Vanilla Place Picker

Vanilla Place Picker provides a UI that displays an interactive map to get the place details and Autocomplete functionality, which displays place predictions based on user search input.

Developers often come across a requirement of adding precise location. So, a place picker which is easy to implement, less time consuming, and simple enough for users to use it is always in demand and here we have a Vanilla Place Picker which developer can add it in quick simple steps.

Preview

Key features

• Android 12 support
• Simple implementation for place picker either using Autocomplete, Map or both
• Set your own custom map styles
• Customise map pin icon
• Set default location position
• Use it without location permission
• Choose to show only open businesses or all
• Highly customise attributes
• Multi languages support.
• RTL layout support.

Usage

• Dependencies

  Step 1. Add the JitPack repository in your project build.gradle:

     allprojects {
      repositories {
  	    ...
  	    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
      }
     }
  

  or

  If Android studio version is Arctic Fox then add it in your settings.gradle:

    dependencyResolutionManagement {
  		repositories {
      		...
      		maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
  		}
    }
  

  Step 2. Add the dependency

  Add it in your app module build.gradle:

      dependencies {
          ...
          implementation 'com.github.Mindinventory:VanillaPlacePicker:X.X.X'
      }
  

• Implementation

  Step 1. Add GOOGLE MAP API KEY to your AndroidManifest.xml:

    <application ... >
      ...
  
      <meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
          android:value="@string/YOUR_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY" />
  
    </application>
  

  Step 2. Add VanillaPlacePicker Builder in to your activity class:

  
          val intent = VanillaPlacePicker.Builder(this)
              .with(PickerType.MAP_WITH_AUTO_COMPLETE) // Select Picker type to enable autocompelte, map or both
              .withLocation(23.057582, 72.534458)
              .setPickerLanguage(PickerLanguage.HINDI) // Apply language to picker
              .setLocationRestriction(LatLng(23.0558088,72.5325067), LatLng(23.0587592,72.5357321)) // Restrict location bounds in map and autocomplete
              .setCountry("IN") // Only for Autocomplete
              .enableShowMapAfterSearchResult(true) // To show the map after selecting the place from place picker only for PickerType.MAP_WITH_AUTO_COMPLETE
  
              /*
               * Configuration for Map UI
               */
              .setMapType(MapType.SATELLITE) // Choose map type (Only applicable for map screen) 
              .setMapStyle(R.raw.style_json) // Containing the JSON style declaration for night-mode styling
              .setMapPinDrawable(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_mylocation) // To give custom pin image for map marker
              ...
  
              .build()
  
          startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_PLACE_PICKER)
  
      ...
  
      //----- override onActivityResult function to get Vanilla Place Picker result.
      override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
          super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
          if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && data != null) {
              when (requestCode) {
                  REQUEST_PLACE_PICKER -> {
                       val vanillaAddress = VanillaPlacePicker.onActivityResult(data)
                  }
              }
          }
      }
  
  

Requirements

• minSdkVersion >= 19
• Androidx

LICENSE!

Vanilla Place Picker is MIT-licensed.

Let us know!

We’d be really happy if you send us links to your projects where you use our component. Just send an email to [email protected] And do let us know if you have any questions or suggestion regarding our work.