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androidgoogle-places-apigoogle-places
santosh407
santosh407

Reputation: 15

Google place api is not supporting multiple types

when i provide the url given below , i am getting the proper rsults but

    String baseUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/xml?location=";
    String last="&radius=20000&types=school&sensor=false&key=";

    URL = baseUrl + latitude + "," + longitude + last + API_KEY ;

when i am trying to use multiple types like :

school | university

it showing forced closed....EX

 String baseUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/xml?location=";
    String last="&radius=20000&types=school|university&sensor=false&key=";

    URL = baseUrl + latitude + "," + longitude + last + API_KEY ;

what mistake i am doing...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2784

Answers (4)

Pratik Butani
Pratik Butani

Reputation: 62419

Try to put parameters like where types like String types = "cafe|restaurant";:

try {
    HttpRequestFactory httpRequestFactory = createRequestFactory(HTTP_TRANSPORT);
    HttpRequest request = httpRequestFactory
            .buildGetRequest(new GenericUrl(PLACES_SEARCH_URL));
    request.getUrl().put("key", API_KEY);
    request.getUrl().put("location", _latitude + "," + _longitude);
    request.getUrl().put("radius", _radius); // in meters
    request.getUrl().put("sensor", "false");

    if(types != null)
        request.getUrl().put("types", types);

    PlacesList list = request.execute().parseAs(PlacesList.class);
    // Check log cat for places response status
    Log.d("Places Status", "" + list.status);
    return list;

} catch (HttpResponseException e) {
    Log.e("Error:", e.getMessage());
    return null;
}

Upvotes: 0

ajar1189
ajar1189

Reputation: 178

This works for me when using multiple types:

String keyString = "your_key";

String JSON_BASE = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=";
String types = "airport|hospital";
try {
        placesSearchStr=JSON_BASE+getLat()+","+getLng()+
                        "&radius=1000&sensor=false&types="+URLEncoder.encode(types,"UTF-8")+
                        "&key="+keyString;
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();
    }

The emphasis here is on types="+URLEncoder.encode(types,"UTF-8")

Upvotes: 4

Android Leo
Android Leo

Reputation: 676

I friend now i got the multiple types support now. use uri builder class request url

public String getURL(double lat, double lng){
    Uri uri = new Uri.Builder()
    .scheme("https")
    .authority("maps.googleapis.com")
    .path("maps/api/place/search/xml")
    .appendQueryParameter("location", lat+",",lng)
    .appendQueryParameter("radius", "5000")
    .appendQueryParameter("types",   "zoo|travel_agency|taxi_stand|pet_store|museum|movie_theater|library|jewelry_store|hospital|clothing_store|atm|church|bus_station|art_gallery|bank|beauty_salon|city_hall|book_store|park|shopping_mall|train_station|airport")
    .appendQueryParameter("sensor", "true")
    .appendQueryParameter("key", "your key")
    .build();
    return uri.toString();
}

Upvotes: 0

Android Leo
Android Leo

Reputation: 676

Hi friend i had same problem like you,after long time searching i found another solution for parsing google response using Volley api http://java.dzone.com/articles/android-%E2%80%93-volley-library Volley library for Android parse xml response?

volley liabrery has no request for xml but have string request and response, you can convert string into xml format than parse data as xml

Upvotes: 0

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