Place Photos

Select platform: Android iOS JavaScript Web Service

You can use the Places SDK for Android to request a place photo to display in your application. Photos returned by the photos service come from a variety of sources, including business owners and user-contributed photos. To retrieve an image for a place, you must take the following steps:

1. Fetch a Place object (use either fetchPlace(), or findCurrentPlace()). Be sure to include the PHOTO_METADATAS field in your request.
2. In the OnSuccessListener for your FetchPlaceRequest, add a FetchPhotoRequest, optionally specifying maximum height and width (in pixels). Photos can have a maximum width or height of 1600px.
3. Add an OnSuccessListener and get the bitmap from the FetchPhotoResponse.

Get a place photo

The following example demonstrates getting a place photo.

Java

// Define a Place ID.
final String placeId = "INSERT_PLACE_ID_HERE";

// Specify fields. Requests for photos must always have the PHOTO_METADATAS field.
final List<Place.Field> fields = Collections.singletonList(Place.Field.PHOTO_METADATAS);

// Get a Place object (this example uses fetchPlace(), but you can also use findCurrentPlace())
final FetchPlaceRequest placeRequest = FetchPlaceRequest.newInstance(placeId, fields);

placesClient.fetchPlace(placeRequest).addOnSuccessListener((response) -> {
    final Place place = response.getPlace();

    // Get the photo metadata.
    final List<PhotoMetadata> metadata = place.getPhotoMetadatas();
    if (metadata == null || metadata.isEmpty()) {
        Log.w(TAG, "No photo metadata.");
        return;
    }
    final PhotoMetadata photoMetadata = metadata.get(0);

    // Get the attribution text.
    final String attributions = photoMetadata.getAttributions();

    // Create a FetchPhotoRequest.
    final FetchPhotoRequest photoRequest = FetchPhotoRequest.builder(photoMetadata)
        .setMaxWidth(500) // Optional.
        .setMaxHeight(300) // Optional.
        .build();
    placesClient.fetchPhoto(photoRequest).addOnSuccessListener((fetchPhotoResponse) -> {
        Bitmap bitmap = fetchPhotoResponse.getBitmap();
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
    }).addOnFailureListener((exception) -> {
        if (exception instanceof ApiException) {
            final ApiException apiException = (ApiException) exception;
            Log.e(TAG, "Place not found: " + exception.getMessage());
            final int statusCode = apiException.getStatusCode();
            // TODO: Handle error with given status code.
        }
    });
});

      

Kotlin

// Define a Place ID.
val placeId = "INSERT_PLACE_ID_HERE"

// Specify fields. Requests for photos must always have the PHOTO_METADATAS field.
val fields = listOf(Place.Field.PHOTO_METADATAS)

// Get a Place object (this example uses fetchPlace(), but you can also use findCurrentPlace())
val placeRequest = FetchPlaceRequest.newInstance(placeId, fields)

placesClient.fetchPlace(placeRequest)
    .addOnSuccessListener { response: FetchPlaceResponse ->
        val place = response.place

        // Get the photo metadata.
        val metada = place.photoMetadatas
        if (metada == null || metada.isEmpty()) {
            Log.w(TAG, "No photo metadata.")
            return@addOnSuccessListener
        }
        val photoMetadata = metada.first()

        // Get the attribution text.
        val attributions = photoMetadata?.attributions

        // Create a FetchPhotoRequest.
        val photoRequest = FetchPhotoRequest.builder(photoMetadata)
            .setMaxWidth(500) // Optional.
            .setMaxHeight(300) // Optional.
            .build()
        placesClient.fetchPhoto(photoRequest)
            .addOnSuccessListener { fetchPhotoResponse: FetchPhotoResponse ->
                val bitmap = fetchPhotoResponse.bitmap
                imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap)
            }.addOnFailureListener { exception: Exception ->
                if (exception is ApiException) {
                    Log.e(TAG, "Place not found: " + exception.message)
                    val statusCode = exception.statusCode
                    TODO("Handle error with given status code.")
                }
            }
    }

      

You can use a CancellationToken to attempt to cancel a request to any of the request classes (for example, FetchPlaceRequest). Cancellation is done on a best-effort basis. Once a cancellation request is issued, no response will be returned. Issuing a cancellation token does NOT guarantee that a particular request will be cancelled, and you may still be charged for the request even if no response is returned.

Attributions

In most cases, place photos can be used without attribution, or will have the required attribution included as part of the image. However, if the returned PhotoMetadata instance includes an attribution, you must include the additional attribution in your application wherever you display the image. For more information, see Displaying Attributions.

Usage and billing

A Places Photo SKU is charged for calls to fetchPhoto(). See the Usage and Billing page for details.