How to extract street, city, etc. from GMSPlace Address Components

Question

I\'m using Google Places API for iOS and can successfully retrieve nearby places and present the address as a string. What I\'m trying to do is extract address components such

Answer 1

I am using this extension:

extension Array where Element == GMSAddressComponent {
    func valueFor(placeType: String, shortName: Bool = false) -> String? {
        // bug in the google or apple framework. This cast must stay.
        // Withou it crashing.
        guard let array = self as? NSArray else { return nil }
        let result = array
            .compactMap { $0 as? GMSAddressComponent }
            .first(where: {
                $0.types
                    .first(where: { $0 == placeType }) == placeType
            })
        return shortName ? result?.shortName : result?.name
    }
}

Usage:

let place: GMSPlace
// ...
place.addressComponents?.valueFor(placeType: kGMSPlaceTypeRoute, shortName: true)