Flutter for Beginners

Getting a place address using the google_maps_webservice plugin

First of all, we need to add the plugin as a dependency in our project's pubspec.yaml file and get it with the flutter packages get command:

dependencies:  google_maps_webservice: ^0.0.12

After that, we can start using the plugin. The first thing we need to do is create a GoogleMapsPlaces class instance so that we have access to the provided methods:

  @override  void initState() {    super.initState();    _googleMapsPlaces = GoogleMapsPlaces(      apiKey: 'API_KEY',    );  }

We do this in the initState method so that we can use it right after the map is displayed to the user. _googleMapsPlaces is a field inside the state of the MapPage widget.

Then, we define a method that will query a place ...