title: Service not Available - Geocoder Android
body: <p>I have a little problem with the geocoder to get latitude and lontitude from an address :</p>
  
  <p>This is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>for (Garage g : XMLGarage) {
  List&lt;Address&gt; address;
  address = coder.getFromLocationName(
  g.getAddress(), 5);
  if (address != null) {
  Address location = address.get(0);  
  g.setLatitude(location.getLatitude());
  g.setLongitude(location.getLongitude());
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The error is : </p>
  
  <pre><code>08-18 14:28:56.026: WARN/System.err(359): java.io.IOException: Service not Available
  08-18 14:28:56.026: WARN/System.err(359):     at 
  android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocationName(Geocoder.java:178)
  08-18 14:28:56.026: WARN/System.err(359):     at 
  com.amt.android.garage.Garage.postData(Garage.java:269)
  08-18 14:28:56.026: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  com.amt.android.garage.GarageForm$2.onClick(GarageForm.java:86)
  08-18 14:28:56.026: WARN/System.err(359):     at  
  android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2485)
  08-18 14:28:56.026: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9080)
  08-18 14:28:56.036: WARN/System.err(359):     at  
  android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
  08-18 14:28:56.036: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
  08-18 14:28:56.036: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
  08-18 14:28:56.036: WARN/System.err(359):     at 
  android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
  08-18 14:28:56.036: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
  08-18 14:28:56.036: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
  08-18 14:28:56.036: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
  08-18 14:28:56.046: WARN/System.err(359):     at
  com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
  08-18 14:28:56.046: WARN/System.err(359):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native    
  Method)
  </code></pre>