mqprichard / android-places-gradle

Android demo with Google Geocoding, Elevation and Civic Information API (Gradle)

Overview

Android demo using the Google Geocoding, Elevation and Civic Information APIs: the project builds a simple Android application that gives geocoding and elevation data, plus a complete list of elected officials (in the US at least), for a given address string. The application will run fine on a connected device or AVD emulator (use an Android-21 system image). The same source code project can be used to build Maven and ant (Eclipse ADT) builds.

Using Google APIs

You will need a Google API key to access the Geocoding API, Elevation API and Google Civic Information API: these services have courtesy limits, which allow limited use free of charge. Use the Google API Console to create a Google API project, add the required services (APIs & Auth -> API) and then create an API Key (APIs & Auth -> Credentials). Create a Browser key and leaved the Allowed Referers field blank.

Create the following class file (GooglePlacesKey.java) in src/com/example/appdynamics/placesdemo and paste in your API key:

package com.example.appdynamics.placesdemo;

public class GooglePlacesKey {
    public static final String API_KEY = "<your API key>";
}

Gradle Builds

1. To build: gradle clean build
2. To install: gradle installDebug