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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.
Places SDK for Android returns a bitmap image with a maximum size of 1600 by 1600 pixels.
Photo retrieval processTo retrieve an image for a place:
Place
object (use either fetchPlace()
or findCurrentPlace()
). Be sure to include the Place.Field PHOTO_METADATAS
field in the list of fields to include in the response Place
object.OnSuccessListener
for your FetchPlaceResponse
or FindCurrentPlaceResponse
, use Place.getPhotoMetadas()
to get the photo metadata object, of type PhotoMetadata
from the response Place
object.FetchPhotoRequest
object, optionally specifying maximum height and width (in pixels). Photos can have a maximum width or height of 1600px.PlacesClient.fetchPhoto()
to request the photo bitmap.OnSuccessListener
and get the photo from the FetchPhotoResponse
.The following example demonstrates getting a place photo:
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.") } } }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. } }); });Note: For more information on initializing
PlacesClient
, see Initialize the Places API client.
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.
In most cases, place photos can be used without attribution, or will have the required attribution included as part of the image. However, the photo metadata object, of type PhotoMetadata
, can contain either of two types of additional attributions:
PhotoMetadata.getAttributions()
.AuthorAttributions
object accessed by PhotoMetadata.getAuthorAttributions()
.If the returned PhotoMetadata
object includes either type of attribution, you must include the attribution in your application wherever you display the image. For more information, see Displaying Attributions.
A Places Photo SKU is charged for calls to fetchPhoto()
. See the Usage and Billing page for details.
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Last updated 2025-08-14 UTC.
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