Talk to strangers

Talking with strangers is one of the way to pass time and find new friends.Last sunday i started searching some sites for this purpose and i found few that were good.Below i am providing the list of some sites and apps that allow you to chat with strangers...

1)OMEGLE

One of my favorite site for this purpose.I like it very much.Here you will find maximum nuber of people online and from all over the world.Omegle also provide video chatting.

2)Stranger MeetUp

This is the second option available.Here also you will find lots of interesting people.

3)Chatuos

Here mostly indians are found.This is an android app.

I hope you will enjoy chatting with strangers.

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Getting location in android!

Below is a demo code for getting location from your android devices.

MainActivity.class

package com.gpsdemo;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

import android.R.string;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.location.Address;
import android.location.Criteria;
import android.location.Geocoder;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.location.LocationProvider;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.SyncStateContract.Constants;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
provider
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        LocationManager locationManager;
        String context = Context.LOCATION_SERVICE;
        locationManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(context);
        Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
        criteria.setAccuracy(Criteria.ACCURACY_FINE);
        criteria.setAltitudeRequired(false);
        criteria.setBearingRequired(false);
        criteria.setCostAllowed(true);
        criteria.setPowerRequirement(Criteria.POWER_LOW);
        String provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);
        ArrayList<String> a=(ArrayList<String>)locationManager.getProviders(true);
        Location location =locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);
        updateWithNewLocation(location);provider
        locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(provider, 200, 1,locationListener);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
  
    private void updateWithNewLocation(Location location) {
        Log.d("com.gpsdemo","update");
        String latLongString;
        TextView myLocationText;
        myLocationText = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.myLocationText);
        String addressString = "No address found";
        if (location != null) {
        double lat = location.getLatitude();
        double lng = location.getLongitude();
        latLongString = "Lat:" + lat + "\nLong:" + lng;
        double latitude = location.getLatitude();
        double longitude = location.getLongitude();
        Geocoder gc = new Geocoder(this, Locale.getDefault());
        try {
        List<Address> addresses = gc.getFromLocation(latitude, longitude, 1);
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        if (addresses.size() > 0) {
        Address address = addresses.get(0);
        for (int i = 0; i < address.getMaxAddressLineIndex(); i++)
        sb.append(address.getAddressLine(i)).append("\n");
        sb.append(address.getLocality()).append("\n");
        sb.append(address.getPostalCode()).append("\n");
        sb.append(address.getCountryName());
        }
        addressString = sb.toString();
        } catch (IOException e) {}
        } else {
        latLongString = "No location found";
        }
        myLocationText.setText("Your Current Position is:\n" +
        latLongString);
        }
    private LocationListener locationListener = new LocationListener() {
        public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
            Log.d("com.gpsdemo","update");
        updateWithNewLocation(location);
        }
        public void onProviderDisabled(String provider){
        updateWithNewLocation(null);
        }provider
        public void onProviderEnabled(String provider){ }
        public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status,
        Bundle extras){ }
        };
}

activity_main.xml

<LinearLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/myLocationText"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@+string/hello"
/>
</LinearLayout>








AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.gpsdemo"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="18" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.gpsdemo.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Problems Encountered:

1) object of provider was null.
    Location provider were off.You can activate them in location and service of settings in your tablet/phone.
2)location object was null.
    gps network was not coming in basement go outside it will work like a charm.

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