Google place api is not supporting multiple types

Question

when i provide the url given below , i am getting the proper rsults but

    String baseUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/xml?location=";
    String last="&radius=20000&types=school&sensor=false&key=";

    URL = baseUrl + latitude + "," + longitude + last + API_KEY ;

when i am trying to use multiple types like :

school | university

it showing forced closed....EX

 String baseUrl = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/search/xml?location=";
    String last="&radius=20000&types=school|university&sensor=false&key=";

    URL = baseUrl + latitude + "," + longitude + last + API_KEY ;

what mistake i am doing...

Please post the log so we can see the exception you are getting and a stack trace. — Austyn Mahoney, Apr 20 '12 at 19:09
Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.run.trial/com.run.trial.RuntrialActivity}: java.lang.NullPointerException — santosh407, Apr 22 '12 at 17:01
at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:1768) — santosh407, Apr 22 '12 at 17:01
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:123) — santosh407, Apr 22 '12 at 17:01
The above url request works fine for me, maybe your application is breaking when no result is returned? Do you have a check for status? — Chris Green, Apr 23 '12 at 01:17

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 28 '13 at 22:06

This works for me when using multiple types:

String keyString = "your_key";

String JSON_BASE = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/nearbysearch/json?location=";
String types = "airport|hospital";
try {
        placesSearchStr=JSON_BASE+getLat()+","+getLng()+
                        "&radius=1000&sensor=false&types="+URLEncoder.encode(types,"UTF-8")+
                        "&key="+keyString;
    } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {

        e.printStackTrace();
    }

The emphasis here is on types="+URLEncoder.encode(types,"UTF-8")

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Hi friend i had same problem like you,after long time searching i found another solution for parsing google response using Volley api http://java.dzone.com/articles/android-%E2%80%93-volley-library Volley library for Android parse xml response?

volley liabrery has no request for xml but have string request and response, you can convert string into xml format than parse data as xml

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 15 '13 at 18:44

I friend now i got the multiple types support now. use uri builder class request url

public String getURL(double lat, double lng){
    Uri uri = new Uri.Builder()
    .scheme("https")
    .authority("maps.googleapis.com")
    .path("maps/api/place/search/xml")
    .appendQueryParameter("location", lat+",",lng)
    .appendQueryParameter("radius", "5000")
    .appendQueryParameter("types",   "zoo|travel_agency|taxi_stand|pet_store|museum|movie_theater|library|jewelry_store|hospital|clothing_store|atm|church|bus_station|art_gallery|bank|beauty_salon|city_hall|book_store|park|shopping_mall|train_station|airport")
    .appendQueryParameter("sensor", "true")
    .appendQueryParameter("key", "your key")
    .build();
    return uri.toString();
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 29 '14 at 12:31

Try to put parameters like where types like String types = "cafe|restaurant";:

try {
    HttpRequestFactory httpRequestFactory = createRequestFactory(HTTP_TRANSPORT);
    HttpRequest request = httpRequestFactory
            .buildGetRequest(new GenericUrl(PLACES_SEARCH_URL));
    request.getUrl().put("key", API_KEY);
    request.getUrl().put("location", _latitude + "," + _longitude);
    request.getUrl().put("radius", _radius); // in meters
    request.getUrl().put("sensor", "false");

    if(types != null)
        request.getUrl().put("types", types);

    PlacesList list = request.execute().parseAs(PlacesList.class);
    // Check log cat for places response status
    Log.d("Places Status", "" + list.status);
    return list;

} catch (HttpResponseException e) {
    Log.e("Error:", e.getMessage());
    return null;
}

Google place api is not supporting multiple types

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