grpc failed error about cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder

[sebastianbaar]

hey @Prithivraj200, are you testing the plugin on a real device or on an emulator/genymotion?

[Prithivraj200]

Hi,
I am testing on real device.

[sebastianbaar]

Mh, ok... please give me some more infos about your tooling & setup:

• For which sdk version / api level are you compiling your app?
• What's your device's Android version?
• Which versions of build-tools, platform-tools and sdk tools are you using?
• Are you using Cordova or Ionic (Native)? Which versions?

[Prithivraj200]

Hi

Please find the setup details below:

android version of my device: 6.0.1
I am using ionic-native plugin(2.0.2)

cli packages: (/usr/local/lib/node_modules)
@ionic/cli-utils : 1.19.0
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.19.0

global packages:
cordova (Cordova CLI) : 6.5.0

local packages:
@ionic/app-scripts : 3.1.2
Cordova Platforms : android 6.0.0
Ionic Framework : ionic-angular 3.9.2

System:
Android SDK Tools : 25.2.4
Node : v9.3.0
npm : 5.6.0
OS : Linux 4.4

Environent Variables:
ANDROID_HOME : /home/emperor/Android/Sdk

Misc:
backend : legacy

[sebastianbaar]

That's a tough one... I'm not sure what causes the problem.. please check the following:

• Update your Android SDK tools and try again.
• There are some problems reported regarding Google Play Services - do you use these in your app? If yes: update & test
• Does this problem occur with different search strings? Or is it always the same?

[Prithivraj200]

  -  I have already updated my Android SDK tools and tried again. But still error persists.
  -    I am not using any google play services in my app.
  -    Sometimes it occur and sometimes it works perfect. (with different string).

[sebastianbaar]

Please give me examples of both strings that work and that do not work. Do you have any example code to reproduce the error?

[Prithivraj200]

https://github.com/Prithivraj200/Geocode

I have uploaded my code here. Kindly check.

[sebastianbaar]

Thank you. I send you a pull request where I added the plugin cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder & tried with some different locations. Everything works fine for me. Please check my pull request and try with your locations.

[Prithivraj200]

Ya it's working now. Thanks for your help.

[sebastianbaar]

Perfect! :-)

[Prithivraj200]

If I use google play services ,then will I get this error?

[sebastianbaar]

No, this shouldn't be a problem.

[Prithivraj200]

But like I said earlier, I am getting this error in a few occasions.

With same string, Chennai, few times I am getting coordinates and few times not.

[nikhil0606]

Actually i am developing an application based reverse geo coding and i am also getting same problem like grpc failed . can u help me.

[ManigandanRaamanathan]

I'm facing the same problem. Can you please provide me the solution?

[sebastianbaar]

Hey guys,
unfortunately, the grpc error is very common using the Geocoder service on Android.

See SO and Google issue tracker links:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47904342/unexpected-grpc-failed-using-geocoder
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47019348/android-grpc-failed-on-nexus-5
• https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/64418751

There is no fix for this error as far as I can see. The only thing I could figure out though is that the grpc error is thrown with bad (or no) internet connection. I'm going to check for connectivity before trying to access Geocoder on Android and hope that this will fix the error - at least most of the time... I will let you know as soon as I committed the fix and hope that you can help me test :-)

Cheers

[rsgilbert]

Same problem here

[sebastianbaar]

I published a new version 3.1.2.
I now throw an "No Internet Access" error if that's the reason for grpc failing.

If you still get an "grpc failed" error please comment here (https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/64418751) as this is the most recent issue posted on Google's Issue Tracker! I can not fix this error as it is a problem on Google's site...

Thank you guys for using the plugin and filing the issue. I hope the error is fixed soon!

Cheers!