java.lang.IllegalStateException: Places must be initialized

Question

I was using the old Place SDK which was working fine But it is going to be depreciated and I move to new place SDK. I got keep the crashing report from a few devices.

Answer 1

I was also facing the same issue but I resolved with this code.

 dependencies {
      implementation 'com.google.android.libraries.places:places:2.0.0'
    }

First Step: Initialize the Places SDK In OnCreate Method or you can initialize it on your Application Class

if (!Places.isInitialized()) {
        Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(), getString(R.string.api_key), Locale.US);
    }

Second Step:

 var fields=Arrays.asList(Place.Field.ID,Place.Field.NAME,Place.Field.LAT_LNG)
    var intent = Autocomplete.IntentBuilder(AutocompleteActivityMode.FULLSCREEN, fields).build(this)
     startActivityForResult(intent, PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST)

And in Activity Result

   override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
        if (requestCode == PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST) {
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                val place =Autocomplete.getPlaceFromIntent(data);

                lat = place.latLng?.latitude
                lng = place.latLng?.longitude
            }
            else if (resultCode == AutocompleteActivity.RESULT_ERROR) {
                // TODO: Handle the error.
                var status = Autocomplete.getStatusFromIntent(data)
                Log.i("address", status.getStatusMessage());
            }
        }
}

This is the Kotlin Example but you can convert in JAVA Also, you can refer to this URL for Examples. Google Places SDK Example

Answer 2

You must initiase the google places library, below is the code:

Places.initialize(getApplicationContext(), getString(R.string.api_key));