Showing nearby places and place details using Google Places API and Google Maps Android API V2

In this article, we are going to develop an Android application which shows nearby places of current location in Google Maps Android API V2. On taping the InfoWindow of the marker, the details of the corresponding place will be displayed in a separate activity.

This application makes use of Google services like Google Maps Android API V2, Google Places API and Google Place Details API.

This application is developed in Eclipse (4.2.1) with ADT plugin (22.0.1) and Android SDK (22.0.1) and tested in real devices with Android versions 2.3.6  ( GingerBread ) and 4.0.4 ( Ice Cream Sandwich ).

1. Create a new Android application project namely “LocationPlaceDetailsV2″

Figure 1 : Create new Android application project

2. Configure the project

Figure 2 : Configuring the application project

3. Design application launcher icon

Figure 3 : Design application launcher icon

4. Create a blank activity

Figure 4 : Create a blank activity

5. Enter MainActivity details

Figure 5 : Enter MainActivity details

6. Download and configure Google Play Services Library in Eclipse

Please follow the given below link to setup Google Play Service library in Eclipse.

http://developer.android.com/google/play-services/setup.html

7. Add Google Play Services Library to this project

Figure 6 : Link Google Play Services library to this project

8. Get the API key for Google Maps Android API V2

We need to get an API key from Google to use Google Maps in Android application.

Please follow the given below link to get the API key for Google Maps Android API v2.

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android/start

9. Get the API key for Google Places API

We can create API key for Google Place API by clicking “Create new Browser key”  available at the “API Access” pane of the Google console URL : http://code.google.com/apis/console.

Also ensure that, “Places API” is enabled in the “Services” pane of the Google console.

10. Add Android Support library to this project

By default, Android support library (android-support-v4.jar ) is added to this project by Eclipse IDE to the directory libs. If it is not added, we can do it manually by doing the following steps :

• Open Project Explorer by Clicking “Window -> Show View -> Project Explorer”
• Right click this project
• Then from popup menu, Click “Android Tools -> Add Support Library “

11. Update the file res/values/strings.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>

    <string name="app_name">LocationPlaceDetailsV2</string>
    <string name="action_settings">Settings</string>
    <string name="hello_world">Hello world!</string>
    <string name="str_btn_find">Find</string>

    <string-array name="place_type">
        <item>airport</item>
        <item>atm</item>
        <item>bank</item>
        <item>bus_station</item>
        <item>church</item>
        <item>doctor</item>
        <item>hospital</item>
        <item>mosque</item>
        <item>movie_theater</item>
        <item>hindu_temple</item>
        <item>restaurant</item>
    </string-array>

    <string-array name="place_type_name">
        <item>Airport</item>
        <item>ATM</item>
        <item>Bank</item>
        <item>Bus Station</item>
        <item>Church</item>
        <item>Doctor</item>
        <item>Hospital</item>
        <item>Mosque</item>
        <item>Movie Theater</item>
        <item>Hindu Temple</item>
        <item>Restaurant</item>
    </string-array>
</resources>

12. Update the layout file res/layout/activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >

    <Spinner
        android:id="@+id/spr_place_type"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="60dp"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />

    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_find"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="60dp"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@id/spr_place_type"
        android:text="@string/str_btn_find" />

    <fragment xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:id="@+id/map"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_below="@id/spr_place_type"
        class="com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment" />

</RelativeLayout>

13. Create a layout file res/layout/activity_place_details.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical" >

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/wv_place_details"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>

14. Create a new class namely “PlaceJSONParser” in the file src/in/wptrafficanalyzer/locationplacedetailsv2/PlaceJSONParser.java

package in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

public class PlaceJSONParser {

    /** Receives a JSONObject and returns a list */
    public List<HashMap<String,String>> parse(JSONObject jObject){

        JSONArray jPlaces = null;
        try {
            /** Retrieves all the elements in the 'places' array */
            jPlaces = jObject.getJSONArray("results");
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        /** Invoking getPlaces with the array of json object
        * where each json object represent a place
        */
        return getPlaces(jPlaces);
    }

    private List<HashMap<String, String>> getPlaces(JSONArray jPlaces){
        int placesCount = jPlaces.length();
        List<HashMap<String, String>> placesList = new ArrayList<HashMap<String,String>>();
        HashMap<String, String> place = null;

        /** Taking each place, parses and adds to list object */
        for(int i=0; i<placesCount;i++){
            try {
                /** Call getPlace with place JSON object to parse the place */
                place = getPlace((JSONObject)jPlaces.get(i));
                placesList.add(place);
            } catch (JSONException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return placesList;
    }

    /** Parsing the Place JSON object */
    private HashMap<String, String> getPlace(JSONObject jPlace){

        HashMap<String, String> place = new HashMap<String, String>();
        String placeName = "-NA-";
        String vicinity="-NA-";
        String latitude="";
        String longitude="";
        String reference="";

        try {
            // Extracting Place name, if available
            if(!jPlace.isNull("name")){
                placeName = jPlace.getString("name");
            }

            // Extracting Place Vicinity, if available
            if(!jPlace.isNull("vicinity")){
                vicinity = jPlace.getString("vicinity");
            }

            latitude = jPlace.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getString("lat");
            longitude = jPlace.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getString("lng");
            reference = jPlace.getString("reference");

            place.put("place_name", placeName);
            place.put("vicinity", vicinity);
            place.put("lat", latitude);
            place.put("lng", longitude);
            place.put("reference", reference);

        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return place;
    }
}

15. Create a new class namely “PlaceDetailsJSONParser” in the file src/in/wptrafficanalyzer/locationnearby/PlaceDetailsJSONParser.java

package in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2;

import java.util.HashMap;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

public class PlaceDetailsJSONParser {

    /** Receives a JSONObject and returns a list */
    public HashMap<String,String> parse(JSONObject jObject){

        JSONObject jPlaceDetails = null;
        try {
            /** Retrieves all the elements in the 'places' array */
            jPlaceDetails = jObject.getJSONObject("result");
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        /** Invoking getPlaces with the array of json object
        * where each json object represent a place
        */
        return getPlaceDetails(jPlaceDetails);
    }

    /** Parsing the Place Details Object object */
    private HashMap<String, String> getPlaceDetails(JSONObject jPlaceDetails){

        HashMap<String, String> hPlaceDetails = new HashMap<String, String>();

        String name = "-NA-";
        String icon = "-NA-";
        String vicinity="-NA-";
        String latitude="";
        String longitude="";
        String formatted_address="-NA-";
        String formatted_phone="-NA-";
        String website="-NA-";
        String rating="-NA-";
        String international_phone_number="-NA-";
        String url="-NA-";

        try {
            // Extracting Place name, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("name")){
                name = jPlaceDetails.getString("name");
            }

            // Extracting Icon, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("icon")){
                icon = jPlaceDetails.getString("icon");
            }

            // Extracting Place Vicinity, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("vicinity")){
                vicinity = jPlaceDetails.getString("vicinity");
            }

            // Extracting Place formatted_address, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("formatted_address")){
                formatted_address = jPlaceDetails.getString("formatted_address");
            }

            // Extracting Place formatted_phone, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("formatted_phone_number")){
                formatted_phone = jPlaceDetails.getString("formatted_phone_number");
            }

            // Extracting website, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("website")){
                website = jPlaceDetails.getString("website");
            }

            // Extracting rating, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("rating")){
                 rating = jPlaceDetails.getString("rating");
            }

            // Extracting rating, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("international_phone_number")){
                international_phone_number = jPlaceDetails.getString("international_phone_number");
            }

            // Extracting url, if available
            if(!jPlaceDetails.isNull("url")){
                url = jPlaceDetails.getString("url");
            }

            latitude = jPlaceDetails.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getString("lat");
            longitude = jPlaceDetails.getJSONObject("geometry").getJSONObject("location").getString("lng");

            hPlaceDetails.put("name", name);
            hPlaceDetails.put("icon", icon);
            hPlaceDetails.put("vicinity", vicinity);
            hPlaceDetails.put("lat", latitude);
            hPlaceDetails.put("lng", longitude);
            hPlaceDetails.put("formatted_address", formatted_address);
            hPlaceDetails.put("formatted_phone", formatted_phone);
            hPlaceDetails.put("website", website);
            hPlaceDetails.put("rating", rating);
            hPlaceDetails.put("international_phone_number", international_phone_number);
            hPlaceDetails.put("url", url);

        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return hPlaceDetails;
    }
}

16. Create a new class “PlaceDetailsActivity” in the file src/in/wptrafficanalyzer/locationplacedetailsv2/PlaceDetailsActivity.java

package in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;

import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.webkit.WebView;

public class PlaceDetailsActivity extends Activity {
    WebView mWvPlaceDetails;

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_place_details);

        // Getting reference to WebView ( wv_place_details ) of the layout activity_place_details
        mWvPlaceDetails = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.wv_place_details);

        mWvPlaceDetails.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(false);

        // Getting place reference from the map
        String reference = getIntent().getStringExtra("reference");

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/details/json?");
        sb.append("reference="+reference);
        sb.append("&sensor=true");
        sb.append("&key=YOUR_BROWSER_API_KEY_FOR_PLACES");

        // Creating a new non-ui thread task to download Google place details
        PlacesTask placesTask = new PlacesTask();

        // Invokes the "doInBackground()" method of the class PlaceTask
        placesTask.execute(sb.toString());

    };

    /** A method to download json data from url */
    private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException{
        String data = "";
        InputStream iStream = null;
        HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
        try{
            URL url = new URL(strUrl);

            // Creating an http connection to communicate with url
            urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

            // Connecting to url
            urlConnection.connect();

            // Reading data from url
            iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));

            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

            String line = "";
            while( ( line = br.readLine()) != null){
                sb.append(line);
            }

            data = sb.toString();
                br.close();

        }catch(Exception e){
            Log.d("Exception while downloading url", e.toString());
        }finally{
            iStream.close();
            urlConnection.disconnect();
        }
        return data;
    }
    /** A class, to download Google Place Details */
    private class PlacesTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String>{

        String data = null;

        // Invoked by execute() method of this object
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
            try{
                data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
            }catch(Exception e){
                Log.d("Background Task",e.toString());
            }
            return data;
        }

        // Executed after the complete execution of doInBackground() method
        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result){
            ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();

            // Start parsing the Google place details in JSON format
            // Invokes the "doInBackground()" method of the class ParseTask
            parserTask.execute(result);
        }
    }

    /** A class to parse the Google Place Details in JSON format */
    private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, HashMap<String,String>>{

        JSONObject jObject;

        // Invoked by execute() method of this object
        @Override
        protected HashMap<String,String> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {

            HashMap<String, String> hPlaceDetails = null;
            PlaceDetailsJSONParser placeDetailsJsonParser = new PlaceDetailsJSONParser();

            try{
                jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);

                // Start parsing Google place details in JSON format
                hPlaceDetails = placeDetailsJsonParser.parse(jObject);

            }catch(Exception e){
                Log.d("Exception",e.toString());
            }
            return hPlaceDetails;
        }

        // Executed after the complete execution of doInBackground() method
        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(HashMap<String,String> hPlaceDetails){

            String name = hPlaceDetails.get("name");
            String icon = hPlaceDetails.get("icon");
            String vicinity = hPlaceDetails.get("vicinity");
            String lat = hPlaceDetails.get("lat");
            String lng = hPlaceDetails.get("lng");
            String formatted_address = hPlaceDetails.get("formatted_address");
            String formatted_phone = hPlaceDetails.get("formatted_phone");
            String website = hPlaceDetails.get("website");
            String rating = hPlaceDetails.get("rating");
            String international_phone_number = hPlaceDetails.get("international_phone_number");
            String url = hPlaceDetails.get("url");

            String mimeType = "text/html";
            String encoding = "utf-8";

            String data = "<html>"+
                          "<body><img style='float:left' src="+icon+" /><h1><center>"+name+"</center></h1>" +
                          "<br style='clear:both' />" +
                          "<hr />"+
                          "<p>Vicinity : " + vicinity + "</p>" +
                          "<p>Location : " + lat + "," + lng + "</p>" +
                          "<p>Address : " + formatted_address + "</p>" +
                          "<p>Phone : " + formatted_phone + "</p>" +
                          "<p>Website : " + website + "</p>" +
                          "<p>Rating : " + rating + "</p>" +
                          "<p>International Phone : " + international_phone_number + "</p>" +
                          "<p>URL : <a href='" + url + "'>" + url + "</p>" +
                          "</body></html>";

            // Setting the data in WebView
            mWvPlaceDetails.loadDataWithBaseURL("", data, mimeType, encoding, "");
        }
    }
}

17. Update the class “MainActivity” in the file src/in/wptrafficanalyzer/locationplacedetailsv2/MainActivity.java

package in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.app.Dialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.location.Criteria;
import android.location.Location;
import android.location.LocationListener;
import android.location.LocationManager;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.Spinner;

import com.google.android.gms.common.ConnectionResult;
import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesUtil;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.CameraUpdateFactory;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.OnInfoWindowClickListener;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap.OnMarkerClickListener;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.LatLng;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.Marker;
import com.google.android.gms.maps.model.MarkerOptions;
public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements LocationListener{

    GoogleMap mGoogleMap;
    Spinner mSprPlaceType;

    String[] mPlaceType=null;
    String[] mPlaceTypeName=null;

    double mLatitude=0;
    double mLongitude=0;

    HashMap<String, String> mMarkerPlaceLink = new HashMap<String, String>();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Array of place types
        mPlaceType = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.place_type);

        // Array of place type names
        mPlaceTypeName = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.place_type_name);

        // Creating an array adapter with an array of Place types
        // to populate the spinner
        ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>(this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item, mPlaceTypeName);

        // Getting reference to the Spinner
        mSprPlaceType = (Spinner) findViewById(R.id.spr_place_type);

        // Setting adapter on Spinner to set place types
        mSprPlaceType.setAdapter(adapter);

        Button btnFind;

        // Getting reference to Find Button
        btnFind = ( Button ) findViewById(R.id.btn_find);

        // Getting Google Play availability status
        int status = GooglePlayServicesUtil.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(getBaseContext());
        if(status!=ConnectionResult.SUCCESS){ // Google Play Services are not available

            int requestCode = 10;
            Dialog dialog = GooglePlayServicesUtil.getErrorDialog(status, this, requestCode);
            dialog.show();
        }else { // Google Play Services are available

            // Getting reference to the SupportMapFragment
            SupportMapFragment fragment = ( SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map);

            // Getting Google Map
            mGoogleMap = fragment.getMap();

            // Enabling MyLocation in Google Map
            mGoogleMap.setMyLocationEnabled(true);

            // Getting LocationManager object from System Service LOCATION_SERVICE
            LocationManager locationManager = (LocationManager) getSystemService(LOCATION_SERVICE);

            // Creating a criteria object to retrieve provider
            Criteria criteria = new Criteria();

            // Getting the name of the best provider
            String provider = locationManager.getBestProvider(criteria, true);

            // Getting Current Location From GPS
            Location location = locationManager.getLastKnownLocation(provider);

            if(location!=null){
                onLocationChanged(location);
            }

            locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(provider, 20000, 0, this);

            mGoogleMap.setOnInfoWindowClickListener(new OnInfoWindowClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onInfoWindowClick(Marker arg0) {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(getBaseContext(), PlaceDetailsActivity.class);
                    String reference = mMarkerPlaceLink.get(arg0.getId());
                    intent.putExtra("reference", reference);

                    // Starting the Place Details Activity
                    startActivity(intent);
                }
            });

            // Setting click event lister for the find button
            btnFind.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {

                    int selectedPosition = mSprPlaceType.getSelectedItemPosition();
                    String type = mPlaceType[selectedPosition];

                    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?");
                    sb.append("location="+mLatitude+","+mLongitude);
                    sb.append("&radius=5000");
                    sb.append("&types="+type);
                    sb.append("&sensor=true");
                    sb.append("&key=YOUR_BROWSER_API_KEY_FOR_PLACES");

                    // Creating a new non-ui thread task to download Google place json data
                    PlacesTask placesTask = new PlacesTask();

                    // Invokes the "doInBackground()" method of the class PlaceTask
                    placesTask.execute(sb.toString());
                }
            });
        }
    }

    /** A method to download json data from url */
    private String downloadUrl(String strUrl) throws IOException{
        String data = "";
        InputStream iStream = null;
        HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
        try{
            URL url = new URL(strUrl);

            // Creating an http connection to communicate with url
            urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();

            // Connecting to url
            urlConnection.connect();

            // Reading data from url
            iStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();

            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(iStream));

            StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

            String line = "";
            while( ( line = br.readLine()) != null){
                sb.append(line);
            }

            data = sb.toString();

            br.close();

        }catch(Exception e){
            Log.d("Exception while downloading url", e.toString());
        }finally{
            iStream.close();
            urlConnection.disconnect();
        }
        return data;
    }
    /** A class, to download Google Places */
    private class PlacesTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String>{

        String data = null;

        // Invoked by execute() method of this object
        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... url) {
            try{
                data = downloadUrl(url[0]);
            }catch(Exception e){
                Log.d("Background Task",e.toString());
            }
            return data;
        }

        // Executed after the complete execution of doInBackground() method
        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result){
            ParserTask parserTask = new ParserTask();

            // Start parsing the Google places in JSON format
            // Invokes the "doInBackground()" method of the class ParseTask
            parserTask.execute(result);
        }
    }

    /** A class to parse the Google Places in JSON format */
    private class ParserTask extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, List<HashMap<String,String>>>{

        JSONObject jObject;

        // Invoked by execute() method of this object
        @Override
        protected List<HashMap<String,String>> doInBackground(String... jsonData) {

            List<HashMap<String, String>> places = null;
            PlaceJSONParser placeJsonParser = new PlaceJSONParser();

            try{
                jObject = new JSONObject(jsonData[0]);

                /** Getting the parsed data as a List construct */
                places = placeJsonParser.parse(jObject);

            }catch(Exception e){
                Log.d("Exception",e.toString());
            }
            return places;
        }

        // Executed after the complete execution of doInBackground() method
        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(List<HashMap<String,String>> list){

            // Clears all the existing markers
            mGoogleMap.clear();

            for(int i=0;i<list.size();i++){

                // Creating a marker
                MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();

                // Getting a place from the places list
                HashMap<String, String> hmPlace = list.get(i);

                // Getting latitude of the place
                double lat = Double.parseDouble(hmPlace.get("lat"));

                // Getting longitude of the place
                double lng = Double.parseDouble(hmPlace.get("lng"));

                // Getting name
                String name = hmPlace.get("place_name");

                // Getting vicinity
                String vicinity = hmPlace.get("vicinity");

                LatLng latLng = new LatLng(lat, lng);

                // Setting the position for the marker
                markerOptions.position(latLng);

                // Setting the title for the marker.
                //This will be displayed on taping the marker
                markerOptions.title(name + " : " + vicinity);

                // Placing a marker on the touched position
                Marker m = mGoogleMap.addMarker(markerOptions);

                // Linking Marker id and place reference
                mMarkerPlaceLink.put(m.getId(), hmPlace.get("reference"));
            }
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public void onLocationChanged(Location location) {
        mLatitude = location.getLatitude();
        mLongitude = location.getLongitude();
        LatLng latLng = new LatLng(mLatitude, mLongitude);

        mGoogleMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newLatLng(latLng));
        mGoogleMap.animateCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.zoomTo(12));
    }

    @Override
    public void onProviderDisabled(String provider) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }

@Override
    public void onProviderEnabled(String provider) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }

    @Override
    public void onStatusChanged(String provider, int status, Bundle extras) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    }
}

18. Update the file AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />

    <permission
        android:name="in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"
        android:protectionLevel="signature"/>

    <uses-permission android:name="in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE"/>

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"/>
    <uses-feature
        android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
        android:required="true"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <activity
            android:name="in.wptrafficanalyzer.locationplacedetailsv2.PlaceDetailsActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name=".PlaceDetails" />
                    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <meta-data
            android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
            android:value="YOUR_ANDROID_API_KEY"/>
    </application>
</manifest>

19. Screenshots of the application

Figure 7 : Showing nearby doctors of the current location

Figure 7 : Showing place details on taping the InfoWindow

20. Download Source Code

Showing nearby places and place details using Google Places API and Google Maps Android API V2 - R1 447.79 KB

Download Full Source Code

How to hire me?

I am George Mathew, working as software architect and Android app developer at wptrafficanalyzer.in

You can hire me on hourly basis or on project basis for Android applications development.

For hiring me, please mail your requirements to info@wptrafficanalyzer.in.

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