If the returnedGMSPlacePhotoMetadatainstance includesattributionsorauthorAttribution, you must include these attributions in your
application wherever you display the image. See the documentation onattributions.
Example request
The following example method takes a place ID and gets the first photo in the
returned list. You can use this method as a template for the method you will
create in your own app.
Swift
// A hotel in Saigon with an attribution.letplaceID="ChIJV4k8_9UodTERU5KXbkYpSYs"// Request list of photos for a placeplacesClient.lookUpPhotos(forPlaceID:placeID){(photos,error)inguardletphotoMetadata:GMSPlacePhotoMetadata=photos?.results[0]else{return}// Request individual photos in the response listletfetchPhotoRequest=GMSFetchPhotoRequest(photoMetadata:photoMetadata,maxSize:CGSizeMake(4800,4800))self.client.fetchPhoto(with:fetchPhotoRequest,callback:{(photoImage:UIImage?,error:Error?)inguardletphotoImage,error==nilelse{print("Handle photo error: ")return}print("Display photo Image: ")})}
Objective-C
// A hotel in Saigon with an attribution.NSString*placeID=@"ChIJV4k8_9UodTERU5KXbkYpSYs";[placesClientlookUpPhotosForPlaceID:placeIDcallback:^(GMSPlacePhotoMetadataList*list,NSError*error){GMSPlacePhotoMetadata*photoMetadata=[listresults][0];// Request individual photos in the response listGMSFetchPhotoRequest*fetchPhotoRequest=[[GMSFetchPhotoRequestalloc]initWithPhotoMetadata:photoMetadatamaxSize:CGSizeMake(4800,4800)];[placesClientfetchPhotoWithRequest:fetchPhotoRequestcallback:^(UIImage*_NullablephotoImage,NSError*_Nullableerror){if(error==nil){// Display photo}}];}];
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