How do we retrieve PlaceID if I have place coordinate info on IOS Swift

Question

I am using GoogleMaps and GooglePlaces APIs. I am trying to retrieve place details when I tap a marker. I understand I can retrieve place detail by using a placeID , but how do I retrieve a PlaceID in the first place? I have the coordinates of the place.

There is information on how to use a PlaceID once we have it, but there isn't much information on how to retrieve a PlaceID . I have place coordinate. Either I could use those coordinates directly to get details of the place or use it to get Place ID and then use the PlaceID to retrieve place Details.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You can use the userData section of the marker.

To define userData,

override func viewDidAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
        super.viewDidAppear(animated)
        let customData = customData(var123: "", var1234: 4, var12345: true)  
        marker.userData = customData

        marker.map = self.mapView
    }

To retrieve the information use,

func mapView(_ mapView: GMSMapView, didTap marker: GMSMarker) -> Bool {
        print(marker.title)

         // print marker userData
         print(marker.userData)
         print(CLLocation(latitude: marker.layer.latitude, longitude: marker.layer.longitude))


        return true
    }

Finally you can define the customData class,

class customData{
    var var1: String
    var var2: Int
    var var3: Bool

    init(var123: String, var1234: Int, var12345: Bool) {
        var1 = var123
        var2 = var1234
        var3 = var12345
    }
}