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How to get address from current location from setMyLocationEnabled(true);

In my project I used Google Maps Activity and to get the user's current location I used setMyLocationEnabled(this); method to get the location. And when I tried to fetch the latitude and longitude from that location it throws a error says null object reference.
I looked for many videos in YouTube and examined many questions in stack overflow and blogs but I can't find the proper code to be done to do that. Some use deprecated methods and some go way beyond the topic.
So all I want is to do the reverse geo coding to get the address from my location and also add a marker at that point.
Help me guide what to do and how to obtain that I'm stuck with that from past 4 days.

Reverse Geocoding is what you are looking for. Geocoder class can be used
Look at this Android: Reverse geocoding - getFromLocation
It will give you idea of using reverse geocoding

You can use getFromLocation from Geocoder.
Sample code.
Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());
try {
List<Address> addressList = geocoder.getFromLocation(
latitude, longitude, 1);
if (addressList != null && addressList.size() > 0) {
Address address = addressList.get(0);
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
for (int i = 0; i < address.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++) {
sb.append(address.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n");
}
sb.append(address.getLocality()).append("\n");
sb.append(address.getPostalCode()).append("\n");
sb.append(address.getCountryName());
String result = sb.toString();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Unable connect to Geocoder", e);
}

How can I get addresses from a specific country / state / political division in Android?

I am developing an application that uses the Google Maps API, and the user set an address and the application finds different and possible addresses that match the address that the user entered, but I want the address of a specific city, state or country if it is possible.
For example:
I want to find the address "Washington Ave.", Google Maps find some address:
"Washington Avenue, Filadelfia, Pensilvania"
"Washington Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana"
"Washington Avenue, Houston, Texas"
But, what if I want just results inside Houston City? Or Pensilvania?, Or another country?
I have this Java code in Android Studio that finds a possible address that matches a String (address written by the user), and the possible options can only show 5, and it returns the latitude and longitude of the address written by the user
Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(this);
List<Address> addresses = new ArrayList<>();
addresses = geocoder.getFromLocationName("Manuel de la Peña y Peña 805-835, Bella Vista, 64410 Monterrey, N.L.", 5);
if(addresses.size() > 0) {
double latitude= addresses.get(0).getLatitude();
double longitude= addresses.get(0).getLongitude();
}
So, how can I find addresses inside a specifically a citiy, state or country in Google Maps API for Android?

In order to get addresses located inside a certain area you should use a service that supports strict bounds for address search. Currently strict bounds are supported in place autocomplete service and you can find documentation in Places SDK for Android:
https://developers.google.com/places/android-sdk/autocomplete#get_place_predictions_programmatically
The idea is create a rectangular bounds object that matches the city or region you are interested in and use strict bound filters when you search address predictions.
The code snippet is the following. Note setLocationRestriction and setCountry filters when you construct a prediction request
AutocompleteSessionToken token = AutocompleteSessionToken.newInstance();
// Create a RectangularBounds object for area you are interested in.
RectangularBounds bounds = RectangularBounds.newInstance(
new LatLng(-33.880490, 151.184363),
new LatLng(-33.858754, 151.229596));
// Use the builder to create a FindAutocompletePredictionsRequest.
FindAutocompletePredictionsRequest request = FindAutocompletePredictionsRequest.builder()
// Call setLocationRestriction() with bounds in order to restrict search to given area.
.setLocationRestriction(bounds)
.setCountry("au")
.setTypeFilter(TypeFilter.ADDRESS)
.setSessionToken(token)
.setQuery(query)
.build();
placesClient
.findAutocompletePredictions(request)
.addOnSuccessListener((response) -> {
for (AutocompletePrediction prediction : response.getAutocompletePredictions()) {
Log.i(TAG, prediction.getPlaceId());
Log.i(TAG, prediction.getPrimaryText(null).toString());
}
}).addOnFailureListener((exception) -> {
if (exception instanceof ApiException) {
ApiException apiException = (ApiException) exception;
Log.e(TAG, "Place not found: " + apiException.getStatusCode());
}
});
For further details please have a look at Places SDK for Android documentation.
I hope this helps!

Obtaining census block groups from shapefile based on latlong inputs - Java

I am new to shapefile processing. Kindly guide me on how to achieve my below query.
I am using this shapefile tl_2018_us_aiannh.shp from census.gov : TIGER-LINE. I am to obtain the census block group entities like Block, Tract, County subdivision and County details from the shapefile based on the latitude and longitude provided by the user.
My requirement is to achieve this by shapefile alone and not through any API's.
Can someone help on which framework I can achieve this?
What I've tried/using so far:
I have used GeoTools to read the shapefile . Can I continue using the same? Will my requirement be achievable by this tool?
I have gone through a documentation from census.gov which states:
The Census Bureau assigns a code and these appear in fields such as
“TRACTCE”, where “CE” stands for Census. Finally, state-submitted
codes end in “ST”, such as “SLDLST”, and local education agency codes
end in “LEA”, as in “ELSDLEA”.
Which I tried in my code by:
File file = new File("D:\\tl_2018_us_aiannh.shp");
try {
Map<String, String> connect = new HashMap();
connect.put("url", file.toURI().toString());
DataStore dataStore = DataStoreFinder.getDataStore(connect);
String[] typeNames = dataStore.getTypeNames();
String typeName = typeNames[0];
System.out.println("Reading content " + typeName);
SimpleFeatureSource featureSource = dataStore
.getFeatureSource(typeName);
SimpleFeatureCollection collection = featureSource.getFeatures();
SimpleFeatureIterator iterator = collection.features();
try {
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
SimpleFeature feature = iterator.next();
GeometryAttribute sourceGeometry = feature
.getDefaultGeometryProperty();
String name = (String) (feature).getAttribute("TRACTCE");
Property property = feature.getProperty("TRACTCE");
System.out.println(property);
}
} finally {
iterator.close();
}
} catch (Throwable e) {
e.getMessage();
}
But I am receiving null as the value.
Any help would be much helpful.

I have found the solution to this. Hope this would be helpful to someone in need.
SimpleFeature is the type that has the attributes of shape files that you can check when you try to debug or print a line on runtime. You can use the SimpleFeature to get the property. The attributes can be achieved by:
try {
while (iterator.hasNext()) {
SimpleFeature feature = iterator.next();
Property intptlat = feature.getProperty("TRACTCE");
}
}
Make sure you are choosing the Block Groups as the layer type for download in Tiger-Line or which ever site is concerned, where you download the shape file.

Android SQLite vs File vs JSON?

I'm using google maps to plot markers on a map. I can save the data for ALL these points (it's over 17000 rows with 3 columns: shopId,shopName,lat,long).
I can also send JSON queries specifying my lat/long and the radius at what shops around I want data about. Then I'll receive the data back. This works, but when I create the markers (with AsyncTask) freezing occurs in the app (and it is noticeable).
This is the code I'm using to generate the custom markers on Google maps:
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(String s) {
super.onPostExecute(s);
try {
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(result);
String finalReturn[] = result.split("\\r?\\n");
if(jsonArray.get(0).toString().equals("4")) {
for (int i = 1; i < finalReturn.length; i++) {
jsonArray = new JSONArray(finalReturn[i]);
IconGenerator iconGenerator = new IconGenerator(getApplicationContext());
iconGenerator.setStyle(IconGenerator.STYLE_RED);
iconGenerator.setRotation(90);
iconGenerator.setContentRotation(-90);
Bitmap iconBitmap = iconGenerator.makeIcon(jsonArray.get(5).toString());
Marker marker = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
.position(new LatLng(jsonArray.getDouble(6), jsonArray.getDouble(7)))
.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(iconBitmap)));
marker.setTitle(jsonArray.getString(1));
marker.setSnippet(jsonArray.getString(2) + " " + jsonArray.getString(8));
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
}
My question is, what is the best solution here, store the points in a MySQL server and generate nearest shops from that area (SQlite Getting nearest locations (with latitude and longitude) something like this), or always query the server for the data. Or maybe a hybrid of both (query the server, then save the data in an SQLite db.)
I'm only a beginner in Android so sorry if this question is simple.

The fastest way should be to save the data in an SQLite db and query it from there, but if you only need the few shops that are near the user, it should be fine to simply call the web service every time.
Other than that, the freezing that occurs in your app is most likely due to the onPostExecute Method being called in the UI-Thread and you doing heavy work in this method.
You should not parse your JSON there, but rather in the doInBackground method and for each parsed element call publishProgress that calls the onProgressUpdate Method (which is also executed in the UI-Thread.
Like this, you can handle setting one single marker on the map at a time and that way, the time between the single onProgressUpdate calls can be used by the system to update the UI and so the freezing should no longer occur.
It should look somewhat like this:
protected Void doInBackground(...) {
String result = getResult();
try {
JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(result);
String finalReturn[] = result.split("\\r?\\n");
if(jsonArray.get(0).toString().equals("4")) {
for (int i = 1; i < finalReturn.length; i++) {
jsonArray = new JSONArray(finalReturn[i]);
publishProgress(jsonArray);
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
//handle error
}
}
#Override
protected void onProgressUpdate(JSONArray... progress) {
JSONArray array = progress[0];
IconGenerator iconGenerator = new IconGenerator(getApplicationContext());
iconGenerator.setStyle(IconGenerator.STYLE_RED);
iconGenerator.setRotation(90);
iconGenerator.setContentRotation(-90);
Bitmap iconBitmap = iconGenerator.makeIcon(jsonArray.get(5).toString());
Marker marker = mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions()
.position(new LatLng(jsonArray.getDouble(6), jsonArray.getDouble(7)))
.icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromBitmap(iconBitmap)));
marker.setTitle(jsonArray.getString(1));
marker.setSnippet(jsonArray.getString(2) + " " + jsonArray.getString(8));
}

Calling Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 online from JAVA

I'm doing a Dynamics CRM integration from a Java application and I've followed the example from the CRM training kit and managed successfully to connect and create accounts and contacts.
Now I'm having some problems with adding some more fields in the account creation and when connecting a contact with an account.
For instance I cannot create accounts with "address1_freighttermscode" that is a picklist.
My code is the following:
private static OrganizationServiceStub.Guid createAccount(OrganizationServiceStub serviceStub, String[] args) {
try {
OrganizationServiceStub.Create entry = new OrganizationServiceStub.Create();
OrganizationServiceStub.Entity newEntryInfo = new OrganizationServiceStub.Entity();
OrganizationServiceStub.AttributeCollection collection = new OrganizationServiceStub.AttributeCollection();
if (! (args[0].equals("null") )) {
OrganizationServiceStub.KeyValuePairOfstringanyType values = new OrganizationServiceStub.KeyValuePairOfstringanyType();
values.setKey("name");
values.setValue(args[0]);
collection.addKeyValuePairOfstringanyType(values);
}
if (! (args[13].equals("null"))){
OrganizationServiceStub.KeyValuePairOfstringanyType incoterm = new OrganizationServiceStub.KeyValuePairOfstringanyType();
incoterm.setKey("address1_freighttermscode");
incoterm.setValue(args[13]);
collection.addKeyValuePairOfstringanyType(incoterm);
}
newEntryInfo.setAttributes(collection);
newEntryInfo.setLogicalName("account");
entry.setEntity(newEntryInfo);
OrganizationServiceStub.CreateResponse createResponse = serviceStub.create(entry);
OrganizationServiceStub.Guid createResultGuid = createResponse.getCreateResult();
System.out.println("New Account GUID: " + createResultGuid.getGuid());
return createResultGuid;
} catch (IOrganizationService_Create_OrganizationServiceFaultFault_FaultMessage e) {
logger.error(e.getMessage());
} catch (RemoteException e) {
logger.error(e.getMessage());
}
return null;
}
When it executes, I get this error
[ERROR] Incorrect attribute value type System.String
Does anyone have examples on how to handle picklists or lookups?
To connect the contact with the account I'm filling the fields parentcustomerid and parentcustomeridtype with the GUID from the account and with "account", but the contact does not get associated with the account.

To set a picklist value you must use an OptionSet and for a lookup you must use an EntityReference. See the SDK's C# documentation, should work the same way using the Axis generated Java code.
incoterm.setKey("address1_freighttermscode")
//assuming the arg is an integer value that matches a picklist value for the attribute
OptionSetValue freight = new OptionSetValue();
freight.Value = args[13];
incoterm.setValue(freight);
collection.addKeyValuePairOfstringanyType(incoterm);

I haven't worked with Java for over a decade (and never towards an MS creation like Dynamics) so it might be way off from what you like. :)
You could use the REST web service and call directly to CRM creating your instances. As far I know, that's platform independent and should work as long as you can connect to the exposed service OrganizationData.