How to Add Map API key for Address

⚠️ NOTE: If you are using free map API, location data may not be accurate or complete. For accurate location data, it is strongly recommended to use place API key.

1. Go to admin panel settings -> select map provider:

   • If you want to use free map API, select "Free Map API"
   • If you want to use paid map API, select "Paid Map API"
   • If you are using place map API, you need to add place API key

2. For enabling billing and getting place API key, please refer to our comprehensive guide

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. Click here

5. Click on console.

   

6. Select your Firebase Project

   

7. Search for APIs, which are shown in below image.

   

8. Click on Enable to, enable that APIs

   

9. Do above steps for the following APIs (enable each API one by one by searching):

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

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

    

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

    Android Setup

    • Next, 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" />

    Note: For the value field, please paste in your API Key from the Google Maps API registration process.

    

    iOS Setup

    • Next, open the ios ‣ Runner ‣ AppDelegate.swift file and paste the following code at shown in image.

      GMSServices.provideAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    Note: Again, for the value field please paste in your API Key from the registration process.