GooglePlaces Framework Reference

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• GMSAddressComponent represents parts of an address like street number, city, or postcode.

• It provides the component's name (e.g., "Sydney"), type (e.g., "locality"), and potentially a short name (e.g., "AU").

• The type property is deprecated; use types instead for an array of type constants from GMSPlaceTypes.h.

• You can find supported type values at: https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/supported_types#table2.

GMSAddressComponent

@interface GMSAddressComponent : NSObject

Represents a component of an address, e.g., street number, postcode, city, etc.

• type

  Deprecated

  type property is deprecated in favor of types

  Type of the address component. For a list of supported types, see https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/supported_types#table2. This string will be one of the constants defined in GMSPlaceTypes.h.

  Declaration

  Swift

  var type: String { get }

  Objective-C

  @property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) __GMS_AVAILABLE_BUT_DEPRECATED_MSG NSString *type;

• types

  Types associated with the address component. For a list of supported types, see https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/supported_types#table2. This array will contain one or more of the constants strings defined in GMSPlaceTypes.h.

  Declaration

  Swift

  var types: [String] { get }

  Objective-C

  @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) NSArray<NSString *> *_Nonnull types;

• name

  Name of the address component, e.g. “Sydney”

  Declaration

  Swift

  var name: String { get }

  Objective-C

  @property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSString *_Nonnull name;

• shortName

  Short name of the address component, e.g. “AU”

  Declaration

  Swift

  var shortName: String? { get }

  Objective-C

  @property (nonatomic, copy, readonly) NSString *_Nullable shortName;