Add a Place Autocomplete widget to your Android app

Learn how to bring the power of Place Autocomplete to get predictions for places such as businesses, addresses and points of interest as the user types. This Geocast covers three methods for adding Place Autocomplete to your app depending on how you want your UI to appear.
See sample code to use an AutocompleteSupportFragment for a pre-built place search dialog, launch an intent from another UI element, or use findAutocompletePredictions programmatically to fully customize your own UI.
Place Autocomplete in Places SDK for Android documentation → goo.gle/3b0Iky0
Alternate version for web development:
Place Autocomplete for your website → goo.gle/32UFhE3
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[@user-np1ev4pu5g]

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[@quintinboatwright9211]

Why don't you have any support for kotlin in this video or on your documentation?

[@josephmwangi1951]

Been looking for this too.

[@axedexango]

can you found something ?

[@coldkaozgaming3530]

Anyone know why, in the XML, android:name does not recognise the class it needs to instantiate. Even though, I have checked the file path and see it there.

[@vijayjangid8967]

We need to declare the class or intent in android manifest also

[@tater1429]

You guys are a terrible company. Where is the support for Kotlin???

[@gonzalooviedo5435]

Flutter version please?

[@tater1429]

what about kotlin

[@jackxn5807]

i wish i saw this video 3 days ago so i dont have to suffer for the past 3 days looking everywhere and finding codes thats was before Places got deprecated.

[@anisexpert4604]

i wish i saw it before 20 days bcs i was suffering in finding solution for all this time , but i guess i'm still having a problem when i put a place in the box it doesn't show me all suggestions even sometimes it showes me nothing and tell me check ur network and retry but my network is perfect . do u have any solution for that !

[@digvijayrana6893]

@@anisexpert4604 can we use place autocomplete API without billing account

[@andresfelipeyanquen7194]

Hi, the second option doesnt work to limit an area, can you help me, please?

[@vaos04]

0:33 gave me anxiety...

[@godswillomonkhodion6393]

this method currently seems not to work anymore. on adding the fragment tag to your XML file, your design preview breaks with an error UNKNOWN FRAGMENT has anymore been able to figure this out yet?

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

It should work - try cloning the demo app from github.com/googlemaps/android-places-demos and compare your code with it. Ensure you have enabled Places API in your project, added your API key, and added the appropriate dependencies according to the "Setup" steps beginning at developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/android-sdk/cloud-setup

[@sanjayas7398]

Hi, the autocomplete view collapse as soon as a single character in entered ,its not accepting the input can any help me to solve this?

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

That doesn't sound like the expected experience. You can contact Support to get help with your implementation. Here's how: goo.gle/gmp-support-case

[@oohhsito4856]

You need to enable billing in your account. Also check that you're using the right Key and SHA1 in case you enabled restriction.

[@changlangtudangyeu]

help me please, I integrate autocomplete to my application, but it always gets error "Can't load search result"

[@aritrabhattacharya7722]

Even after enabling billing it only returns 5 results -_-

[@AbhishekSharma-tp3gx]

I am unable to create AutoCompleteFragment Even i have created billing account plss help me🙏🙏🙏

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

Our support team can help! Reach out here to get someone who can help you with Place Autocomplete in Android: goo.gle/gmp-support-case

[@fahadgaliwango4502]

have used fragment with kotlin, but on clicking to start searching, the keyboard doesn't start instead I get Status{statusCode:Place Fields must not be empty , resolution:null}

[@monilpanchal]

add this before initializing the AutocompleteSupportFragment if (!Places.isInitialized()) { Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(),"your-google-api-key", Locale.US); }

[@castrocastillo3714]

I've once tried to click the cursor in the google map search bar with other user's google account signed into it and there was one specific place that was being autocomplete without typing any letter in it. That does mean the place was previously been visited by the user?

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

If you're asking about the Google Maps app, you can check if there's an answer about that in Google Maps Help forums or post this as a new question. support.google.com/maps/community

[@syedfazal1202]

How to get query back to the fragment?

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

Use a PlaceSelectionListener to handle the response from the user selecting one of the Autocomplete predictions. The response will not include the user's typed query. developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/android-sdk/autocomplete#option_1_embed_an_autocompletesupportfragment. If you want to capture the user's query, you will need to implement Autocomplete programmatically. developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/android-sdk/autocomplete#get_place_predictions

[@nicolapigozzo]

Who the hell will never use the autocomplete api??!! Too much expensive... :(

[@anisexpert4604]

why how much u need to pay to use these functions . I'm using it and they don't ask for me to pay !!!!!!

[@digvijayrana6893]

@@anisexpert4604 Whenever I use this API it shows that billing account is necessary. What's the solution for this.

[@loicquivron5209]

@@digvijayrana6893 you will have 270 USD for free at start but then if you wish to continue using this, you will have to pay

[@codered4896]

When I set it up it works but, when I try to type something in the space it immediately takes me back to the the main activity, any ideas on how to fix?

[@jackxn5807]

in your code did you use your acutally api key that was applied on google clould platform? don't refer it from strings or any where else that you stored it..

[@stevanmiladinovic4007]

@@jackxn5807 Why does that happen? Isn't it "unsafe" to just put the key straight into your code? Isn't that exactly what string-resources are for?

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

We recommend using the Secrets Gradle Plugin to protect your API keys. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmnPioGNlLSlaNE

[@abishekarjun3070]

Do we need to migrate to android x to use this?

[@abishekarjun3070]

Or is there any lesser version of places api in which we can implement this , without using android x

[@elmagnificent8550]

Can this be used in flutter ?

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

You could host the native Android view in Flutter with this documentation: docs.flutter.dev/development/platform-integration/platform-views

[@elmagnificent8550]

@@GoogleMapsPlatform and the iOS ?

[@roliverma5851]

It just shows "Cant Load Search Results" for any place I search for

[@rishabhsheth6087]

Faced the same issue. Solved the issue by enabling billing for the project. I hope its works for you.

[@orhalachmi5110]

you need to enable biliing

[@Дмитрий-т8в9у]

@@orhalachmi5110 how to enable it? Is it really impossible to use the Places API for free?

[@anisexpert4604]

I'm facing the same problem , do u guys have any better solution for that like something for free bcs i just need to use it for my graduation project

[@sanjayas7398]

@Angela Yu hi,even tough i am having the billing account i am getting the error "Cant load the search results"

[@bikrampoudelcomputing2035]

how can i get only colleges name in autocomplete?

[@bikrampoudelcomputing2035]

@Angela Yu But I need billing account which is very difficult for students especially who are doing college final year project. I belong to the country where there is no international payment system (though recently started 2-3 days ago). I neither have card number for free trail. Do something for me (students) :) But if I cant get only colleges' name, it will not work in my project. I think I need to type colleges name manually 😁

[@GoogleMapsPlatform]

@@bikrampoudelcomputing2035 If your instructor requires maps and places for coursework they can apply for Education credits that can be distributed to the students in your course without requiring a payment method. developers.google.com/maps/billing/public-programs#faculty

[@vinaykumarhs5509]

The first min went well, but when they started explaining the code....🥲