Disable select button while selecting location of anonymous location using Place picker google API in android

Question

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

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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.

Answer 1

Solution: Enable Google Places API for Android from dev console.

Answer 2

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.