Google Map Setup

note

Free API uses the pre-set location data bundled with the project and Admin Panel. It may not include every country/state/city. You must manually add locations in Admin Panel for complete coverage.
Place API is Google’s paid API and provides accurate, up-to-date location results.

1. Go to Admin Panel → Settings → Map Provider:

   • Free Map API: uses local/admin-managed location data
   • Paid Map API: uses Google Place API for accurate results
     • If selecting Paid Map API, add your Place API key

2. For enabling billing and obtaining a Place API key, refer to our guide: Billing & API Keys

3. Copy place API key from Google Cloud Console and paste it into admin panel settings as shown below:

   

4. Go to Google Cloud Platform.

5. Select your Firebase Project

   

6. Search for APIs.

   

7. Click on Enable.

   

8. Enable the following APIs (search and enable one by one):

   Required:

   • Maps SDK for Android
   • Maps SDK for iOS
   • Geocoding API
   • Geolocation API

   Only if using Paid Map API:

   • Place API (Legacy) (Only required if using Paid Version)

9. Go to Credential Tab. You will find your Android and iOS API keys.

   

10. You have to setup those above API keys for both Platform.

    Android

    Open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml and paste the Google Maps meta data tag into your application tag before the activity tag, placing the API key you copied before to replace YOUR_API_KEY_HERE.

    <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY" android:value="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" />

    

    iOS

    Open ios/Runner/AppDelegate.swift and paste the following code at shown in image.

    GMSServices.provideAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")