Ionic Native Geocoder “Cannot find a location.” about cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder

[sebastianbaar]

Ok, first please uninstall/reinstall the plugin and try again:
ionic cordova plugin remove cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder
ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder

If you still got an error please give more infos about your setting: is it on iOS AND Android?, on which device are you testing? (notice that the plugin won't work on Android emulator)

[sebastianbaar]

Hey @binDebug,
which version of cordova-plugin-nativegeocoder are you using? I have tested with the latest version v3.1.1 and it works both on Android and iOS (for "Times Square 42 Street Station, New York, NY, USA" I get lat: 40.755... lon: -73.987...).

Please update the plugin to the latest version and try again. If you still have this error please give more info about the OS, OS version, device, plugin version.

Cheers

[binDebug]

Thank you Sebastian, firstly for this library, and second for the response.

The version seems to be just the one you mention. Please find below a snip of my package.json

[binDebug]

Ah! therein lies the catch, you mention emulator and that is where I am testing. Thanks for that. I shall test on another device and let you know.

Just curious, why wouldn't it work on an emulator? Also, why would it work with specific addresses while not working with others?

Cheers!

[sebastianbaar]

I'm not quite sure why it does not work. It's somehow related to Google Play Services not working on an emulator but that's required for Geocoder to work. According to the docs:

The Geocoder class requires a backend service that is not included in the core android framework. The Geocoder query methods will return an empty list if there no backend service in the platform.

Please test on a real device and give some feedback so I know if I can close this issue.

Cheers!