Introduction

LocationPicker is a simple and easy to use library that can be integrated into your project. The project is build with androidx. All libraries and APIs used in the project are up-to-date as of now You can get latitude,longitude and full address for selected location Please follow below instruction to know how to use it in your project

Features

Search any location using Google Places Library
Pick any location from the map
Open the picked location on Google Maps
Search the Direction to the picked location from current location (using Google Maps)

Getting Started

Gradle Integration Add it in your root build.gradle at the end of repositories: step 1:

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

step 2: Add the dependency

  dependencies {
         implementation 'com.github.shivpujan12:LocationPicker:v1.2'
 }

Follow below step to use LocationPicker Library

Configure your app in Google API Console to get API Key and enable services.

https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard

Enable below services in API Console.


  Google Maps Android API
  
  Google Places API for Android
  
Declare the following things in manifest in AndroidManifest.xml file    <uses-permissionandroid:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permissionandroid:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
    <uses-permissionandroid:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
    <uses-permissionandroid:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

inside <application> tag add <meta-data> as shown below

  <application
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme">
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
        ....
        ....
        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
            android:value="@string/your_api_key" />
    </application>

Note: Create the 'your_api_key' string resource and add your api key there
To use the LocationPicker in your activity add the following code:
i) Inside onCreate method intialize your api key as below:
MapUtility.apiKey = getResources().getString(R.string.your_api_key);
Note: Create the 'your_api_key' string resource and add your api key there
ii) Start Location picker request by putting below code in your view
Intent i =newIntent(MainActivity.this, LocationPickerActivity.class); startActivityForResult(i, ADDRESS_PICKER_REQUEST);
Handle your onActivityResult for getting address, latitude and longitude as:
@Overrideprotectedvoid onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @NullableIntent data) { super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data); if (requestCode ==ADDRESS_PICKER_REQUEST) { try { if (data !=null&& data.getStringExtra(MapUtility.ADDRESS) !=null) { String address = data.getStringExtra(MapUtility.ADDRESS); double selectedLatitude = data.getDoubleExtra(MapUtility.LATITUDE, 0.0); double selectedLongitude = data.getDoubleExtra(MapUtility.LONGITUDE, 0.0); txtAddress.setText("Address: "+address); txtLatLong.setText("Lat:"+selectedLatitude+" Long:"+selectedLongitude); } } catch (Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } }

LocationPicker

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Getting Started