Android Question Google Maps searchbar

[Csaba Balogh]

What is the correct way of providing a search bar of locations to my Google Maps activity? I would like to let users search their destination... Is there any API call or library that cab help?

 

[Erel]

[B4X] [custom view] Google Place Autocomplete View

B4A, B4i and B4J classes are attached. PlacesAutocompleteView is based on SearchView. It calls Google's Places autocomplete API to let the user select a place. Once selected it sends another request to get the exact location. You can get other information as well. B4A project depends on...

www.b4x.com

 

[Csaba Balogh]

Thank you, Erel! Exactly what I was looking for...

 

[Csaba Balogh]

I have one issue though. It is not listing the postal codes, and I don't know how to properly get this working. Any clue?

 

[Csaba Balogh]

I have one issue though. It is not listing the postal codes, and I don't know how to properly get this working. Any clue?

It certainly can be done. The documentation says the following as in png.
It is under the autocomplete service "places types", and (regions) colletion. I don't know how to properly call this...

 

[Erel]

You will need to implement it yourself. It should be simple.

Check the json response.
You can use this tool to help you parse it: https://b4x.com:51041/json/index.html