如何在没有适用于Android的地点SDK的情况下实现谷歌地点自动完成搜索框？

Question

I'm developing an android application that uses Uber like google maps place picker using kotlin. I've achieved all the required functionality but I couldn't able to find an updated tutorial on implementing place search autocomplete EditTextView.

I wanted to use google Places SDK for android to implement the earch feature, it seems the feature is depreciated and be turned off on July, 2019(as mentioned here: Places SDK for android ).

It would be great if someone could help me create an EditText in android app when user types places it suggests places according to the search term.

Answer 1

Only the Place Picker widget is deprecated , not Autocomplete. You can use Place Autocomplete , either as a widget which gives you a pre-built search bar or programmatically to build a custom search UI. For the best user experience, define how you want to constrain results based location and/or types of places depending on your use case.

Sample code for a full Autocomplete implementation is on Github, but only in Java for now.

Answer 2

As an alternate to autocomplete feature by Google, one can opt for Places Search API that requests to search for basic fields against basic text. That will cost much less as compared to autocomplete feature. Basic fields include formatted_address, geometry, icon,name, permanently_closed, photos, place_id,plus_code, types that would be more than enough for someone's case.

You can compare cost here .

So you can use some debounce and mechanisms to build your own search UI.