An extension of Xamarin.Forms SearchBar control for implementing Google Places Autocomplete API.
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Use the Google Developers Console to enable the 'Google Places API Web Service' and create a new API key.
Note: if you are developing for multi-platform you will likely need a separate API key for each device, and set your key property based on OS:
public static string ApiKey = Device.OS == TargetPlatform.iOS ? "add_ios_key_here" :
TargetPlatform.Android ? "add_android_key_here" :
TargetPlatform.WinPhone ? "add_winphone_key_here" :
"...etc...";An optional PlaceType value that sets the results based on a particular location Type
An optional LocationBias value that sets a custom location bias (see API docs for details)
A required string value
An optional integer value for setting the minimum number of search characters the user should type before API calls are made (useful for stemming API call volume)
Subscribe to this event handler to receive search results as AutoCompleteResults objects
The package also contains classes you can use to retrieve place details (including Latitude & Longitude)
A static class which exposes a GetPlace(placeID, apiKey) function which returns a Place object
A Place object contains Name, Latitude, Longitude and Raw (JSON response string) properties
See the PlacesBarExamples solution included to see a Xamarin Forms project implementing the PlacesBar and GetPlace() features.
There is a known bug in Xamarin.Forms with Android N 7.0 where if a SearchBar's height is not set, the search bar will not display. Please explicitly set HeightRequest value to avoid this issue.