I have been trying to apply Android Google Places Autocomplete feature using new Places SDK by below steps:
added dependency
implementation 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:2.2.0'
implementation 'androidx.cardview:cardview:1.0.0'
added permission
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
at xml file
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_margin="5dp"
android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
app:cardCornerRadius="4dp">
<fragment
android:id="#+id/autocomplete_fragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:name="com.google.android.libraries.places.widget.AutocompleteSupportFragment"/>
</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>
at my Activity file
// Initialize Places.
Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(), "My API KEY");
// Create a new Places client instance.
PlacesClient placesClient = Places.createClient(this);
// Initialize the AutocompleteSupportFragment.
AutocompleteSupportFragment autocompleteFragment = (AutocompleteSupportFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.autocomplete_fragment);
// Specify the types of place data to return.
autocompleteFragment.setPlaceFields(Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID, Place.Field.NAME));
// Set up a PlaceSelectionListener to handle the response.
autocompleteFragment.setOnPlaceSelectedListener(new PlaceSelectionListener() {
#Override
public void onPlaceSelected(Place place) {
// TODO: Get info about the selected place.
//Log.i(TAG, "Place: " + place.getName() + ", " + place.getId());
}
#Override
public void onError(Status status) {
// TODO: Handle the error.
//Log.i(TAG, "An error occurred: " + status);
}
});
Problem is while I am trying to type any key on search bar it close the search window.
Note : API key is enabled, and after enabling the API key I got same API which I already enable in this project for 'Maps SDK for Android'.
If anybody got the solution please provide.
Thanks in advance.
This place picker method is already deprecated in 2019. please follow the latest one to implement the place picker here is the link https://developers.google.com/places/android-sdk/client-migration
Trying to get autocomplete fragment to work in my code. TAG causes an error in the code, if you remove the Log statement it causes an error for the whole paragraph. it also does not let me TAG create a variable for tag to remove the error, if i do this the whole paragraph gets an error as well.
Have gone through the deprecation steps and added the new dependencies and imports and it still wont work...
also Places API is definitely already enabled
AutocompleteSupportFragment autocompleteFragment = (AutocompleteSupportFragment)
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.autocomplete_fragment);
autocompleteFragment.setPlaceFields(Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID, Place.Field.NAME));
autocompleteFragment.setOnPlaceSelectedListener(new PlaceSelectionListener() {
#Override
public void onPlaceSelected(Place place) {
// TODO: Get info about the selected place.
Log.i(TAG, "Place: " + place.getName() + ", " + place.getId());
}
#Override
public void onError(Status status) {
// TODO: Handle the error.
Log.i(TAG, "An error occurred: " + status);
}
});
Meanwhile the Places SDK for Android provides this API:
dependencies {
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:16.0.0"
implementation "com.google.android.libraries.places:places:1.0.0"
}
The AutocompleteSupportFragment in this package is not deprecated, but the whole package you are using. See the migration guide, in case you may already have some code which runs against that deprecated package.
And if TAG is unknown, you probably should define it; for example:
private static final String TAG = "PlacesActivity";
Google has recently updated their Places SDK for android, so now I'm updating my code too. I'm trying to use the AutocompleteSupportFragment to allow the user to set their address.
This is my code:
mAddressEditText = (AutocompleteSupportFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.address);
mAddressEditText.setPlaceFields(Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ADDRESS, Place.Field.LAT_LNG));
mAddressEditText.setHint("Address");
mAddressEditText.setText("Test1"); // Works fine at the beginning, disappears after selecting a place and shows only the hint
mAddressEditText.setOnPlaceSelectedListener(new PlaceSelectionListener() {
#Override
public void onPlaceSelected(Place place) {
Log.d(TAG, "Place Selected");
// Other Stuff
mAddressEditText.setText("Test2"); // Doesn't Work, all I can see is the hint
mAddressEditText.setText(place.getAddress()); // Doesn't Work, all I can see is the hint
}
#Override
public void onError(Status status) {
Log.e(TAG, "An error occurred: " + status);
invalidAddressDialog.show();
}
});
In the previous SDK, the fragment would set the text to the selected address automatically. This doesn't work in the new SDK (not sure if that's intentional or not).
So I'm trying to set it manually instead. As you can see in the comments in my code, using setText works fine outside the listeners. Inside the listener they don't.
Am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
EDIT:
So long and I still can't get a proper fix to this.
To be perfectly clear, I can get the address correctly from the fragment, the only thing that doesn't work is setText.
However, since some answers state they're not getting the same problem, I started thinking it might be related to the library versions I'm using?
These are the libraries I have in my build.gradle:
api 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:28.0.0'
api 'com.android.support:support-annotations:28.0.0'
api 'com.android.support:multidex:1.0.3'
api 'com.google.firebase:firebase-core:16.0.8'
api 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:16.2.1'
api 'com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:18.2.0'
api 'com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:16.1.0'
api 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:1.1.0'
setText has been giving me the same problem - it must be a bug I think. However I found a little work around with the hint. In your onPlaceSelected you can put the following:
Java
EditText etPlace = (EditText) autocompleteFragment.getView().findViewById(R.id.places_autocomplete_search_input);
etPlace.setHint(place.getAddress())
Kotlin
val etPlace = autocompleteFragment.view?.findViewById(R.id.places_autocomplete_search_input) as EditText
etPlace.hint = place.address
This is the code that I am using and it is working perfectly fine.
Make some changes to build.gradle (app level)
Add this to build.gradle:
android{
...
ext {
googlePlayServicesVersion = "15.0.1"
}
}
Add those dependencies:
dependencies {
...
//Also if you're using any firebase dependencies make sure that the are up to date
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:16.0.0'
implementation 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:1.1.0'
}
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'
In xml layout:
<fragment
android:id="#+id/autocomplete_fragment"
android:name="com.google.android.libraries.places.widget.AutocompleteSupportFragment"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
The code in Activity:
private void initGooglePlacesApi() {
// Initialize Places.
Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(), "YOUR_API_KEY");
// Create a new Places client instance.
PlacesClient placesClient = Places.createClient(getApplicationContext());
// Initialize the AutocompleteSupportFragment.
AutocompleteSupportFragment autocompleteFragment = (AutocompleteSupportFragment)
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.autocomplete_fragment);
autocompleteFragment.setHint(getString(R.string.select_location_search_bar));
// autocompleteFragment.setLocationRestriction(RectangularBounds.newInstance(
// new LatLng(34.7006096, 19.2477876),
// new LatLng(41.7488862, 29.7296986))); //Greece bounds
autocompleteFragment.setCountry("gr");
// Specify the types of place data to return.
autocompleteFragment.setPlaceFields(Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ADDRESS, Place.Field.ADDRESS_COMPONENTS));
autocompleteFragment.setTypeFilter(TypeFilter.ADDRESS);
// Set up a PlaceSelectionListener to handle the response.
autocompleteFragment.setOnPlaceSelectedListener(new PlaceSelectionListener() {
#Override
public void onPlaceSelected(Place place) {
if(place.getAddressComponents().asList().get(0).getTypes().get(0).equalsIgnoreCase("route")){
binding.textViewLocation.setText(place.getAddress()); //Works well
location = place.getAddress();
}else{ //If user does not choose a specific place.
AndroidUtils.vibratePhone(getApplication(), 200);
TastyToast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
getString(R.string.choose_an_address), TastyToast.DEFAULT, TastyToast.CONFUSING);
}
Log.i(TAG, "Place: " + place.getAddressComponents().asList().get(0).getTypes().get(0) + ", " + place.getId() + ", " + place.getAddress());
}
#Override
public void onError(Status status) {
Log.i(TAG, "An error occurred: " + status);
}
});
}
I found a pretty simple solution..just delay a little bit the moment you set the text in the EditText. So in your PlaceSelectionListener just do it this way:
Handler().postDelayed({
mAddressEditText.setText(place.getAddress());
}, 300)
PS: This is kotlin code but It's almost similar in Java
By setting "NAME" in setPlaceFields, a selected address is automatically shown in the fragment:
AutocompleteSupportFragment autocompleteFragment = (AutocompleteSupportFragment)
getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.autocomplete_fragment);
// Set "Place.Field.NAME" as below here to show the selected item //
autocompleteFragment.setPlaceFields(Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID, **Place.Field.NAME**,Place.Field.ADDRESS,Place.Field.LAT_LNG));
autocompleteFragment.setOnPlaceSelectedListener(new PlaceSelectionListener() {
#Override
public void onPlaceSelected(#NonNull Place place) {
// TODO: Get info about the selected place. }
#Override
public void onError(#NonNull Status status) {
// TODO: Handle the error. }
});
I believe this is a bug, because it doesn't make sense to have it working like this.
What does work is set other autocomplete's texts but not its own.
This has to be a bug.
EDIT: here is my updated answer
# When you are using AutocompleteSupportFragment or AutocompleteActivity
# in Fragments, do this:
public class YourFragment extends Fragment {
/.../
#Override
public void onActivityResult (int requestCode,int resultCode,
#Nullable Intent data){
# AUTOCOMPLETE_REQUEST_CODE is just a unique constant, define it
if (requestCode == AUTOCOMPLETE_REQUEST_CODE) {
if (resultCode == AutocompleteActivity.RESULT_OK) {
Place place = Autocomplete.getPlaceFromIntent(data);
// when resultcode is RESULT_OK
mAddressEditText.setText(place.getName());
// Notice this line, update your editText up here
}else if (resultCode == AutocompleteActivity.RESULT_ERROR) {
Status status = Autocomplete.getStatusFromIntent(data);
// Handle error
} else if (resultCode == AutocompleteActivity.RESULT_CANCELED) {
// Handle results if canceled
}
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
}
}
/.../
}
# If you are extending AppCompatActivity, you might want to do this
# ONLY when you are already doing something in onActivityResult
public class YourActivity extends AppCompatActivity{
/.../
#Override
public void onActivityResult (int requestCode,int resultCode,#Nullable Intent data){
# your logic here.
/.../
# if you are already overriding onActivityResult,
# do not forget to put this line
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
}
/.../
}
I was having the problem too. Turns out you HAVE to override this and implement it anyway, whether using AutocompleteSupportFragment or AutocompleteActivity if you are working in Fragments.
If you are using AppCompatActivity you do not have to implement it, but if you are already overiding onActivityResult to do something, do not forget to call the base method super.onActivityResult
get the reference of AutoCompleteFragment and then set text to the autocomplete fragment
like
autoCompleteFragment.setText("Address")
for reference you can have a look at the documentation
https://developers.google.com/android/reference/com/google/android/gms/location/places/ui/PlaceAutocompleteFragment
I tried CacheMeOutside's solution but it didn't work at all. So, I decided to try Matthias's solution and it did work because the text actually sets and then immediately removes for some reason. A small delay fixes it. The delay can be as small as 1 millisecond.
If my solution doesn't work for you, you can try to experiment with the delay. It also seems that it doesn't stop view rendering, so you can set any time you want.
private lateinit var autocomplete: AutocompleteSupportFragment
override fun onPlaceSelected(place: Place) {
Timer("SetAddress", false).schedule(1) {
autocomplete.setText(place.address)
}
}
The code snippet in Kotlin. If your code is in Java, just find some instrument to delay code execution for some time.
The solution by Matthias is working but it is in kotlin. Below is the same implementation in Java
#Override
public void onPlaceSelected(Place place) {
String name = place.getName()+", "+place.getAddress();
new Handler().postDelayed(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
autocompleteFragmentDestination.setText(name);
}
},300);
}
Simple. Use a Spannable string to set the color!
val autocompleteFragment = childFragmentManager.findFragmentById(R.id.location_filter_autocomplete) as AutocompleteSupportFragment
val text = SpannableString("Enter a location")
text.setSpan(ForegroundColorSpan(Color.BLACK), 0, text.length, Spannable.SPAN_EXCLUSIVE_EXCLUSIVE)
autocompleteFragment.setHint(text)
Do the same inside onPlaceSelectedListener()
I added to my android application Place Picker. When you know the address of the place you want to pick and fill the research bar, it works.
But I want that the user has the possibility to choose the place of his choice in using the red picker and this part doesn't work.
When you pick a place with the red picker and click "Select this location" like here.
We can't select the place. The "Select" button is greyed out. Like you can observe here.
Of course I have enabled the Google Place Android API and Google Maps Android API on the Google Developer Console.
I searched the reason (and a solution) on stackoverflow. I found some posts saying to put the API key that we can found on the google developer console inside:
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
android:value="#string/google_maps_key" />
I did it but no positive result.
Then I tried to do again the implementation of Place Picker from scratch, without success.
This is the code where I use Place Picker:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_edit_location);
Button chooseLocationButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.choose_location);
PlacePicker.IntentBuilder intentBuilder = new PlacePicker.IntentBuilder();
try {
final Intent intent = intentBuilder.build(this);
chooseLocationButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_PLACE_PICKER);
}
});
} catch (GooglePlayServicesRepairableException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// TODO handle exception!
} catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// TODO handle exception!
}
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (requestCode == REQUEST_PLACE_PICKER) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Place place = PlacePicker.getPlace(data, this);
String toast = String.format("Place: %s", place.getName());
longitude = place.getLatLng().longitude;
latitude = place.getLatLng().latitude;
Toast.makeText(this, toast, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
}
I don't find anymore solution to try on the internet. It's why I write this question. Does anybody have any idea why this doesn't work?
Thank you.
I think you haven't enabled "Google Places API for Android" in your API console, Enable it. I have faced same problem once. I solved using the above solution.
I want to save user form information with location field. For location I want to open google map on some button click and location to be selected when user click on location over map and post-filled location into form.
I found place picker as related solution, So
I have used Place Picker Google API and I am able to open google map, when I move arrow over preferred location and click on Select this location (Appearing black color with now coordinates showing under that).
Confirmation box opens with 2 option :
1.) Change location
2.) Select (Disabled mode)
I want to select anonymous location and return to main activity.
Below is my code :
private TextView get_place;
int PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST = 1;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
get_place = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.textView1);
get_place.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
PlacePicker.IntentBuilder builder = new PlacePicker.IntentBuilder();
Intent intent;
try {
intent = builder.build(getApplicationContext());
startActivityForResult(intent,PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST );
} catch (GooglePlayServicesRepairableException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
protected void onActivityResult( int requestCode , int resultCode , Intent data ){
if( requestCode == PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST)
{
if(resultCode == RESULT_OK)
{
Place place = PlacePicker.getPlace(data,this);
Double latitude = place.getLatLng().latitude;
Double longitude = place.getLatLng().longitude;
String address = String.valueOf(latitude)+String.valueOf(longitude);
get_place.setText(address);
}
}
}
Current location coordinates not visible
.
After click on SELECT THIS BUTTON, below window opens with Select button is disabled
.
Please let me know, If there is any other best solution.
Code reply will be much helpful or reference link.
Solution: Enable Google Places API for Android from dev console.
I had the same issue (see comments in original post) and it turned out to be caused by a mismatch in the API key entry in the AndroidManifest.xml file.
I'm using Xamarin.Android but the principle should be the same in Java - but your mileage may vary.
Basically my app was using the Maps API and in my manifest I had the API key specified as com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY - and everything worked fine. When I implemented the Places Picker i needed to change the key name to com.google.android.geo.API_KEY (I did NOT have to change the key itself!). I had done this for the debug configuration but NOT for the release configuration - which still used the Maps key name. Hence building a releasable package was resulting in a manifest which would satisfy the Maps API but not Places.
Changing the release configuration has resolved my issue.
I faced the same problem and it got resolved when I enabled Google Places API for Android API in my google cloud project.
All answers are either old, or irrelevant. I tried 2 solutions, which worked for me.
Solution 1
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appindexing:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-contextmanager:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-nearby:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-auth:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:9.4.0'
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.4.0'
Reference : googledocumentation
Solution 2
Google API Console
Identify the Android Key the project is using
Select Android OS, enter the package name and SHA1
Check the google-services.json (from Firebase), it should be using this key.
Rebuild, and everything works well.
You should use this
<application>
...
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
android:value="YOUR_API_KEY"/>
</application>
instead of
<application>
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
android:value="YOUR_API_KEY"/>
<application>
Make sure you have enabled this API in console.developers.google.com
Also (this is was my case) make sure your API key is correct - copy package from gradle applicationId field. Good test will be if you disable restrictions from API key.
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (requestCode==PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST|requestCode==REQUEST_CHECK_SETTING){
if(resultCode==RESULT_OK) {
mlocationUpdate = true;
// startLocationUpdate();
Place place = PlacePicker.getPlace(data, this);
String str_txt = place.getName().toString();
str_txt += "\n" + place.getAddress().toString();
placeMarkerOnMap(place.getLatLng());
mStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
String mplacename = String.format("%s", place.getName());
mlatitude = (place.getLatLng().latitude);
mlongitude = (place.getLatLng().longitude);
String maddress = String.format("%s", place.getAddress());
mStringBuilder.append("NAME :");
mStringBuilder.append(mplacename);
mStringBuilder.append("\n");
Log.e("SRC-->",mplacename);
Log.e("THIS-->",maddress);
mStringBuilder.append("ADDRESS :");
mStringBuilder.append(maddress);
/*mStringBuilder.append("\n");*/
if (isPickUp==true){
edt_pickup.setText(mStringBuilder);
isPickUp=false;
}
else if (isDrop==true){
edt_drop.setText(mStringBuilder);
mlatitudeEnd = (place.getLatLng().latitude);
mlongitudeEND = (place.getLatLng().longitude);
isDrop=false;
}
}}
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
}
I also had to enable Geocoding API. These are the APIs that I'm using: