Searching for locations in an app should feel effortless, whether you’re finding a business address, planning a delivery route, or logging a customer’s location. Traditionally, you’d have to type out the full address, hope it’s accurate, and then manually add it to your system. But with Google Maps Autocomplete and a dynamic map display, you can make that process fast, accurate, and intuitive.
In this post, I’ll walk you through how I used the Google Maps API to build a simple search with autocomplete, and show the result directly on a map. Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been working with APIs for a while, you’ll see how easy it is to add this feature to your app—and how it can seriously level up your user experience.