How to get the value selected using react-native-google-places-autocomplete ? - react-native

Question

I am using react-native-google-places-autocomplete to select a location. I want to extract the location selected and use it as a props to be passed to another function. The value should be of type String. I do not how to extract the selected description value.
Here is what I have so far:
<GooglePlacesAutocomplete
placeholder='Event Location'
minLength={2} // minimum length of text to search
autoFocus={false}
// Can be left out for default return key https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/textinput.html#returnkeytype
listViewDisplayed='auto' // true/false/undefined
fetchDetails={true}
renderDescription={row => row.description} // custom description render
onPress={(data, details = null) => { // 'details' is provided when fetchDetails = true
//console.warn(data, details);
props.location = data.description;
}}
textInputProps={{
onChangeText: (text) => { console.warn(text) }
}}
getDefaultValue={() => ''}
query={{
// available options: https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/autocomplete
key: 'AIzaSyCKwbZNUyUIx2X0XBBlWbhPu_unz5_1o3E',
language: 'en', // language of the results
types: 'geocode' // default: 'geocode'
}}
styles={{
textInputContainer: {
backgroundColor: 'rgba(0,0,0,0)',
borderTopWidth: 0,
borderBottomWidth:0,
},
description: {
fontWeight: 'bold',
},
textInput: {
marginLeft: 22,
marginRight: 0,
height: 38,
color: '#5d5d5d',
fontSize: 16,
},
predefinedPlacesDescription: {
color: '#1faadb'
}
}}
value={props.location}
onChangeText={props.onLocationChange}
renderLeftButton={() => <Text style={{ marginTop: 12, marginLeft:16, fontSize: 18 }}> Location </Text>}
nearbyPlacesAPI='GooglePlacesSearch' // Which API to use: GoogleReverseGeocoding or GooglePlacesSearch
GoogleReverseGeocodingQuery={{
// available options for GoogleReverseGeocoding API : https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/intro
}}
GooglePlacesSearchQuery={{
// available options for GooglePlacesSearch API : https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/search
rankby: 'distance',
types: 'food'
}}
filterReverseGeocodingByTypes={['locality', 'administrative_area_level_3']} // filter the reverse geocoding results by types - ['locality', 'administrative_area_level_3'] if you want to display only cities
debounce={200} // debounce the requests in ms. Set to 0 to remove debounce. By default 0ms.
/>

Answer 1

You will get the selected location in onPress callback of the component.
onPress={(data, details = null) => {
// 'details' is provided when fetchDetails = true
this.setState(
{
address: data.description, // selected address
coordinates: `${details.geometry.location.lat},${details.geometry.location.lng}` // selected coordinates
}
);
}}

Answer 2

This gives you the latitude and longitude:
onPress = {(data, details = null) => {
const { lat, lng } = details.geometry.location;
)}}