Place Picker Automatically close after launch

Question

I want to show place picker so that user can choose location of his/her own choice. But place picker child activity automatically closes after launch. I've check the API key multiple times and other permissions, everything is correct. Here is all the code. Please help!

task_location.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            try {
                PlacePicker.IntentBuilder intentBuilder = new PlacePicker.IntentBuilder();
                Intent intent = intentBuilder.build(NewTaskActivity.this);
                // Start the Intent by requesting a result, identified by a request code.
                startActivityForResult(intent, 123);


            } catch (GooglePlayServicesRepairableException e) {
                GooglePlayServicesUtil
                        .getErrorDialog(e.getConnectionStatusCode(), NewTaskActivity.this, 0);
            } catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
                Toast.makeText(NewTaskActivity.this, "Google Play Services is not available.",
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                        .show();
            }
        }
    });

And here is the menifest file.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />

<uses-feature
    android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
    android:required="true" />
<application
    android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
    tools:replace="android:icon">

    <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
        android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />

    <meta-data
        android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
        android:value="AIzaSyAjM9hWUXm8vlABqFbM_fJfQgIFli8HP1E"/>

Answer 1

Instead of enabling the places API, Enable the places SDK for android. Worked for me. Good Luck :)