I`m using Android Google Places API to autocomplete streets and addresses. The problem is that it gives all streets from a whole country. Of course I added bounds to limit place for search, but it doesnt work correctly - it gives only priority, so in other words best results will be higher in list, nothing more
So code:
AutocompleteFilter typeFilter = new AutocompleteFilter.Builder()
.setTypeFilter(AutocompleteFilter.TYPE_FILTER_ADDRESS)
.setCountry("RU")
.build();
Intent intent =
new PlaceAutocomplete.IntentBuilder(PlaceAutocomplete.MODE_OVERLAY)
.zzih(searchString) //that is for passing search string from toolbar
.setFilter(typeFilter)
.setBoundsBias(city.getBounds())
.build(this);
In short the problem is:
When I type in search something like "Lenina Street" I see a lot of useless results out of bounds set in .setBoundsBias(city.getBounds())
. Just imagine that something like "Lenina Street" exists in almost every locality!
How can I fix the problem and limit search results?
P.S.
I know I can useThats even worse than I thought. Even if I get results from Web API or through GeoDataApi I have only predictions which doesnt contain coordinates, only placeId. So if I want to filter predictions by coordinates I have to do request for each placeId. In other words if I got 20 places I will have to do 20 more requests to find out coordinates.Google Places Web API
or byGeoDataApi.getAutocompletePredictions()
and filter results manually, but that means I have to write UI manually too, what I dont want to do.- Also I can add city name in
searchString
, that makes results better (but not at all) but it makes writing of address unclear and city name takes place, so its not good solution too.