react-native-google-places-autocomplete

Customizable Google Places autocomplete component for iOS and Android React-Native apps

Changelog

• 1.2.12 : Fixed render description + docs.
• 1.2.11 : Fixed current location result onPress event.
• 1.2.10 : Set default debounce to 0. Fixed debounce typing lag.
• 1.2.9 : Added isRowScrollable prop.
• 1.2.8 : Added underlineColorAndroid, listUnderlayColor, renderLeftButton, renderRightButton props. Added nearbyPlacesAPI option None.
• 1.2.7 : Use children prop to pass children elements directly into GooglePlacesAutocomplete.
• 1.2.6 : Added renderRow prop.
• 1.2.5 : Added renderDescription prop for rendering dropdown item text
• 1.2.4 : Added listViewDisplayed prop for controlling dropdown
• 1.2.3 : Removed ProgressBarAndroid to remove warnings
• 1.2.2 : Added prop to change placeholder text color
• 1.2.1 : Fixed special request characters issue + ensure react-native@0.28 peer dependency.

Example

var {GooglePlacesAutocomplete} = require('react-native-google-places-autocomplete');

const homePlace = {description: 'Home', geometry: { location: { lat: 48.8152937, lng: 2.4597668 } }};
const workPlace = {description: 'Work', geometry: { location: { lat: 48.8496818, lng: 2.2940881 } }};

var Example = React.createClass({
  render() {
    return (
      <GooglePlacesAutocomplete
        placeholder='Search'
        minLength={2} // minimum length of text to search
        autoFocus={false}
        returnKeyType={'search'} // Can be left out for default return key https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/textinput.html#returnkeytype
        listViewDisplayed='auto'    // true/false/undefined
        fetchDetails={true}
        renderDescription={(row) => row.description} // custom description render
        onPress={(data, details = null) => { // 'details' is provided when fetchDetails = true
          console.log(data);
          console.log(details);
        }}
        getDefaultValue={() => {
          return ''; // text input default value
        }}
        query={{
          // available options: https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/autocomplete
          key: 'YOUR API KEY',
          language: 'en', // language of the results
          types: '(cities)', // default: 'geocode'
        }}
        styles={{
          description: {
            fontWeight: 'bold',
          },
          predefinedPlacesDescription: {
            color: '#1faadb',
          },
        }}

        currentLocation={true} // Will add a 'Current location' button at the top of the predefined places list
        currentLocationLabel="Current location"
        nearbyPlacesAPI='GooglePlacesSearch' // Which API to use: GoogleReverseGeocoding or GooglePlacesSearch
        GoogleReverseGeocodingQuery={{
          // available options for GoogleReverseGeocoding API : https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/intro
        }}
        GooglePlacesSearchQuery={{
          // available options for GooglePlacesSearch API : https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search
          rankby: 'distance',
          types: 'food',
        }}


        filterReverseGeocodingByTypes={['locality', 'administrative_area_level_3']} // filter the reverse geocoding results by types - ['locality', 'administrative_area_level_3'] if you want to display only cities

        predefinedPlaces={[homePlace, workPlace]}

        debounce={200} // debounce the requests in ms. Set to 0 to remove debounce. By default 0ms.
        renderLeftButton={() => <Image source={require('path/custom/left-icon')} />}
        renderRightButton={() => <Text>Custom text after the inputg</Text>}
      />
    );
  }
});

Installation

1. npm install react-native-google-places-autocomplete --save
2. Get your Google Places API keys and enable "Google Places API Web Service" (NOT Android or iOS) in the console.
3. Enable "Google Maps Geocoding API" if you want to use GoogleReverseGeocoding for Current Location

Styling

GooglePlacesAutocomplete can be easily customized to meet styles of your app. Pass styles props to GooglePlacesAutocomplete with style object for different elements (keys for style object are listed below)

key	type
container	object (View)
description	object (Text style)
textInputContainer	object (View style)
textInput	object (style)
loader	object (View style)
listView	object (ListView style)
predefinedPlacesDescription	object (Text style)
poweredContainer	object (View style)
powered	object (Image style)
separator	object (View style)

Example

<GooglePlacesAutocomplete
  placeholder='Enter Location'
  minLength={2}
  autoFocus={false}
  returnKeyType={'default'}
  fetchDetails={true}
  styles={{
    textInputContainer: {
      backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
      borderTopWidth: 0,
      borderBottomWidth:0
    },
    textInput: {
      marginLeft: 0,
      marginRight: 0,
      height: 38,
      color: '#5d5d5d',
      fontSize: 16
    },
    predefinedPlacesDescription: {
      color: '#1faadb'
    },
  }}
  currentLocation={false}
/>

Features

• Places autocompletion
• iOS and Android compatibility
• Places details fetching + ActivityIndicatorIOS/ProgressBarAndroid loaders
• Customizable using the styles parameter
• XHR cancellations when typing fast
• Google Places terms compliant
• Current location
• Predefined places

License

MIT

Authors

• Farid Safi
• Maxim Yaskevich