Release Notes for the Places SDK for iOS

2022-08-15

2022-08-15T00:00:00+10:00

With this release of Places SDK for iOS, we have moved the XML feed to a new location. Subscribe to the new location of the XML feed at release notes on the Google Developers site.

2022-06-27

2022-06-27T00:00:00+10:00

Release of Places Version 7.0.0 SDK for iOS. Includes support freeze of iOS 12. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2022-05-09

2022-05-09T00:00:00+10:00

Release of Places Version 6.2.1 SDK for iOS. This version is functionally identical to v.6.2.0. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2022-04-25

2022-04-25T00:00:00+10:00

Release of Places Version 6.2.0 SDK for iOS. This version is functionally identical to v.6.1.1. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2022-03-22

2022-03-22T00:00:00+10:00

Release of Places Version 6.1.1 SDK for iOS. This version is functionally identical to v.6.1.0. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2022-03-09

2022-03-09T00:00:00+10:00

Release of Places Version 6.1.0 SDK for iOS. This version is functionally identical to v.6.0.0. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2021-11-29

2021-11-29T00:00:00+10:00

Release of Places Version 6.0.0 SDK for iOS. Includes a preview release of support for the XCFramework installation format. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2021-10-19

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

iOS 12 support deprecation. See the release notes on the Google Maps Platform documentation site.

2021-09-22

2021-09-22T00:00:00+10:00

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

2021-05-13

2021-05-13T00:00:00+10:00

Dropping support for iOS 10 and ARMv7 32-bit architecture; removing dependency on the GoogleMapsBase framework; deprecations. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2021-03-08

2021-03-08T00:00:00+10:00

Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to v.4.1.0. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-12-08

2020-12-08T00:00:00+10:00

Fixed an issue where the autocomplete widget background color was not correctly flipped when in Dark Mode. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-10-13

2020-10-13T00:00:00+10:00

Support for iOS 9.0 has been dropped. The new minimum is iOS 10.0. 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

Adds new business status place field; use of GMSCoordinateBounds in Places APIs is deprecated. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-05-18

2020-05-18T00:00:00+10:00

Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to v.3.8.0. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2020-02-18

2020-02-18T00:00:00+10:00

Location Bias/Restriction support added to GMSAutocompleteFilter; Place 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.

2019-12-02

2019-12-02T00:00:00+10:00

Autocomplete Predictions (GMSAutocompletePrediction.h) now optionally return the straight-line distance in meters from the specified origin. If the origin property is not set, no distance value will be returned. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-10-29

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

Added local caching for UIImages fetched using loadPlacePhoto:callback such that calling the method twice in a row returns the same UIImage.

2019-10-08

2019-10-08T00:00:00+10:00

GooglePlaces no longer includes classes from GoogleMapsBase. If you use GMSCoordinateBounds, you must now import GoogleMapsBase. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-09-04

2019-09-04T00:00:00+10:00

Version bump, no changes. This version is functionally identical to v.3.3.0. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-07-29

2019-07-29T00:00:00+10:00

Adds new UTC offset field, methods to determine whether a place is open; various fixes. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-07-08

2019-07-08T00:00:00+10:00

findAutocompletePredictionsFromQuery now accepts a nil session token; smaller binary sizes. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-04-16

2019-04-16T00:00:00+10:00

GMSAddressComponents now returns an array of types associated with each address component. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2019-01-31

2019-01-31T00:00:00+10:00

The GooglePlaces sample has been fixed. 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

Adds support for fields, and session-based billing. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2018-11-01

2018-11-01T00:00:00+10:00

Removed support for the old 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.

2018-06-28

2018-06-28T00:00:00+10:00

Enabled the new basemap style for the Place Picker by default. You can still opt-out temporarily if you need time to modify your app to accommodate the new style. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2018-04-18

2018-04-18T00:00:00+10:00

Upgraded minimum Xcode version to 9.0. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2018-02-13

2018-02-13T00:00:00+10:00

Enabled opt-in to 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.

2018-02-06

2018-02-06T00:00:00+10:00

Updated the Place Picker default marker to match the new Google Maps marker. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2017-10-24

2017-10-24T00:00:00+10:00

Improved iOS 11 and iPhone X support, bug fixes. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2017-08-02

2017-08-02T00:00:00+10:00

Improvements and bug fixes for the Places iOS API. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2017-06-19

2017-06-19T00:00:00+10:00

Improvements and bug fixes for the Places iOS API. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2017-05-30

2017-05-30T00:00:00+10:00

Improvements and bug fixes for the Places iOS API. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2017-02-14

2017-02-14T00:00:00+10:00

Improvements and bug fixes for the Places iOS API. Note that iOS 7 support is intended to be dropped starting with 2.3. 2.2.x will be the last release series to support iOS 7. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-11-08

2016-11-08T00:00:00+10:00

Bug fix for the iOS Places API. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-09-22

2016-09-22T00:00:00+10:00

Bug fix for the iOS Places API. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-07-29

2016-07-29T00:00:00+10:00

Bug fix for the iOS Places API. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-07-26

2016-07-26T00:00:00+10:00

This release splits the Places API from the Maps SDK, making it available standalone. The Premium Plan now uses the same SDK as the Standard Plan. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-05-12

2016-05-12T00:00:00+10:00

Bug fix release for iOS Maps SDK. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-05-02

2016-05-02T00:00:00+10:00

Bug fix release for the Places SDK for iOS. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-03-29

2016-03-29T00:00:00+10:00

This release introduces custom styling for the autocomplete widget. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

2016-03-01

2016-03-01T00:00:00+10:00

This is a bug fix release that solves some issues with Xcode. For a full list of features, bug fixes, and other notes, see the release notes on the Google Developers site.

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

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