Restrict Autocomplete search to a particular country in Google Places Android API

Question

My goal is to restrict the Autocomplete results from the Google Places Android API to a particular country (United States) only.

I am using the following API:

Answer 1

If you are using PlaceAutocompleteFragment you can set it like this:

AutocompleteFilter autocompleteFilter = new AutocompleteFilter.Builder()
                        .setTypeFilter(Place.TYPE_COUNTRY)
                        .setCountry("US")
                        .build();

mAutocompleteFragment.setFilter(autocompleteFilter);