Place Icons

 // Initialize Places Swift client 
 let 
  
 placesClient 
  
 = 
  
 PlacesClient 
 . 
 shared 
  
 // A hotel in Saigon with an attribution. 
 let 
  
 placeID 
  
 = 
  
 "ChIJV4k8_9UodTERU5KXbkYpSYs" 
 // Specify the place data types to return. 
 let 
  
 fetchPlaceRequest 
  
 = 
  
 FetchPlaceRequest 
 ( 
  
 placeID 
 : 
  
 placeID 
 , 
  
 placeProperties 
 : 
  
 [. 
 displayName 
 , 
  
 . 
 iconMaskURL 
 , 
  
 . 
 iconBackgroundColor 
 ] 
 ) 
  
 Task 
  
 { 
  
 switch 
  
 await 
  
 placesClient 
 . 
 fetchPlace 
 ( 
 with 
 : 
  
 fetchPlaceRequest 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 case 
  
 . 
 success 
 ( 
 let 
  
 place 
 ): 
  
 // Print displayName using String(describing:) 
  
 print 
 ( 
 "The selected place is: 
 \( 
 String 
 ( 
 describing 
 : 
  
 place 
 . 
 displayName 
 )) 
 " 
 ) 
  
 // We primarily need the iconMaskURL to proceed with image loading. 
  
 // iconBackgroundColor can be handled even if nil. 
  
 guard 
  
 let 
  
 iconMaskURL 
  
 = 
  
 place 
 . 
 iconMaskURL 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 print 
 ( 
 "Icon mask URL not available for this place. Cannot display icon." 
 ) 
  
 return 
  
 // Exit if iconMaskURL is missing 
  
 } 
  
 print 
 ( 
 "The icon mask URL is: 
 \( 
 iconMaskURL 
 ) 
 " 
 ) 
  
 // Print iconBackgroundColor using String(describing:) 
  
 print 
 ( 
 "The icon background color is: 
 \( 
 String 
 ( 
 describing 
 : 
  
 place 
 . 
 iconBackgroundColor 
 )) 
 " 
 ) 
  
 // Asynchronously load the icon image 
  
 DispatchQueue 
 . 
 global 
 (). 
 async 
  
 { 
  
 // The iconMaskURL from the new Places SDK is already a URL 
  
 guard 
  
 let 
  
 imageData 
  
 = 
  
 try 
 ? 
  
 Data 
 ( 
 contentsOf 
 : 
  
 iconMaskURL 
 ) 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 print 
 ( 
 "Could not download image data from URL: 
 \( 
 iconMaskURL 
 ) 
 " 
 ) 
  
 return 
  
 } 
  
 DispatchQueue 
 . 
 main 
 . 
 async 
  
 { 
  
 guard 
  
 let 
  
 iconImage 
  
 = 
  
 UIImage 
 ( 
 data 
 : 
  
 imageData 
 ) 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 print 
 ( 
 "Could not create UIImage from downloaded data." 
 ) 
  
 return 
  
 } 
  
 // --- Example of how you might use the icon and background color --- 
  
 // Ensure you have an imageView outlet connected in your UI 
  
 // For example: 
  
 // @IBOutlet weak var myImageViewContainer: UIView! 
  
 // @IBOutlet weak var myIconImageView: UIImageView! 
  
 // For this example, we'll create them programmatically: 
  
 let 
  
 iconBackgroundView 
  
 = 
  
 UIView 
 ( 
 frame 
 : 
  
 CGRect 
 ( 
 x 
 : 
  
 0 
 , 
  
 y 
 : 
  
 0 
 , 
  
 width 
 : 
  
 50 
 , 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 50 
 )) 
  
 // Adjust frame as needed 
  
 // Directly assign the optional UIColor. If nil, background will be clear. 
  
 iconBackgroundView 
 . 
 backgroundColor 
  
 = 
  
 place 
 . 
 iconBackgroundColor 
  
 let 
  
 imageView 
  
 = 
  
 UIImageView 
 () 
  
 // Initialize an empty UIImageView 
  
 imageView 
 . 
 frame 
  
 = 
  
 iconBackgroundView 
 . 
 bounds 
  
 // Make icon view same size as background 
  
 imageView 
 . 
 contentMode 
  
 = 
  
 . 
 scaleAspectFit 
  
 // Adjust content mode as needed 
  
 // Tint the icon image (mask) to white 
  
 // The icon from iconMaskURL is intended to be used as a mask. 
  
 let 
  
 templateImage 
  
 = 
  
 iconImage 
 . 
 withRenderingMode 
 (. 
 alwaysTemplate 
 ) 
  
 imageView 
 . 
 image 
  
 = 
  
 templateImage 
  
 imageView 
 . 
 tintColor 
  
 = 
  
 UIColor 
 . 
 white 
  
 // Add the image view on top of the background view 
  
 iconBackgroundView 
 . 
 addSubview 
 ( 
 imageView 
 ) 
  
 } 
  
 } 
  
 } 
 } 

 // Icon image URL 
 let 
  
 url 
  
 = 
  
 URL 
 ( 
 string 
 : 
  
 place 
 . 
 iconImageUrl 
 ) 
 DispatchQueue 
 . 
 global 
 (). 
 async 
  
 { 
  
 guard 
  
 let 
  
 url 
  
 = 
  
 url 
 , 
  
 let 
  
 imageData 
  
 = 
  
 try 
 ? 
  
 Data 
 ( 
 contentsOf 
 : 
  
 url 
 ) 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 print 
 ( 
 "Could not get image" 
 ) 
  
 return 
  
 } 
  
 DispatchQueue 
 . 
 main 
 . 
 async 
  
 { 
  
 let 
  
 iconImage 
  
 = 
  
 UIImage 
 ( 
 data 
 : 
  
 iconImageData 
 ) 
  
 // Icon image background color 
  
 let 
  
 iconBackgroundView 
  
 = 
  
 UIView 
 ( 
 frame 
 : 
  
 . 
 zero 
 ) 
  
 iconBackgroundView 
 . 
 backgroundColor 
  
 = 
  
 place 
 . 
 iconBackgroundColor 
  
 // Change icon image color to white 
  
 let 
  
 templateImage 
  
 = 
  
 iconImage 
 . 
 imageWithRenderingMode 
 ( 
 UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate 
 ) 
  
 imageView 
 . 
 image 
  
 = 
  
 templateImage 
  
 imageView 
 . 
 tintColor 
  
 = 
  
 UIColor 
 . 
 white 
  
 } 
 } 

 GMSPlace 
  
 * 
 place 
 ; 
 dispatch_async 
 ( 
 dispatch_get_global_queue 
 ( 
 0 
 , 
  
 0 
 ), 
  
 ^ 
 { 
  
 // Icon image URL 
  
 NSData 
  
 * 
  
 iconImageData 
  
 = 
  
 [[ 
 NSData 
  
 alloc 
 ] 
  
 initWithContentsOfURL 
 : 
  
 [ 
 NSURL 
  
 URLWithString 
 : 
  
 place 
 . 
 iconImageUrl 
 ]]; 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 iconImageData 
 ) 
  
 return 
 ; 
  
 dispatch_async 
 ( 
 dispatch_get_main_queue 
 (), 
  
 ^ 
 { 
  
 UIImage 
  
 * 
 iconImage 
  
 = 
  
 [ 
 UIImage 
  
 imageWithData 
 : 
 iconImageData 
 ]; 
  
 // Icon image background color 
  
 UIView 
  
 * 
 iconBackgroundView 
  
 = 
  
 [[ 
 UIView 
  
 alloc 
 ] 
  
 initWithFrame 
 : 
 CGRectZero 
 ]; 
  
 [ 
 iconBackgroundView 
  
 setBackgroundColor 
 : 
 place 
 . 
 iconBackgroundColor 
 ]; 
  
 // Change icon image color to white 
  
 iconImage 
  
 = 
  
 [ 
 iconImage 
  
 imageWithRenderingMode 
 : 
 UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate 
 ]; 
  
 [ 
 imageView 
  
 setTintColor 
 : 
 [ 
 UIColor 
  
 whiteColor 
 ]]; 
  
 }); 
 });