GooglePlaces Framework Reference

  • GMSPlaceReview represents individual reviews associated with a place, containing details like publishing date, text, rating, and author information.

  • It provides access to the review's textual content in both its original and potentially translated forms, along with corresponding language codes.

  • Developers can retrieve the review's rating (1.0 - 5.0), publication timestamp, and a relative date description for display purposes.

  • The authorAttribution property gives access to information about the review's author, which needs to be displayed according to Google's attribution policies.

GMSPlaceReview

  @interface 
 GMSPlaceReview 
 : 
 NSObject 
 

This class represents a single place review.

  • Instantiates a GMSPlaceReview with detail properties.

    Declaration

    Swift

      init 
     ( 
     publishDate 
     : 
     Date 
     , 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     text 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     textLanguageCode 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     originalText 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     rating 
     : 
     Float 
     , 
     authorAttribution 
     : 
      GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution 
     
     ?) 
     
    

    Objective-C

      - 
     ( 
     nonnull 
     instancetype 
     ) 
     initWithPublishDate 
     :( 
     nonnull 
     NSDate 
     * 
     ) 
     publishDate 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     : 
     ( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     text 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     text 
     textLanguageCode 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     textLanguageCode 
     originalText 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     originalText 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     rating 
     :( 
     float 
     ) 
     rating 
     authorAttribution 
     : 
     ( 
     nullable 
      GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution 
     
     * 
     ) 
     authorAttribution 
     ; 
     
    

    Parameters

    publishDate

    The NSDate the review was published.

    relativePublishDateDescription

    The description of the publish date relative to the time of the request.

    text

    The localized text of the review.

    textLanguageCode

    The language code of the localized review text.

    originalText

    The review text in its original language.

    originalTextLanguageCode

    The language code the review was originally written in.

    rating

    The 0.0 - 5.0 rating associated with the review.

    authorAttribution

    The GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution of the review’s author.

  • Instantiates a GMSPlaceReview with detail properties.

    Declaration

    Swift

      init 
     ( 
     publishDate 
     : 
     Date 
     , 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     text 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     textLanguageCode 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     originalText 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     : 
     String 
     ?, 
     rating 
     : 
     Float 
     , 
     authorAttribution 
     : 
      GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution 
     
     ?, 
     visitYear 
     : 
     UInt 
     , 
     visitMonth 
     : 
     UInt 
     ) 
     
    

    Objective-C

      - 
     ( 
     nonnull 
     instancetype 
     ) 
     initWithPublishDate 
     :( 
     nonnull 
     NSDate 
     * 
     ) 
     publishDate 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     : 
     ( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     text 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     text 
     textLanguageCode 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     textLanguageCode 
     originalText 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     originalText 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     :( 
     nullable 
     NSString 
     * 
     ) 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     rating 
     :( 
     float 
     ) 
     rating 
     authorAttribution 
     : 
     ( 
     nullable 
      GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution 
     
     * 
     ) 
     authorAttribution 
     visitYear 
     :( 
     NSUInteger 
     ) 
     visitYear 
     visitMonth 
     :( 
     NSUInteger 
     ) 
     visitMonth 
     ; 
     
    

    Parameters

    publishDate

    The NSDate the review was published.

    relativePublishDateDescription

    The description of the publish date relative to the time of the request.

    text

    The localized text of the review.

    textLanguageCode

    The language code of the localized review text.

    originalText

    The review text in its original language.

    originalTextLanguageCode

    The language code the review was originally written in.

    rating

    The 0.0 - 5.0 rating associated with the review.

    authorAttribution

    The GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution of the review’s author.

    visitYear

    The year the user visited the place.

    visitMonth

    The month the user visited the place.

  • The NSDate the review was published.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     publishDate 
     : 
     Date 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     copy 
     , 
     readonly 
     ) 
     NSDate 
     * 
     _Nonnull 
     publishDate 
     ; 
     
    
  • A formatted string expressing the review date/time to the current time. Specific to the language and country (e.g. “6 months ago”).

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     : 
     String 
     ? 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     copy 
     , 
     readonly 
     , 
     nullable 
     ) 
     NSString 
     * 
     relativePublishDateDescription 
     ; 
     
    
  • The text of the review.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     text 
     : 
     String 
     ? 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     copy 
     , 
     readonly 
     , 
     nullable 
     ) 
     NSString 
     * 
     text 
     ; 
     
    
  • The language code of the text of the review.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     textLanguageCode 
     : 
     String 
     ? 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     copy 
     , 
     readonly 
     , 
     nullable 
     ) 
     NSString 
     * 
     textLanguageCode 
     ; 
     
    
  • The text of the review in its original language.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     originalText 
     : 
     String 
     ? 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     copy 
     , 
     readonly 
     , 
     nullable 
     ) 
     NSString 
     * 
     originalText 
     ; 
     
    
  • The language code of the original text of the review.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     : 
     String 
     ? 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     copy 
     , 
     readonly 
     , 
     nullable 
     ) 
     NSString 
     * 
     originalTextLanguageCode 
     ; 
     
    
  • A whole number between 1.0 and 5.0, a.k.a. the number of stars.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     rating 
     : 
     Double 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     readonly 
     ) 
     double 
     rating 
     ; 
     
    
  • The attribution that must be shown to the user if this review is displayed.

    See Other Attribution Requirements for more details.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     authorAttribution 
     : 
      GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution 
     
     ? 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     readonly 
     , 
     nullable 
     ) 
      GMSPlaceAuthorAttribution 
     
     * 
     authorAttribution 
     ; 
     
    
  • The year when the user visited the place. 0 is unset.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     visitYear 
     : 
     UInt 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     readonly 
     ) 
     NSUInteger 
     visitYear 
     ; 
     
    
  • The month when the review author visited the place. This value is 1-based, so 1 is January and 12 is December. 0 is unset.

    Declaration

    Swift

      var 
     visitMonth 
     : 
     UInt 
     { 
     get 
     } 
     
    

    Objective-C

      @property 
     ( 
     nonatomic 
     , 
     readonly 
     ) 
     NSUInteger 
     visitMonth 
     ; 
     
    
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