google.android.maps.MyLocationOverlay. This also does not work anymore since I updated my smartphone from 2.2.1 to 2.3.3 (HTC Desire Z):

myLocationOverlay = new MyLocationOverlay(this, mapView);
                myLocationOverlay.enableMyLocation();
if(myLocationOverlay.getMyLocation()!=null){
                                mapView.getController().animateTo(myLocationOverlay.getMyLocation());
                        }

Can this issue maybe also be solved?

Best regards!

With the same problem, just close emulator, unplug-replug wifi usb key, and restart emulator and application worked for me.

I am also getting the same issue. Is this really the API issue ? And if it is then how much time will it take to fix this one ?

rizzz86

i am using 2.1......... but it still not getting any location.....means returns null

thanks pablolar @ Comment #21, it works

Thanks pablolar @ Comment #21 

it works for most addresses including some chinese places like "北京" (Beijing), "四川自贡" (Sichuan Zigong), a city of Sichuan province. the first two words represent province's name, the last two represnt city's name.

But for some chinese addresses like "浙江杭州" (ZheJiang HangZhou), a city of ZheJiang province, it throws an Exception: org.apache.http.NoHttpResponseException: The target server failed to respond.

I use setHttpRequestRetryHandler(HttpRequestRetryHandler retryHandler) method to retry several times, but the problem also exists.

Can this issue be solved?

I tried to get the Latitude/Longitude of a Address on this versions: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.1, and I received IOException and all of this versions.
Please, someone have a solution? Because, I don't want to use other time the user's Internet

The comment 31 is working grate for me .... Thanks to "ReverseGeocode.java" and it's writer ... it is a best fix for this issue.

Hello...this issue has popped up again apparently with the release of Google Maps 6.0.

Running the same piece of Reverse Geocode code on Asus Transformer (3.2.1) and HTC Incredible (2.3.4)...min SDK 6, target SDK 14.

Asus Transformer repeatedly throws i/o exception "Service not Available", HTC Incredible reliably returns addresses.

hi,i got the errors:
-----------------------------------
12-04 08:46:46.793: E/ActivityThread(979): Failed to find provider info for com.google.settings
12-04 08:46:46.802: E/ActivityThread(979): Failed to find provider info for com.google.settings
12-04 08:46:46.833: E/ActivityThread(979): Failed to find provider info for com.google.settings
12-04 08:46:47.433: E/MapActivity(979): Couldn't get connection factory client
---------------------------------------------
i can see the map , but the geo point is  not  display....
any  suggestion??

#31 - thanks for the code.  I have been able to use it after cleaning it up a little.  Specific fixes:

- returns one less result than the max you asked for
- if any location fields are missing from the JSON response, that address will not be added to the result list

Outstanding bug: If one of the location fields are missing from the JSON response, the fields that are normally extracted after it will not be extracted

Hi, am using the API 14 and facing issue saying 'Couldn't get connection factory client'. Please let me know the solution for this. I have no issues with libraries and internet added. Please let me know the solution?

i also get service not available in api level 10

Hi I'm experiencing the same problem.Can anyone help me ?
I've tried some of the proposed solution but nothing of good happen

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hiii...comment #21 its worked for me...on API level 8...

just replace all [space] with %20

use this..and check this link
http://stackoverflow.com/a/9173488/1151312

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I am also having this same problem in Android 2.3.3
i.e. target:10

I used the concept of comment 21 too but no success.

Harry use HttpPost instead of HttpGet.....it'll work surely!!!

Thanx #21...

Hi i also get service not available in api level 13

Hi Pablolarrimbe ,great thanks for sharing such a nice code. It worked me a lot.

"I'm getting the same error" and the like

same

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"Couldn't get connection factory client!" error with api level 15! Any cure?

Pablo Larrimbe thanks bro, its working!

The solution over the normal Geocode API (not geocoder class) works for me.

But I did a little change to the code because there were Problems with umlauts (ö, ä, ü etc).

here it is for getting the response

Hi,
I was having this "Service not available" problem for a week. But, just now I have done system update and the problem is gone. It was compatibility problem with Google Maps 6.12.

I've faced same problem for ICS 4.0 device.
I just restarted my device and its working now.

For emulator you can do the same.
One more issue with emulator is of Internet connection.
So rather than using wi-fi try wired network, may be that can be helpful for u.

I've got this eror ;
java.io.IOException: Service not Available
on android 2.3.3

Any solution ?

the code :
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        TextView myLatitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylatitude);
        TextView myLongitude = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.mylongitude);
        TextView myAddress = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.myaddress);
       
        myLatitude.setText("Latitude: " + String.valueOf(LATITUDE));
        myLongitude.setText("Longitude: " + String.valueOf(LONGITUDE));
       
        Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this, Locale.ENGLISH);

        try {
                        List<Address> addresses = geocoder.getFromLocation(LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, 1);
                       
                        if(addresses != null) {
                                Address returnedAddress = addresses.get(0);
                                StringBuilder strReturnedAddress = new StringBuilder("Address:\n");
                                for(int i=0; i<returnedAddress.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {
                                        strReturnedAddress.append(returnedAddress.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n");
                                }
                                myAddress.setText(strReturnedAddress.toString());
                        }
                        else{
                                myAddress.setText("No Address returned!");
                        }
                } catch (IOException e) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        myAddress.setText("Can not get Address!");
                }

Hello i have the same problem. In my case avd 2.3 comment all calls of mapcontroller, and i havent error enymore. sorry my bad english

It's still not working in 2.3.3 with the latest update to ADT 21.0.0.v201210310015-519525. Is this just an emulator bug or are real devices affected too? Can anybody confirm that this doesn't affect real devices?

Btw: Restarting the device doesn't work for me as in comment 107 proposed.

Comment 21 by pablolar aur any one else can explain this.... which String should be given to this method getLocationInfo(String address) because i have location.getLatitude() and location.getLongitude() which is given as parameter to the function geocoder.getFromLocation()...thanx i advance..

Comment 21 works on emulator for 2.3.3
Confirmed!

hi guys... i had same issue... when i tried to use gocoder

list = geo.getFromLocationName(PoiString, 10, lowLeftLat, lowLeftLon, upRightLat, upRighLon);

it throws an exception on my samsung galaxy s3... but when i tried it on nexus 7, htc desire and se xperia neo, it worked fine...

so i think problem is on used device. better way how get geocode / address is by using google geocoding api like was showed in post #21

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Hi, sorry for adding another unhelpful comment here, but im having the same problem.

i followed everything on part 1 here ->
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/v1/hello-mapview
and tried to run my program. It gives me an error "Couldn't get connection factory client."

I had run my program in Xperia Sola. I used my API key. I totally did same code in the tutorial, still the error occurred.

I know this is a very simple code, but i started using android for less than a week now. I have already created a simple google map app but i use FragmentActivity, now i am trying to use MapActivity.

thanks :)

This report applies to a mobile Google application or service, and the issue tracker where you reported it specializes in issues within the Open Source source code of the Android platform.

We are not able to provide support for Google products in this issue tracker. Please report this issue in the appropriate Google Product Forum at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/en/

Same bug here on GS4 running 4.2.2 !!

Anyone has added this issue at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/en/  (Google Product Forum) ? This bug has been resolved ???

Cannot read our write in hindi  ...request update either through market or firmware

Using opera mini for hindi language is not the solution, see when you request a hindi page on mini, data is rendered at mini's servers, where hindi text is converted to bitmaps and pushed to your device.

You can check it out that you won't be able to select, copy or paste the hindi text in opera mini.

So hindi font/firmware support is highly appreciated.

Whats the use of Google Translate from English to Hindi in mobile, when it does not have Hindi Fonts.

Valid point google has translator but no support for Hindi. Google should wake up now and start supporting Hindi if they want to stand strong in Indian mobile market.

the problem is in nepali as well... that is for devnagari script as a whole... i ma not able to read tweets written in nepali or websites that are written in nepali... all i see are square boxes...

so devnagari script support is highly required ...

I can browse hindi websites on ipad but not on Xoom.

I need Telugu fonts in Android phone.

GOOGLE PLEASE ADD INDIC LANGUAGE SUPPORT TO ANDROID!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hindi font support please... and to think there are desis working in powerful positions on Android in Google itself :(

Just came to see if someone is listening :(

Please Hindi font support.

Please Add Indic language support!

Android must support Hindi font, now a days lots of website support Hindi language including facbook

I dont think its that much complex as google is making it. The fact is google dont care about Indian market. Lets face the truth Indians google just exploits the privacy policies for its benefit. Anyway if google is listening  i require hindi support in gmail app and should be able to read hindi files if i download them.

i have htc wildfire handset,my problem with the handset is i can not read marathi or hindi message,as it appears in square boxes it has to view,i want to knw how would i rectify it,and what are the options i could apply to read messages in marathi or hindi,

I am  having Dell XCD 35, it does not  have Marathi  and  Hindi font.  Also i found that flash player is not available for  it.

Please provide  solution

Shame to you, Google. You disappointed me. I hadn't thought while buying Android Phone that there would be no support for Devenagarik/Hindi/Nepali fonts. While I was happy typing in hindi in my old Nokia. And I see them supported in Apple I-phone.
Shame on you, that despite there is so much request been sent, Still no support for read and write in hindi.
I have searched internet for past 1 month in vein for hindi support, but beside Samsung having their own custom built hindi support in Galaxy phones, and this Linux box, I am using to type have built in unicode support, its shame for multinational company like Google.

Ain't there any Hindi speaker in Google's  Android team worth his salt.

come on google.. i think have to go back to iphone.. this people dont listen

The 1st app that i downloaded in my htc desire z was google translator, since android is also google's OS,  so i was sure that it will work, but was shocked that it doesnt support all the languages available in the translator app which is developed by google company.

It shows the POOR QUALITY of the QA TEAM of google and they are answerable to this issue, how could they release an application in the mobile version without knowing that the OS WILL SUPPORT FOR ALL THE LANGUAGES PRESENT IN GOOGLE TRANSLATOR OR NOT?

Not expecting the full support for hindi language from Google since iphone has yet to come with this, as someone already said that all os are following iphone. But PLEASE REVAMP THE QA TEAM.... IT WILL RESOLVE MOST OF THE PROB. ATLEAST YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE GOOD QUALITY FOR THE EXISTING APPS.

The 1st app that i downloaded in my htc desire z was google translator, since android is also google's OS,  so i was sure that it will work, but was shocked that it doesnt support all the languages available in the translator app which is developed by google company.

It shows the POOR QUALITY of the QA TEAM of google and they are answerable to this issue, how could they release an application in the mobile version without knowing that the OS WILL SUPPORT FOR ALL THE LANGUAGES PRESENT IN GOOGLE TRANSLATOR OR NOT?

Not expecting the full support for hindi language from Google since iphone has yet to come with this, as someone already said that all os are following iphone. But PLEASE REVAMP THE QA TEAM.... IT WILL RESOLVE MOST OF THE PROB. ATLEAST YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE GOOD QUALITY FOR THE EXISTING APPS.

1000000 USER ARE DISAPPOINTED AS ANDROID NOT SUPPORT HINDI FONTS IN WEB AND IN PHONE THAT IS WHY HTC IS NOT POPULAR IN INDIA THINK AND TAKE ACTION OR WE WILL THINK TO NOKIA

I am very much disappointed with Android.  As it does not support HINDI. I am planning to switch to other available option.

I think Google should include Unicode/UTF-8,16 support in android as soon as possible. Unicode- being a universal technology for character encoding, Google must not neglect it. Support for Indian languages should be given by Google ion the upcoming versions of android. People currently using this technology should also demand for such language support.
Not providing the support to Indian languages proves that Google is not keeping attention to needs of customers in the huge Indian market.

गूगल कंपनी में इस पेज को पढ़ने की फ़ुर्सत है किसी को !
उन्होंने तो एक पेज खोल के दे दिया है कि लो अपना सिर इस दीवर पर फोड़ते रहो :)

i cannot read hindi language's news and artical on my samsung galaxy 19003 phone. does anybody know how to fix this. i appreciate you guys help thanks

जब सभी मीडियाकर्मी एव ज्ञानी लोग यह चिल्लाते रहते हैं की भारतवर्ष एक आय टी सुपर पॉवर बनने जा रहा हैं.. हम लोग क्यों गूगल के पास दुहाई लगाते  हैं. क्या कोई भारतवर्ष के सुपुत्र उभरकर आयेंगे और इसका इलाज निकालेंगे ऐसे भी अन्द्रोइड को ओपन सोर्स कहते हैं तो मुश्किल क्या हैं. जो मोबइल कम्पनी देवनागरी या भारतीय भाषा का समर्थन नहीं करती उस कम्पनी को मोबाइल बेचने से सरकारने मना करना चाहिए.

Iphone4 got support for Hindi and other indie languages -  get a iPhone. Scrap your android.

Anyways, guys who have commented recently, putting a comment on this defect is not enough. Make sure you also click on the "star" next to the topic of this defect on top-left corner. It will push this defect up in the defect queue and probably will open Google's eyes to set its priorities right.

As of now it only shows 260 Star , So google will not take this up

Please provide the support for Indian fonts. This issue should be of high priority and probably a defect if it is forgotton.

Please add Hindi support... my multilingual website looks silly when Hindi is the only of 13 languages not supported.

<b>Now Android is Hindi enabled. Read this post.</b>
http://sahibaat.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post.html

@ comment 154:   Dear kajal, i tried to open that blog through my mobile i.e htc desire z, whatever is written there is not readable to the human eye, may be i have to open that link on my pc, as we are discussing here that hindi fonts are coming as square blocks....

Google do something.... show us that u guys are the best...

Or if it is not related to OS, then atleast say that this is the problem with the device maker, we'll go to htc in that case and will raise the same question.

Its really depressing that after purchasing such an expensive mobile set, it is of no use to me, im not able to read the local newspaper news from any of the news applications.

Guys, anyone had tried the gingerbread OS, is this problem existing the gingerbread too?

Even gingerbread dont support hindi fonts :-(

Even gingerbread dont support hindi fonts :-(

oh yes.. we need hindi support.. nokia had it even on their basic phone like xpress music and android being so popular or on the verge of being popular and not having hindi support at all is really really dissapointing..
wonder if any one at google is listening??
i urge all to put one tweet a day to @google with #hindi #android #google tag everyday..i do that everyday... anyone else?

i also have proble of hindi font in HTC wildfire, plz help me

Would appreciate the support for indian languages which are one of the highly spoken and used languages in the world..

yes Indian languages are spoken by huge number of people and android should not ignore that

now read hindi fonts  in opera mini irrespective of  ur  phone supported language

Follow the steps.....

1- Open Opera Mini and in address bar type "  opera:config  "

2 - A page will appear with heading " Power-User settings.

3- There u will find many options like " loading time out " and " fit text to screen " etc etc.
U can change these settings as well per ur liking.

4- Scroll down to the last option of page " use bitmap fonts for complex scripts "
By default it will be set to " No "
change it to " Yes " and u r done.

Thanks Parag,you are too good.

Keep up the good work.

I could read Devnagari fonts on Android OS.
Cheers

Thanks Parag,you are too good.

Keep up the good work.

I could read Devnagari fonts on Android OS.
Cheers

Where is the solution?

We need support for South Asian characters, please.

hay parag..thanks buddy..its working….. but that is not a solution..

we want hindi

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Hindi fonts needed on honeycomb!!!

We need support for Devanagiri rendering. I cannot able to use phone in Telugu language. I dont think this is a major task for Google.  Please support Indian Languages.