Release Notes for the Places SDK for Android

2022-03-31

2022-03-31T00:00:00+10:00

Update the Place.isOpen() method and deprecate the Places compatibility library. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-10-18

2021-10-18T00:00:00+10:00

Deprecating support for Android API levels 23, 24, and 25. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2021-10-14

2021-10-14T00:00:00+10:00

Added new Place fields (iconBackgroundColor and iconURL) to allow for rendering icons that indicate the place type. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-09-16

2020-09-16T00:00:00+10:00

Added getters to request builders and model builders, for better Kotlin interoperability. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-05-26

2020-05-26T00:00:00+10:00

Added BusinessStatus field and mask for FetchPlace and FindCurrentPlace. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-04-28

2020-04-28T00:00:00+10:00

Place Autocomplete now supports plus codes. This change is supported for all versions. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-02-03

2020-02-03T00:00:00+10:00

Autocomplete now supports filtering by multiple countries. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-11-04

2019-11-04T00:00:00+10:00

Updated Autocomplete widget. Various bugfies. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-10-04

2019-10-04T00:00:00+10:00

Updated Autocomplete widget and added Photo URLs. Various bugfixes. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-07-17

2019-07-17T00:00:00+10:00

The Places SDK for Android now uses AndroidX. Adds new methods for UTC offset, and to determine whether a place is currently open. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-04-01

2019-04-01T00:00:00+10:00

Added support for `AddressComponents` to the Place object. Various fixes. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-01-29

2019-01-29T00:00:00+10:00

The Places SDK for Android is now distributed via a standalone static library; Adds support for fields, and session-based autocomplete billing. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2018-06-14

2018-06-14T00:00:00+10:00

Enabled the new basemap style for the Place Picker. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-09-21

2016-09-21T00:00:00+10:00

Added the setCountry method to restrict the scope of a Places autocomplete request to a single country. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-08-01

2016-08-01T00:00:00+10:00

The Places API now includes a redesigned Place Picker UI that implements the principles of material design. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2015-12-17

2015-12-17T00:00:00+10:00

This release adds the autocomplete widget, a search dialog with built-in autocomplete functionality. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

Start of feed

2016-02-11T16:00:00+10:00

This is the start of the RSS feed for the release notes of the Google Places SDK for Android. Although the RSS feed is relatively new, the release notes have been around for a while. See the full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, on the Google Developers site.