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We are facing this same error since past 10 hours:

W/System.err: java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server
W/System.err:     at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136)

First noted this issue around 15h00 GMT today.

Same here with cordova google map plugin.

Facing this error for last few hours in my newly built app, it was working fine yesterday

Till yesterday the whole thing was wrking nd suddenly its broken. stuck with this, nw had to chnge the logic to use web api 

Unable connect to Geocoder java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136) at LocationAddress$1.run(LocationAddress.java:32)

 i gave the same issue.
i all the time get : 
"Timed out waiting for response from server" 
and i need to submit my project next week. i hope they will fix it.

have the same issue 
want to be alerted when it is addressed and working

Can confirm this. /sub for updates.

It seems to be working now. Check it.

Can we get an update on this? It's almost 12 hours since the service is not functioning.

i still have that issue.

Yes, this is unacceptable. This is effectively blocking our users from purchasing through our app.

FYI to those following mapbox just released a drop in replacement for google's apparently unreliable geocoder:https://www.mapbox.com/blog/android-geocoder-library/

Hello, im still having this issue in my app, everything worked perfectly in last few days

I saw the service become intermittently responsive around 4am GMT 01/15/16. Then an apparent total service blackout until about 6pm GMT 01/15/16, and now it seems to intermittently responsive again.

Hong kong, Geocoder working now! 

We're having the timeout issue as well. It's intermittent, but extremely high fail rate. And to make it worse, when geocoder.getFromLocation fails (after about 5 seconds), the app says it's unresponsive and suggests to the user to close it down. Our users are hitting this almost immediately after opening the app. (This is in spite of having getFromLocation on a bg thread, btw.)

working in India now

Also seems to be fixed in our app as well.

In Poland still not working.

In VietNam, it has not been working since yesterday, still not working now.

Any update on this? This is causing major issues in out app 

#18 It should not give ANR if you are calling it from the background thread. Also I would recommend not to completely depend on the built in geocoder. Some devices doesn't come with the geocoder implementation, so you should rather use geocoder rest api to be safer. I hope you do check Geocoder.isPresent() before making any geocoding calls.

thanks for your reply, but did google resolved this issue that the built in gecodeing should not give a time out? 

Nope, still not working for me.

any word from google on this somewhere? 

We believe that this is now fixed. If you are still seeing issues, please clarify the approximate % of requests that are failing, and the name of the app, if you're willing to post that here.

We will leave this ticket open for another day or so.

For me its still not working correctly, same problem..

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Okay, it started to work now.

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Was working fine earlier but now only working on wifi, on Mobile network(2G/3G) gives timeout error

it is not working now with me here, it was working earlier today

Having same issue here even with WIFI

Not working for me today... (was yesterday)

Same here, not working for the last 4 hours (worked before)

stopped working this morning...  getting the following error: "java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136)"

same issue 

Same problem since this morning ! This is very annoying, geocoder doesn't work in all situations ! Please fix it !

Not working for me too. In India it started in the evning April 3. 

By it started..I mean the problem

Same problem since this morning !.
stopped working this morning...  getting the following error: "java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server at   at com.google.android.gms.maps.internal.l$a$a.a(:com.google.android.gms.alldynamite:93)

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Same problem I got .Yesterday its working fine today its not working 
"java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server

Same problem happening to me, Was working yesterday !

Timed out waiting for response from server 
... in Hungary

Happens in USA also. 

Hi, still having the same problem

Happens in Mexico too. 

I see this issue on some Android devices only like Moto G running Android 5.1. Is there any work-around to avoid this?

I'm experiencing this issue now again, for my new app.

Strange that I am facing this issue in one of the two devices I tested. Also, it throws this exception only when I am on Mobile data, not on WIFI.

Using the following command:
Geocoder geocoder = new Geocoder(context, Locale.getDefault());

I get the following error message:
Unable to connect to Geocoder
java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server
android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocationName

It use to work. I didn't make any change in the code. and it stop working

 
When I tried to get the address using the Google map to pass the Lat and Lang
The Most of the time I am getting this following issues. 


java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server
android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136)

Not working for me:

java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136) at com.app.MapsActivity$Section.prepareRoute(MapsActivity.java:1582)

We can confirm the reports coincided with Maps backend issues. Those are fixed now and monitoring was put into place to ensure we are able to address such problems quicker in the future.

As for your code/applications - please consider implementing an exponential backoff when encountering failures, this will ensure your apps can handle service interruptions gracefully. 

It does not seem to be fixed for me, my app still returns:

java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server
     at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136)
     at com.eazybike.MapsActivity$Section.prepareRoute(MapsActivity.java:1546)
     at com.eazybike.MapsActivity$Section$5.onLocationResult(MapsActivity.java:1503)
     at com.google.android.gms.location.internal.zzk$zza$1.handleMessage(Unknown Source)
     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6077)
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:865)
     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:755)

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Thanks for reporting the issue again edumucelli! Are you still experiencing it?

Yes, same error still to this date on a Nexus 5X running Android 7, and play services-related packages version 9.4.0. In detail, some info from my gradle:

compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion '23.0.2'

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:9.4.0'

If you want, I can send a more detailed report a. Just let me know what to collect.

For now, I have just switched to the Maps Geocoder API, handling all the JSON with Gson/Volley.

Hi again edumucelli,

We've been investigating the issue on our side, and found a few latency spikes that affected the Android geocoding service over the last few days. However, the spikes appeared to be quite short-lived each time they occurred, so our users should to our current best understanding not have suffered from any long-lasting geocoding failures.

We have now addressed the underlying issue in our backends that caused the spikes, but it would be good to know if you still see the issue.

Also, have the errors been sporadic or systematic, and if the latter, would you be able to within the hour when the issue started and how long did they last?

If you experience occasional geocoding call timeouts and the functionality of your application depends on a successful geocoding call, having retry logic would improve reliability. Using an exponential backoff when retrying is generally good practice, preferably with a component of random jitter added.

Adding a bit of random jitter is actually good practice when doing any calls, not just retries.

Anyhow, we also continue investigating ways to make the Android platform geocoder user experience more robust for our users, and to smooth the latency spikes they might experience.

I got the issue - Timed out waiting for response from server - like below;

I tested the code in the following devices;
1. Moto-e running on Lollipop
2. Swipe Marathon running on Kitcat
3. iBall slide running on GingerBread
4. Moto-g running on Marshmallow

I used the following code;
A. using the Geocoder class with getFromLocation()
B. using the AsyncHttpClient to the URL - http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?

Option A;
works on devices 1 and 4 perfectly
not working on 2 and 3 devices

Option B;
works on 1 and 4 sometime
not works on 2 and 3

Hope this may help! Please rectify asap.

i also face the same issue since morning

We are experiencing the same problem this morning, affecting all devices we have tested (Android 5-6).

facing the same problem java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server

Facing this issue occasionally: java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server

i also face the same problem since this morning

Unable connect to Geocoder
java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136)
Facing this from morning.plz solve this issue becoz tomarrow we have issue production

it's working properly now

its working now

 Issue 6745  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 9549  has been merged into this issue.

 Issue 10613  has been merged into this issue.

Still have

11-04 11:43:59.306 15232-15764/? E/AddressIntentService: Network or other problem
                                                         java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server
                                                             at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136)
                                                             at com.xyz.xyz.geo.AddressIntentService.onHandleIntent(AddressIntentService.java:55)
                                                             at android.app.IntentService$ServiceHandler.handleMessage(IntentService.java:68)
                                                             at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                             at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
                                                             at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)

Works on my Nexus5(6.0.1) but not on my NexusP6 (7.1.1). Using MapBox as a fallback. Please fix this.

Still not working...

 "java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server" from last night on MOTO G3(6.0.1).

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still not working!!!!

Unable connect to Geocoder 

i am using sony and android version5.1.1



E/FetchAddressIS: Sorry, the service is not available
                                                                               java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server
                                                                                   at android.location.Geocoder.getFromLocation(Geocoder.java:136)
                                                                                   at com.sample.sishin.maplocation.FetchAddressIntentService.onHandleIntent(FetchAddressIntentService.java:95)
                                                                                   at android.app.IntentService$ServiceHandler.handleMessage(IntentService.java:65)
                                                                                   at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                                   at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:211)
                                                                                   at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)

Hi good

Every time when on 3G/LTE, Geocoder.getFromLocation() fails:

java.io.IOException: Timed out waiting for response from server

Time out is happening only on mobile connection. when on WiFi, works without every time.

it's really frustrating to receive this stupid error

I receive the timeout on my Nexus 6P with Android 7.1 but not on a Samsung with Android 5.1 nor Moto G2 with Android 6. I've been experiencing it for at least yesterday. Every device is on WiFi

I've been reproducing it on Nexus 6P for hours now