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chnski
chnski

Reputation: 597

Retrieving the place ID of a city with the Google Maps/Places SDK on iOS

I have to get the place id of a city using the Google Maps and Google Places SDK-s. I know the GMSPlacesClient contains methods for accessing a location using the place id but not vice versa.

What I would like to achieve is to send a city's name/zip code/ coordinates or something like that, and get back as a result, the place id identifying that city.

I've been studying the documentation for the GMSPlacesClient at this link and experimenting with the methods for hours, however I can't seem to achieve this, however basic this capability is.

Let me know if you need me to provide some further info on this.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 896

Answers (1)

Michael Wells
Michael Wells

Reputation: 596

You should be able to get the placeID by accessing the .placeID property on a GMSPlace.

https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/reference/interface_g_m_s_place

You will need to use this class to get the location using the autocomplete...

https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/reference/interface_g_m_s_autocomplete_prediction

You will need to filter your search results using an instance of — GMSAutocompleteFilter()

let filter = GMSAutocompleteFilter()
filter.type = .city

https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/reference/group___places_autocomplete_type_filter#gac7ff529f1296d874a5432707bce58671

Upvotes: 3

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