Hi,

I have been struggling with the session token for a while, nothing seems to work.
Therefore I tried your demo app but enabling session token does not make a difference, they still charged me 18 requests for 1 address autocomplete.

Do you have any idea why it is not working or am I the only one for which this is not working? Do I need to edit something in my Google API Console?

Kind regards,
Luuk

I've noticed that the Android SDK for Places API is missing the Address Components field (as stated here: https://developers.google.com/places/android-sdk/place-data-fields), making it unfeasible to get the specific components of an address: we can only get a formatted address, which is the joined string of some of its components.

Are there any plans on making it available as it is already on the iOS SDK? It's a bummer having to rely on the web API just for a missing mapping on the mobile SDK.

Did you init the PlacesClient? This is maybe the reason for your issues.

Originally posted by @L3viackerman in #15 (comment)

I am getting this, Please Help.

Could not resolve all dependencies for configuration ':app:debugRuntimeClasspath'.
Could not determine artifacts for androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview:1.0.0-rc01
Could not get resource 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/androidx/recyclerview/recyclerview/1.0.0-rc01/recyclerview-1.0.0-rc01.aar'.
Could not HEAD 'https://dl.google.com/dl/android/maven2/androidx/recyclerview/recyclerview/1.0.0-rc01/recyclerview-1.0.0-rc01.aar'.
Connect to dl.google.com:443 [dl.google.com/172.217.160.238] failed: Connection timed out: connect
Connection timed out: connect

Tried to follow your demo to use PlaceSelectionListener in AutocompleteTestActivity; but both onPlacesSelected and onError were never fired...

I thought it may be related to this, but still no luck trying to do something like this.

  @Override
  protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent intent) {

    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
    autocompleteSupportFragment.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);

I try to add places library to my InstantApp and it works fine. The problem is that the library code is already obfuscated, and the library adds the next ProGuard rules:

# Proguard file to be exported as to proguard.txt in the 3P AAR release.
# The Places Library has already been obfuscated. This prevent further obfuscation.
-keep class com.google.android.libraries.places. ** {
    <fields>;
    <methods>;
}

For this reason I can disable this rule to allow ProGuard shrinks the code. The result of that is that library code size is about 326.8KB, whereas my application code is 213KB (or 363KB from all android code).

Is there any option to shrink the library code?
Do I need to open an issue into issuetracker of the library?

Thank you very much in advance!

I just added:

   implementation ('com.google.android.libraries.places:places:1.0.0') {
        exclude module: 'support-v4'
    }
    implementation ('com.google.android.libraries.places:places-compat:1.0.0') {
        exclude module: 'support-v4'
    }

And I got the following error:

AGPBI: {"kind":"error","text":"Program type already present: com.google.android.libraries.places.api.internal.impl.net.pablo.AutocompletePredictionResult$StructuredFormatting","sources":[{}],"tool":"D8"}

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

the only one related thing that I've found on entirely internet (using google of course) was:

http://qaru.site/questions/17030061/google-places-api-program-type-already-present-autocompletepredictionresult

and it is also answered.

Environment details

Places: 3.0.0
Android 12
A device with a notch

Steps to reproduce

I'm using a theme (MD v3) without actionbar. All the activities displayed correctly out of the box without adding anything except for AutocompleteActivity it overlap with status bar due the notch as the overlay mode use the default insets set by theme for status bar

Same for demo app too for Java:

Hai
I'am trying get postal_code of the location for which i selected from autocomplete predictions, but if Address contains postal_code then only i'am able get it through Address Component, but i want postal_code for all the locations which i select from the autocomplete prediction.
Example:
search for RT Nagar, Bangalore
i'am getting some suggestions out of those some of them don't have Pin code like
RT Nagar, Bagalore, Karnataka, India don't has any pin code in Address component
[Please reply to my query ASAP]

implementation "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:${support_library_version}"

implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:${google_play_services_version_vision}"
implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:${google_play_services_version_map}'
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:${google_play_services_version_location}"
implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:${google_play_services_version_firebase_core}"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:${google_play_services_version_firebase_core}"
implementation "com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:${google_play_services_version_firebase_messaging}"
implementation('com.google.android.libraries.places:places:1.1.0')
In My Project i am using above library's and before adding new Places SDK no issues were there but after adding i am getting below error.I dont know what i am missing. Please help to fix this

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
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Duplicate class android.support.v4.app.INotificationSideChannel$Stub found in modules classes.jar (androidx.core:core:1.0.0) and classes.jar (com.android.support:support-compat:28.0.0)
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Your app contains exposed Google Cloud Platform (GCP) API keys, the Classes:
MainActivity->onCreate

Please refer to the following article on how to fix the issue:
https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/9287711

I am getting this alert from my google play store console. I have added restrictions to my apikey. but i have used same line as demo

**String apiKey = getResources().getString(R.string.google_api_key);

if (!Places.isInitialized()) {
Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(), apiKey);
}**

this is cause of this issue. How to rectify this. Can you please explain

As it was in the earlier Google Play Services Repository, please add the direct links for the Activities and their small description in a ReadMe file and link that Readme file in the first Readme page for the android-places-demo repository/branch. It'll be easier to find and come back to whenever required.

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For example, can I pass coordinates or is this intended more for human readable addresses?

If yes to lat/long, how should they be formatted?

The docs here, just say that it's an "initial query", but don't really indicate a meaning:
https://developers.google.com/places/android-sdk/reference/com/google/android/libraries/places/widget/Autocomplete.IntentBuilder.html#setInitialQuery(java.lang.String)

Moved to here:
googlemaps/google-maps-services-java#705

but i can get com.google.android.libraries.places:places:3.0.0

please make example of autocompletepridiction adapter with filterable to apply filter on returning list on autocompletepridiction response like in old sdk examples

This sample fails silently in API 30+.
https://github.com/googlemaps/android-places-demos/blob/cad6283636d819d29d0332a3da707d8497cb9995/demo-java/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

Android docs say you must declare a foreground service type location in API 29 and higher. Consider referencing Location Permissions codelab patterns for API 29 and API 30.

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Environment details

• . 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:2.4.0'
• Android 29/30

Steps to reproduce

For the example from this library in the KOTLIN version (ProgrammaticAutocompleteToolbarActivity), I changed the data to search from my location. (you can see it in the attached code).
When I start typing the name of a street that is almost in the neighborhood, it doesn't find it.
When I almost enter the whole street name, it will find it in a different city.

It gives the impression that it is everywhere, but not where it should be.

Code example

val bias: LocationBias = RectangularBounds.newInstance(
        LatLng(18.55480, 54.34082),
        LatLng(18.72612, 54.42620)
)

val newRequest = FindAutocompletePredictionsRequest
        .builder()
        .setSessionToken(sessionToken)
        .setOrigin(LatLng(18.62556, 54.38044))
        .setLocationBias(bias)
        .setTypeFilter(TypeFilter.ADDRESS)
        .setQuery(query)
        .setCountries("PL")
        .build()

Looking at other implemented solutions that work very well my situation is very strange. I don't know where to look for the problem.

Hello,

I am trying to implement the Google Places Autocomplete API sometimes I am able to get location list but sometimes I get "can't load search results" message. Even I tried the demo app there also I have the same issue. Can you please help whether I am missing any configurations or what I am doing wrong.

Thank you

In Android APIs prior to 28, when you press the "OPEN ACTIVITY" button, the keyboard shows up automatically and the user can begin typing immediately. However, in API 28 the user has to click the search bar before they can begin typing. This is clearly an inferior user experience.

After putting this line

AutocompleteSupportFragment autocompleteSupportFragment = (AutocompleteSupportFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.autocomplete_fragment);

I am getting "autocompleteSupportFragment" null

There is a bug right now though where tapping on address1Field in quick succession will launch multiple AC.

Originally posted by @arriolac in #167 (comment)

Bug location: AutocompleteAddressActivity.java

Proposed solution: PR comment

Environment details

• 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:2.4.0'
• Android 29/30

I wanted to test in DEMO how sessions with Token for autocomplete work.

Whichever combination I take, I think the session isn't working.

When I type the address and look at the requests for the Places API, it is equal to the number of characters entered.

Shouldn't there be one session and one request?

When we search anything in AutocompleteSupportFragment and Suggestions are shown , how we can add an icon at the left in those Suggestions .

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Do not edit below:
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I have enabled billing in for my project , and enabled the place API and MAP SDK for android . Still my Place picker closes immediately when it opens .I have read about the deprecated methods and also seen your example that too have deprecated method. Can you please suggest some solution to overcome this issue .

In the screen named "Current Place", if "OPENING HOURS" were chosen in the place fields, the api will throw such an exception:
com.google.android.gms.common.api.ApiException: 9012: Error while parsing 'fields' parameter: Unsupported field name 'opening_hours'.

Remove jcenter() from the repository list and instead fetch dependencies from maven central.

Firebase Crashes Report:

Caused by java.lang.IllegalStateException
Places must be initialized.

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException
Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.islamuna.ramadan/com.google.android.libraries.places.widget.AutocompleteActivity}: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Places must be initialized.

SDK version:
implementation 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:1.1.0'

Layout include

<fragment
                    android:id="@+id/place_autocomplete_fragment"
                    android:name="com.google.android.libraries.places.widget.AutocompleteSupportFragment"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
                    android:background="@drawable/border_filled" />

Even i initialize Place sample code:

Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(), "mykey", Locale.US);

autocompleteFragment = (AutocompleteSupportFragment)
                    getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.place_autocomplete_fragment);
            autocompleteFragment.setPlaceFields(Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID, Place.Field.NAME,Place.Field.LAT_LNG));
            autocompleteFragment.setText(Global.getStoredStringValue(getApplicationContext(), getString(R.string.KEY_CITY)));

            autocompleteFragment.setOnPlaceSelectedListener(new PlaceSelectionListener() {
                @Override
                public void onPlaceSelected(Place place) {
                    try {

                        }
                    } catch (Exception e) {
                    }

                }

                @Override
                public void onError(Status status) {
                    // TODO: Handle the error.

                }
            });

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PlacePicker.IntentBuilder builder = new PlacePicker.IntentBuilder();
startActivityForResult(builder.build(this), 1);

not working with compat library too

Hello, I'm having trouble finding the javadocs for this new library. Can someone please link me? It has always been the case for me that I have trouble downloading the source or javadocs in Android Studio , so I am wanting guidance on what is the best place to read the javadocs for this new Places SDK.

For example when I try to look up the javadocs in AS I get the following info:

Note: I tried looking here: https://developers.google.com/android/reference/packages

Any plan migration from jcenter to maven ?

"Developers who use dependencies from JCenter will need to find the new location of updated versions of those dependencies.
https://developer.android.com/studio/build/jcenter-migration"

By installing the demo app ther is an issue on PlacePicker.
CurrentPlace and AutoComplete features works correctly but PP is shown and closed immediately without errors or warnings.
It can't be a API Key issue because 2/3 features works perfectly showing data.

Since v2.7.0, the replacement methods are

• AutocompleteSupportFragment.setTypesFilter(List typesFilter)
• FindAutocompletePredictionsRequest.Builder.setTypesFilter(List typesFilter)
• Autocomplete.IntentBuilder.setTypesFilter(List typesFilter)

The class to use is PlaceTypes not TypeFilter.

Thanks for the effort in the repo.

In the meantime, while the support of compose areas in the community and a lot of people are migrating to compose we still didn't have any support for Places Autocomplete in Compose.

I found this issue opened and I think it might take time to be implemented in Compse.

how about adding a Place Autocomplete Compose demo while using AndroidView inside Compose that will help us at least until the SDK migrated to Compse.

Environment details

1. Specify the API at the beginning of the title - Places API, Maps API
2. OS type and version - Android 11
3. Library version and other environment information - secrets-gradle-plugin 2.0.0

The error

I've received the following error in Play Console:
Errors found. Fix before releasing to production.
Leaked GCP API Keys - Your app contains exposed Google Cloud Platform (GCP) API keys.

What I've tried

I've applied all the best practices mentioned in Securing an API key and of course I've added API key restrictions.

I'm using the secrets-gradle-plugin latest version as of now - 2.0.0, in order to hide my API key, I've followed the instructions in this video and my API key is stored inside the local.properties and the BuildConfig.java file. unfortunately this isn't enough for google and they still won't let me release my app because of this silly error.

How do I fix this error?

Does this prevent me from publishing my app on Internal Testing or Closed Testing?

Thanks.

Hello,

ProgrammaticPlacePredictions not working when implementing programmatic place predictions.

I tried the exact same code programmaticPlacePredictions -> apiException: 9012 : INVALID_REQUEST
I tried setting minimum properties: Token, query, TypesFilter -> apiException: 9012 : INVALID_REQUEST
I tried working with widget/fragment and it worked.

I am using Android Studio Dolphin | 2021.3.1 Patch 1 and a physical device Google Pixel 6.

Kind regards,
Hamza

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In AutocompleteAddressActivity.java, once the address gets populated from the Autocomplete response, focus is placed on the Address Line 2 input field which causes the soft keyboard to engage and cover half the screen, including covering up the confirmation map. If a user doesn't need to fill in Address Line 2, they must scroll down to find the map and the submit button.

As discussed in the PR comments, we can try a couple of approaches to improve the UX.

Google play store complains error when I upload package. Following initialising code has a problem.

    if (!Places.isInitialized()) {
        Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(), BuildConfig.MAPS_API_KEY);
    }

The error is kinda intermittent. When you load the Overlay Place textfield, and return to the calling screen, the original screen is greyed out and loses focus. You can get back the focus when you minimize the app and return to it. Users will not know that they have to do that to get back control on the screen.

Hi guy,
How to using IndoorMap and load list POIs, route.

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Environment details

1. Specify the API at the beginning of the title (for example, "Places: ...")
   v3

2. OS type and version
   Emulator API 30

3. Library version and other environment information
   // GMS
   gmsImplementation 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:2.4.0'

   // V3
   v3Implementation name:'places-maps-sdk-3.1.0-beta', ext:'aar'
   v3Implementation 'com.android.volley:volley:1.1.1'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:17.4.0'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:17.4.0'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:17.0.0'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:17.1.0'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:17.2.0'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.android.libraries.maps:maps:3.1.0-beta'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations:1.7.4'
   v3Implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6'

Steps to reproduce

1. Import attached, which is based on the demo here:

https://github.com/googlemaps/android-places-demos/tree/main/demo-kotlin

Code example

It's just what's on the sample.

Stack trace

2020-10-19 10:43:01.502 32526-32526/com.example.placesdemo.v3 E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
    Process: com.example.placesdemo.v3, PID: 32526
    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Failed resolution of: Lcom/google/android/datatransport/runtime/TransportRuntime;
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.internal.fg.<init>(PG:5)
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.internal.cb.h(PG:17)
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.internal.cb.i(PG:18)
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.internal.cb.l(PG:21)
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.internal.cb.r(PG:27)
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.internal.cb.a(PG:1)
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.api.Places.a(PG:43)
        at com.google.android.libraries.places.api.Places.createClient(PG:30)
        at com.example.placesdemo.CurrentPlaceTestActivity.onCreate(CurrentPlaceTestActivity.kt:62)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:8000)
        at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:7984)
        at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1309)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3422)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3601)
        at android.app.servertransaction.LaunchActivityItem.execute(LaunchActivityItem.java:85)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
        at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2066)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
     Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.google.android.datatransport.runtime.TransportRuntime" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/~~4e9kwdXxgvYn4L0pRpwLiA==/com.example.placesdemo.v3-SLNdZABmDyGjIHSjoIMU4w==/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/~~4e9kwdXxgvYn4L0pRpwLiA==/com.example.placesdemo.v3-SLNdZABmDyGjIHSjoIMU4w==/lib/x86, /data/app/~~4e9kwdXxgvYn4L0pRpwLiA==/com.example.placesdemo.v3-SLNdZABmDyGjIHSjoIMU4w==/base.apk!/lib/x86, /system/lib, /system_ext/lib]]

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I've tried each of the buttons. All cause a crash.

See attached:

https://github.com/kataklisma/android-google-places/files/5399937/2020-10-19_10-42-11.zip

And the project (without the real key):

https://github.com/kataklisma/android-google-places/files/5399948/demo-kotlin.zip