Google place API for android to find city

Question

I have seen the tutorial( tutorial ) to find the city using autocomplete text view in android.i have done everything that is instructed but now when i hit this url

it always throws me an exception saying : java.net.UnknownHostException: Unable to resolve host "maps.googleapis.com": No address associated with hostname

but the same url work fine when i hit through browser and i am getting the results also.

Here is the code i m hitting with :

public class PlacesAutoCompleteAdapter extends ArrayAdapter< String > implements Filterable{
 private ArrayList<String> resultList;
 private static final String LOG_TAG = "ExampleApp";

 private static final String PLACES_API_BASE = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place";
 private static final String TYPE_AUTOCOMPLETE = "/autocomplete";
 private static final String OUT_JSON = "/json";

 private static final String API_KEY = "I have generated the correct api key also";


public PlacesAutoCompleteAdapter(Context context, int textViewResourceId) {
    super(context, textViewResourceId);

}


@Override
public int getCount() {
    return resultList.size();
}

@Override
public String getItem(int index) {
    return resultList.get(index);
}

@Override
public Filter getFilter() {
    Filter filter = new Filter() {
        @Override
        protected FilterResults performFiltering(CharSequence constraint) {
              FilterResults filterResults = new FilterResults();
                if (constraint != null) {
                    // Retrieve the autocomplete results.
                    resultList = autocomplete(constraint.toString());

                    // Assign the data to the FilterResults
                    filterResults.values = resultList;
                    filterResults.count = resultList.size();
                }
                return filterResults;
        }

        @Override
        protected void publishResults(CharSequence constraint,
                FilterResults results) {
             if (results != null && results.count > 0) {
                    notifyDataSetChanged();
                }
                else {
                    notifyDataSetInvalidated();
                }
        }
    };
    return filter;
}

private ArrayList<String> autocomplete(String input) {
    ArrayList<String> resultList = null;

    HttpURLConnection conn = null;
    StringBuilder jsonResults = new StringBuilder();
    try {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(PLACES_API_BASE + TYPE_AUTOCOMPLETE + OUT_JSON);
        sb.append("?sensor=false&key=" + API_KEY);
    //   sb.append("&components=country:in");
        sb.append("&input=" + URLEncoder.encode(input, "utf8"));
      // sb.append("&input=" + input);

       System.out.println("URL ---------------: "+sb.toString());
        URL url = new URL(sb.toString());
        conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        InputStreamReader in = new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream());

        // Load the results into a StringBuilder
        int read;
        char[] buff = new char[1024];
        while ((read = in.read(buff)) != -1) {
            jsonResults.append(buff, 0, read);
        }
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error processing Places API URL", e);
        return resultList;
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
       // Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error connecting to Places API", e);
        return resultList;
    } finally {
        if (conn != null) {
            conn.disconnect();
        }
    }

    try {
        // Create a JSON object hierarchy from the results
        JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(jsonResults.toString());
        JSONArray predsJsonArray = jsonObj.getJSONArray("predictions");

        // Extract the Place descriptions from the results
        resultList = new ArrayList<String>(predsJsonArray.length());
        for (int i = 0; i < predsJsonArray.length(); i++) {
            resultList.add(predsJsonArray.getJSONObject(i).getString("description"));
        }
    } catch (JSONException e) {
        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Cannot process JSON results", e);
    }

    return resultList;
}

}

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oops! sorry guys. I have found the solution that was a silly mistake.I had not defined the INTERNET permission in the manifest.

Answer 1

Please check if you have added INTERNET permission in your manifest.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>

Answer 2

This error happened to me today. I figured it out by following these steps: 1: Check that you add the INTERNET permission in manifest.

2: Make sure that your laptop or the device you are testing your app on could access the internet.

FYI, as for the key for places API, you should use "Key for browser apps (with referers)", not the Key for Android apps.

Good luck.