Google’s Places API for Android and iOS lets developers add better location pickers to their apps

Google has launched its Places API for Android and opened a beta program for it on iOS today. It will allow developers to add better location pickers to their apps, so users can specify where they are with real place names instead of latitudes and longitudes. The new API brings a range of features including a place picker in the form of a drop-in UI widget, autocomplete support for searches, the ability to determine the place where a user is currently located, detailed information about each spot. In addition, it also allows for adding new places to Google’s database of…



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