I am developing an android application as part of a project, and am using Google places API to display places of interest based on location. I am using the PlacePicker Inent
I'll just drop this here, maybe it helps someone in the future.
For me, using the wrong Api key caused the crash, even though it worked fine in the past.
I had to use the second key (the one that is auto-created by Google services for Android) instead of the first one which i created.