react-native-google-places | Android Google Places Widgets

on top of the file.
Sign up for Google Places & Google Maps APIs for Android in Google API Console to grab your Android API key (not browser key).
Read further API setup guides at https://developers.google.com/places/android-sdk/signup.
Similarly, sign up for Google Places API for iOS in Google API Console to grab your iOS API key (not browser key).
Ensure you check out further guides at https://developers.google.com/places/ios-sdk/get-api-key.
Enable billing for your projects - please do not file any issues on this repo without first checking you have, indeed, enabled billing on your account.
With both keys in place, you can proceed.
If you do not have CocoaPods already installed on your machine, run gem install cocoapods to set it up the first time. (Hint: Go grab a cup of coffee!)
If you are not using Cocoapods in your project already, run cd ios && pod init at the root directory of your project. This would create a Podfile in your ios directory.
Run react-native link @ant-tech/react-native-google-places at the root directory of your project and ensure you edit your Podfile to look like the sample below (remove all the targets you are not building for, such as Tests and tvOS):
Replace all references to YOUR_PROJECT_TARGET with your project target (it's the same as project name by default).
By now, you should be all set to install the packages from your Podfile. Run pod install from your ios directory.
Close Xcode, and then open (double-click) your project's .xcworkspace file to launch Xcode. From this time onwards, you must use the .xcworkspace file to open the project. Or just use the react-native run-ios command as usual to run your app in the simulator.
In your AppDelegate.m file, import the Google Places library by adding
Within the didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method, instantiate the library as follows - read about a better way to secure this below:
Ensure you have the required location permissions for the application by declaring keys for NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription and NSLocationAlwaysAndWhenInUseUsageDescription in your info.plist file, either using Xcode or manually editing the file e.g.
This was done automatically for you when you ran react-native link @ant-tech/react-native-google-places. Or you can run the command now if you have not already.
In your AndroidManifest.xml file, request the following permissions:
In your /android/gradle.properties file, add your API key, read about a better way to secure this below
The following additional setup steps are optional as they should have been taken care of, for you when you ran react-native link react-native-google-places. Otherwise, do the following or just ensure they are in place;
Add the following in your android/settings.gradle file:
Add the following in your android/app/build.grade file:
Add the Google Maven Repo in your android/build.gradle file:
Add the following in your ...MainApplication.java file:
Enable multiDex for your application.
Ensure you are compiling with Java 1.8 or above. Add the following in your /android/app/build.gradle file:
Finally, we can run react-native run-android to get started.