Do I need to enable billing for new Places compatibility library android?

Question

As new version of the Places SDK for Android is introduced, it gives two options to integrate it.

Use the Places SDK static client library (Requires API key)
Compatibility Library (Does not require API Key)

When using the compatibility library, is it important to enable the Places API in the Google Cloud Console for the project and enable billing? It seems to be working fine without enabling it also.

The documentation states that:

The compatibility library only supports newer Task-based APIs, and will not work with the earlier PendingResult model.

But it still works with the PendingResult model. Is it important to change to Task based?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '19 at 06:07

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Yes, you have to enable biiling account, so that if you use any another API in future for this project by only billing account you can able to use that API's..

example: For directions API only one request is allowed without billing account, so have to go for billing account...

answered May 15 '19 at 06:07

Navin Kumar

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can we just use placeAutoComplete only enabling Google Places API and not enabling billing account. Is it necessary to eneble billing or just enebling places api will do my work for places autocomplete. provide proper guidance or documentation. thanks in advance. – Jay Mungara May 24 '19 at 07:11
For only Places API, just go withot billing account. for reference https://stackoverflow.com/a/55045772/10579969 – Navin Kumar May 24 '19 at 07:19
Places api requires billing account now – Sadique Khan May 21 '22 at 11:37
Yes u need billing account – Navin Kumar May 23 '22 at 05:28

Do I need to enable billing for new Places compatibility library android?

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