Cannot import Google Places PlacePicker into Android project

Question

I'm attempting to write a simple program that involves using a PlacePicker to capture location information. My project, however, can't seem to resolve the necessary imports.

build.gradle:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.3.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-location:9.2.0'
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-maps:9.2.0'
}

Activity:

import com.google.android.gms.location.places.Place; // "Place" is not resolved
import com.google.android.gms.location.places.ui.PlacePicker; // "ui" is not resolved
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;

The LatLng import seems to work, but not the other two. The whole project runs fine when I import the full com.google.android.gms:play-services:9.2.0 API, but I want to use specific API calls to cut back on unnecessary libraries.

Answer 1

In play-services 9.2.0 the places API is no longer located in location. Those are now in their own places dependency. To resolve those you should add this to your build.gradle.

implementation 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-places:9.2.0'

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