Apr 10, 2020 Create an Android-restricted API key for your project. Copy the resulting API key, go back to Android Studio, and paste the API key into the element in the googlemapsapi.xml file. A slightly less fast way: Use the credentials provided in the. Create an Android-restricted API key for your project. Copy the resulting API key, go back to Android Studio, and paste the API key into the element in the googlemapsapi.xml file. A slightly less fast way: Use the credentials provided in the googlemapsapi.xml. Nov 25, 2016 This video shows you how to start a Google Maps Activity in Android Studio and how to get the Google Maps API Key. Get a Google Maps API.
If you want to use Google Maps in your Xamarin.Android app, you will need to obtain an API key. It’s easy to generate an API Key, but we will also want to restrict it’s usage, so that only your app can use it. This alleviates the security concern of placing the API Key in your app, and someone taking it for their own use.
Create Google Maps API Key
Go to the Google Developers Console
Click Create Project (If you don’t already have one, otherwise it defaults to an existing project). If you have an existing project, but want to create a new one, click the drop down, then the + button.
Click ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES
Click Google Maps Android API
Then click enable
Click Credentials, in the Menu, then click Create credentials and select API key
This is your API key that you can use in your Android app.
In your AndroidManifest.xml file, inside the application tag, place your API Key.
Restrict Key Access
5.To register for a Google Maps Android API v1 Key, follow these steps: -If you don't have a Google account, use the link on the page to set one up.Paste the MD5 key. Apr 10, 2020 Create an Android-restricted API key for your project. Copy the resulting API key, go back to Android Studio, and paste the API key into the element in the googlemapsapi.xml file. A slightly less fast way: Use the credentials provided in the googlemapsapi.xml file that Android Studio created for you.
This API Key is now available, but can be used with anyone who has access to it. If you are using it Server side, then the security issues aren’t too great. However, if you need to distribute this with your app, then it is best to restrict this, so only your app can use it.
Generate Fingerprint
We first need to generate a fingerprint. This is done via the command or terminal line. And is in this format.
For windows, you will find the debug values for your keystore here, and the default path for the Java SDK. You will need to go to this path, in the commandline to run the keytool.
[STORE FILENAME] = C:Users[USERNAME]AppDataLocalXamarinMono for Androiddebug.keystore
C:Program Files (x86)Javajdk[VERSIONNUMBER]bin
For a Mac, they will be as follows.
[STORE FILENAME] = /Users/[USERNAME]/.local/share/Xamarin/Mono for Android/debug.keystore
Add the fingerprint, and your Xamarin.Android apps package name, and save.
Please note, that this has shown you how to do it, for a debug version. Create a new Fingerprint, against your production Keystore, before you deploy this to the PlayStore.
Setting up API keys for Google Translate
In order to create a Google Translate API Key you need a paid account. Through their terms and services, Google doesn’t allow for non-paid usage of their Translation API.
Generate Api Key For Google Map Android
More information is available at: https://cloud.google.com/translate/
To create your application’s API key simply follow the steps below:
Go to the Cloud Platform Console.
1. Create a new Project from the top bar.
2. With the new project selected, go to the hamburger menu to the left and visit API & Services
From Dashboard enable Google Translate API
Search for translate API and enable it
3. From the credentials interface create a new API Key.
4. Restrict your API Key to a particular website
In Google Dashboard, use the HTTP Referrer provided in the description of the Google Translate API Key field in Settings -> TranslatePress -> Automatic Translation tab, as shown in the following screenshot.
5. Restrict Usage of API
In order to have control over the cost of Google Translate API, it is highly recommended to set quotas to limit the usage.
Go to Google API’s & Services → Dashboard → Cloud Translation API → Quotas and set up quotas as shown in the following screenshot.
6. Copy your API Key for use in TranslatePress
7. Enable Automatic Translation and add Google Translate API Key in TranslatePress
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For this navigate to TranslatePress -> Settings , and make sure to Enable Automatic Translation, by setting it to Yes. Then, under Translation Engine, select Google Translate v2.
This will uncover the Google Translate API key field. Place the API key in this field and Save Changes.
That’s it! You can now simply navigate to the front-end of your website and browse it in the language of your choice. You’ll notice the content has been automatically translated.