using enableAutoManage() in fragment

Question

Is there another way to connect Google API client?

I use auto complete places and I have to use this code some where in MYFRAGMENT

mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(MainActivity.this)
                .addApi(Places.GEO_DATA_API)
                .enableAutoManage(this, GOOGLE_API_CLIENT_ID, this)
                .addConnectionCallbacks(this).build();

My problem with

enableAutoManage(this, GOOGLE_API_CLIENT_ID, this)
                    .addConnectionCallbacks(this).build();

I can't deal with it because when I replace this with getActivity() I have many problem with casting

thanks for help and sorry if this question is silly.

Answer 1

If you want to use enableAutoManage then you must make your activity extend FragmentActivity. The callbacks it makes are required for the automatic management of the GoogleApiClient to work. So the easiest solution is to add extends FragmentActivity to your activity. Then your cast would not fail and cause the app to crash at runtime.

The alternate solution is to manage the api client yourself. You would remove the enableAutoManage line from the builder, and make sure you connect/disconnect from the client yourself. The most common place to do this is onStart()/onStop(). Something like...

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(MainActivity.this)
            .addApi(Places.GEO_DATA_API)
            .addConnectionCallbacks(this).build();
}

@Override
protected void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    mGoogleApiClient.connect();
}

@Override
protected void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    mGoogleApiClient.disconnect();
}

Answer 2

Sorry for late reply but rather than extending FragmentActivity you can extend AppCompatActivity...

public class YourActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements GoogleApiClient.ConnectionCallbacks, GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener 

.....

mCredentialsApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(context)
                    .addConnectionCallbacks(this)
                    .enableAutoManage(this,this)
                    .addApi(Auth.CREDENTIALS_API)
                    .build();

Answer 3

If your fragment is running in a FragmentActivity, or AppCompatActivity you can do something like this:

        mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(getActivity())
            .enableAutoManage((FragmentActivity) getActivity() /* FragmentActivity */, new GoogleApiClient.OnConnectionFailedListener() {
                @Override
                public void onConnectionFailed(@NonNull ConnectionResult connectionResult) {
                    // your code here
                }
            })
            .addApi(Auth.GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_API, gso)
            .build();

Answer 4

My solution is similar to accepted answer except, I use second signature of Builder so that connectionFailedListener is also send to the constructor.

Followed by mGoogleApiClient.connect() and mGoogleApiClient.disconnect() in onStart() and onStop() respectively

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this /*context*/ , this /*connectedListener*/, this /**connectionFailedListener/)
            .addApi(Places.GEO_DATA_API)
            .build();
}