Android location to string issue

android, android-location, java

Solution

You can use `public static String convert (double coordinate, int outputType)` from Location Class. The outputType can be one of `FORMAT_DEGREES`, `FORMAT_MINUTES`, or `FORMAT_SECONDS`.

public static String locationStringFromLocation(final Location location) {
    return Location.convert(location.getLatitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES) + " " + Location.convert(location.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES);
}

Problem

Here is the code I use the put locations to strings: ``` public static String locationStringFromLocation(final Location location) { return String.format("%.3f %.3f", location.getLatitude(), location.getLongitude()); } ``` And from some other devices, from time to time I get: `-7.2900002123788E-4 7.270000060088933E-4` as location string and not `-7.290 7.270` for example. - Does someone has clue on this? - How to improve my code? Edit Updated code. Will this fix the issue? ``` DecimalFormat decimalFormat = new DecimalFormat("#.###"); if (location != null) { final String latitude = decimalFormat.format(Float.valueOf(Location.convert(location.getLatitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES))); final String longitude = decimalFormat.format(Float.valueOf(Location.convert(location.getLongitude(), Location.FORMAT_DEGREES))); return latitude + " " + longitude; } return decimalFormat.format(0.0F) + " " + decimalFormat.format(0.0F); ```

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