<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
              android:layout_width="fill_parent"
              android:layout_height="fill_parent"
              android:orientation="vertical">
 
  <AutoCompleteTextView
          android:id="@+id/searchField"
          android:layout_height="wrap_content"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:hint="@string/place_search_hint"/>
 
  <com.google.android.maps.MapView
          android:id="@+id/mapView"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="fill_parent"
          android:clickable="true"
          android:enabled="true"
          android:apiKey="MAPS_API_KEY"/>
</LinearLayout>

public class PlacesActivity extends MapActivity {
  private static final String TAG = "PlacesActivity";
  private static final String PLACES_API_KEY = "Your places key";
 
  private PlacesService placesService;
  private MapController mapController;
 
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    this.placesService = new GooglePlacesService(PLACES_API_KEY);
 
    setContentView(R.layout.places);
    initializeSearch();
    initializeMap();
  }
 
  private void initializeSearch() {
    final AutoCompleteTextView autoCompleteTextView = (AutoCompleteTextView) findViewById(R.id.searchField);
    final PlacesAdapter<PlacesService.Result> adapter = new PlacesAdapter<PlacesService.Result>(this, placesService, R.layout.places_search_item);
    autoCompleteTextView.setAdapter(adapter);
    autoCompleteTextView.setThreshold(3);
 
    autoCompleteTextView.setOnItemClickListener(new AdapterView.OnItemClickListener() {
      @Override
      public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> adapterView, View view, int pos, long id) {
        onPlaceSelected(adapter.getItem(pos));
      }
    });
  }
 
  private void onPlaceSelected(PlacesService.Result item) {
    if (item != null) {
      final PlacesService.Place details = placesService.getDetails(item.reference);
 
      if (mapController != null) {
        mapController.animateTo(details.getGeoPoint());
      }
    }
  }
 
  private void initializeMap() {
    final MapView mapView = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.mapView);
    this.mapController = mapView.getController();
    mapView.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
  }
 
  @Override
  protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() {
    return false;
  }
}

public class PlacesAdapter<T> extends BaseAdapter implements Filterable {
  private final List<T> items = new ArrayList<T>();
  private final int textResource;
  private final LayoutInflater inflater;
  private final PlacesService placesService;
  private PlacesFilter filter;
 
  public PlacesAdapter(Context context, PlacesService placesService, int textResource) {
    this.textResource = textResource;
    this.placesService = placesService;
    this.inflater = (LayoutInflater) context.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
  }
 
  @Override
  public int getCount() {
    return items.size();
  }
 
  @Override
  public T getItem(int i) {
    return items.get(i);
  }
 
  @Override
  public long getItemId(int position) {
    return position;
  }
 
  @Override
  public View getView(int position, View currentView, ViewGroup parent) {
    return createViewFromResource(position, currentView, parent, textResource);
  }
 
  private View createViewFromResource(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent, int resource) {
    final TextView text = (TextView) inflater.inflate(resource, parent, false);
    text.setText(getItem(position).toString());
    return text;
  }
 
  @Override
  public Filter getFilter() {
    if (filter == null) {
      filter = new PlacesFilter();
    }
 
    return filter;
  }
 
  protected class PlacesFilter extends Filter {
    private final static String TAG = "PlacesFilter";
 
    @Override
    protected FilterResults performFiltering(CharSequence charSequence) {
      final FilterResults results = new FilterResults();
      if (charSequence != null && charSequence.length() >= 3) {
        results.values = placesService.find(String.valueOf(charSequence));
      }
      return results;
    }
 
    @Override
    protected void publishResults(CharSequence charSequence, FilterResults filterResults) {
      notifyDataSetInvalidated();
      @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"}) final List<T> list = (List<T>) filterResults.values;
      if (list != null && list.size() > 0) {
        items.clear();
        for (T result : list) {
          items.add(result);
        }
 
        Log.i(TAG, "Publish results: " + list);
        notifyDataSetChanged();
      }
    }
  }
}

public interface PlacesService<S> {
 
  /**
   * By querying a place api the results will be returned as instances of this class.
   */
  public static class Result {
    /**
     * The name to display
     */
    public final String name;
 
    /**
     * The key of the place
     */
    public final String reference;
 
    /**
     * Creates a new result with a name and a key
     *
     * @param name The name of the place
     * @param reference The unique key of the place
     */
    public Result(String name, String reference) {
      this.name = name;
      this.reference = reference;
    }
 
    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return name;
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * A {@link Place} extends the simple search result and contains
   * latitude and longitude coordinates.
   */
  public static class Place extends Result {
    public final double lat;
    public final double lng;
 
    /**
     * Creates a new place with the given name and reference.
     *
     * @param name The name
     * @param reference The reference
     * @param lat The geo coordinate latitude
     * @param lng The geo coordinate latitude
     */
    public Place(String name, String reference, double lat, double lng) {
      super(name, reference);
      this.lat = lat;
      this.lng = lng;
    }
 
    @Override
    public String toString() {
      final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
      sb.append("Place");
      sb.append("{name=").append(name);
      sb.append(", lat=").append(lat);
      sb.append(", lng=").append(lng);
      sb.append('}');
      return sb.toString();
    }
 
    public GeoPoint getGeoPoint() {
      return new GeoPoint((int) (1e6 * lat), (int) (1e6 * lng));
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Will be thrown if there was an error during querying the service.
   */
  public static class QueryException extends RuntimeException {
    public QueryException(String detailMessage) {
      super(detailMessage);
    }
 
    public QueryException(String detailMessage, Throwable throwable) {
      super(detailMessage, throwable);
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Query the service and returns the results
   *
   * @param query The string query
   * @return The result
   * @throws QueryException If there was an error during querying the service.
   */
  public List<Result> find(String query) throws QueryException;
 
  /**
   * Returns the {@link Place} details for the given reference
   *
   * @param reference The place reference
   * @return The details or null, if there was not such place
   * @throws QueryException If there was an error during querying the service.
   */
  public Place getDetails(String reference) throws QueryException;
 
  /**
   * Returns the settings of this service.
   *
   * @return The current settings
   */
  public S getSettings();
}

public class GooglePlacesService implements PlacesService<GooglePlacesService.Settings> {
  private static final String STATUS = "status";
  private static final String OK = "OK";
  private static final String ZERO_RESULTS = "ZERO_RESULTS";
  private static final String OVER_QUERY_LIMIT = "OVER_QUERY_LIMIT";
  private static final String REQUEST_DENIED = "REQUEST_DENIED";
  private static final String INVALID_REQUEST = "INVALID_REQUEST";
  private static final String PREDICTIONS = "predictions";
  private static final String DESCRIPTION = "description";
  private static final String REFERENCE = "reference";
  private static final String RESULT = "result";
  private static final String NAME = "name";
  private static final String GEOMETRY = "geometry";
  private static final String LOCATION = "location";
  private static final String LAT = "lat";
  private static final String LNG = "lng";
 
  /**
   * To control the {@link GooglePlacesService} you have to pass some settings
   */
  public static class Settings {
    public final String apiKey;
    public String host = "https://maps.googleapis.com";
    public String searchPath = "/maps/api/place/autocomplete/json";
    public String detailsPath = "/maps/api/place/details/json";
    public UrlReader reader;
 
    public Settings(String apiKey) {
      this(apiKey, new GullibleUrlReader());
    }
 
    public Settings(String apiKey, UrlReader reader) {
      this.apiKey = apiKey;
      this.reader = reader;
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * The current service {@link Settings}
   */
  private Settings settings;
 
  /**
   * Creates a new {@link GooglePlacesService} with default settings.
   *
   * @param apiKey The google places server api key
   */
  public GooglePlacesService(String apiKey) {
    this(new Settings(apiKey));
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates a new {@link GooglePlacesService} with the given {@link Settings}
   *
   * @param settings The {@link Settings}
   */
  public GooglePlacesService(Settings settings) {
    this.settings = settings;
  }
 
  @Override
  public List<Result> find(String query) throws QueryException {
    final Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
    params.put("sensor", "true");
    params.put("input", query);
    params.put("key", getSettings().apiKey);
 
    try {
      final String result = getSettings().reader.fetch(getSettings().host, getSettings().searchPath, params);
      return convertResultList(result);
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      throw new QueryException("Could not query google places service", e);
    }
  }
 
  @Override
  public Place getDetails(String reference) throws QueryException {
    final Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
    params.put("sensor", "true");
    params.put("reference", reference);
    params.put("key", getSettings().apiKey);
 
    try {
      final String result = getSettings().reader.fetch(getSettings().host, getSettings().detailsPath, params);
      return convertPlace(result);
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      throw new QueryException("Could not query google places service", e);
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Converts the received google places api result into a list of result objects
   *
   * @param json The received JSON string.
   * @return A {@link java.util.List} of converted results
   */
  public List<Result> convertResultList(String json) {
    try {
      final JSONObject object = new JSONObject(json);
      assertResponseStatus(object);
      return convertResultList(object);
    }
    catch (JSONException e) {
      throw new QueryException("invalid json response: " + json);
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Converts the given json-String to a {@link Place}
   *
   * @param json String json-String
   * @return The converted {@link Place}
   */
  public Place convertPlace(String json) {
    try {
      final JSONObject object = new JSONObject(json);
      assertResponseStatus(object);
      return convertPlace(object);
    }
    catch (JSONException e) {
      throw new QueryException("invalid json response: " + json);
    }
  }
 
  @Override
  public Settings getSettings() {
    return settings;
  }
 
  /**
   * Converts the given {@link JSONObject} to an array of understandable {@link Result} instances
   *
   * @param object The {@link JSONObject}
   * @return A list with objects
   * @throws org.json.JSONException If the json object could not be parsed
   */
  private List<Result> convertResultList(JSONObject object) throws JSONException {
    final ArrayList<Result> list = new ArrayList<Result>();
    // The predictions contains the places
    final JSONArray predictions = object.has(PREDICTIONS) ? object.getJSONArray(PREDICTIONS) : null;
    if (predictions != null && predictions.length() > 0) {
      for (int i = 0; i < predictions.length(); i++) {
        final JSONObject place = predictions.getJSONObject(i);
        // Description and the unique reference are enough for our purpose
        list.add(new Result(place.getString(DESCRIPTION), place.getString(REFERENCE)));
      }
    }
    return list;
  }
 
  /**
   * Converts a {@link JSONObject} to a {@link Place}
   *
   * @param object The {@link JSONObject}
   * @return A {@link Place} or null
   * @throws JSONException If the {@link JSONObject} could not be converted
   */
  private Place convertPlace(JSONObject object) throws JSONException {
    final JSONObject result = object.getJSONObject(RESULT);
    final String name = result.getString(NAME);
    final String reference = result.getString(REFERENCE);
    final JSONObject location = result.getJSONObject(GEOMETRY).getJSONObject(LOCATION);
    final double lat = location.getDouble(LAT);
    final double lng = location.getDouble(LNG);
    return new Place(name, reference, lat, lng);
  }
 
  /**
   * Makes sure the given object is valid. Otherwise an exception will
   * be thrown.
   *
   * @param response The object
   * @throws QueryException         If the status is not {@link GooglePlacesService#OK}
   * @throws JSONException If the json could not be parsed properly
   */
  private void assertResponseStatus(JSONObject response) throws QueryException, JSONException {
    // Is something wrong
    if (!OK.equals(response.getString(STATUS))) {
      // Query limit reached
      if (OVER_QUERY_LIMIT.equals(response.getString(STATUS))) {
        throw new QueryException("query limit reached");
      }
      // Request denied
      else if (REQUEST_DENIED.equals(response.getString(STATUS))) {
        throw new QueryException("request denied");
      }
      // Unknown error
      else if (INVALID_REQUEST.equals(response.getString(STATUS))) {
        throw new QueryException("input missing");
      }
      // Result is empty
      else if (ZERO_RESULTS.equals(response.getString(STATUS))) {
        // That is not problem for us. Just an empty list will be returned
      }
      else {
        throw new QueryException("unknown error: " + response.getString(STATUS));
      }
    }
  }
}

public interface UrlReader {
 
  /**
   * Builds an opens an url and returns the response as string.
   * 
   * @param host The host
   * @param path The path
   * @param parameters A {@link Map} with parameters
   * @return The server response
   */
  public String fetch(String host, String path, Map<String, String> parameters);
}

public class GullibleUrlReader implements UrlReader {
  private final X509TrustManager trustManager;
  private final HostnameVerifier hosteNameVerifier;
 
  /**
   * If the backend is a https sever than the identity will not be checked.
   */
  public GullibleUrlReader() {
    this.trustManager = new EverythingTrustingManager();
    this.hosteNameVerifier = new AllowAllHostnameVerifier();
  }
 
  @Override
  public String fetch(String host, String path, Map<String, String> parameters) {
    try {
      // Build the request url
      final URL url = buildUrl(host, path, parameters);
      final URLConnection urlConnection = url.openConnection();
      makeGullible(urlConnection);
      final InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
 
      // Read server input
      final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
      final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
      String line;
      do {
        line = reader.readLine();
        if (line != null) {
          builder.append(line);
        }
      }
      while (line != null);
      return builder.toString();
    }
    catch (MalformedURLException mue) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Could not build url.", mue);
    }
    catch (IOException ioe) {
      throw new RuntimeException("There is a problem to connect to host: ", ioe);
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Build and return a new {@link URL}
   *
   * @param host       The host part
   * @param path       The path part
   * @param parameters The parameters (will be URL-encoded)
   * @return The url
   * @throws MalformedURLException If the url could not be build
   */
  public URL buildUrl(String host, String path, Map<String, String> parameters) throws MalformedURLException {
    final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(host);
 
    // Append a trailing slash if not present between the host and path
    if (!host.endsWith("/") && !path.startsWith("/")) {
      builder.append("/");
    }
 
    // Append the path
    builder.append(path);
 
    // Append the params and encode them
    if (parameters != null && parameters.size() > 0) {
      builder.append("?");
 
      for (String key : parameters.keySet()) {
        parameters.put(key, URLEncoder.encode(parameters.get(key)));
      }
 
      builder.append(join(join(parameters, "="), "&"));
    }
 
    // Build new URL from spec
    return new URL(builder.toString());
  }
 
  /**
   * Joins the {@link Map} keys and values:
   * "KEY" + joinString + "VALUE"
   *
   * @param parameters The {@link Map} with keys and values to join
   * @param joinString The delimiter
   * @return A list of joined key-value pairs
   */
  private List<String> join(Map<String, String> parameters, String joinString) {
    final ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
    for (String key : parameters.keySet()) {
      result.add(new StringBuilder(key).append(joinString).append(parameters.get(key)).toString());
    }
    return result;
  }
 
  /**
   * Join the {@link List} elements
   *
   * @param list The {@link List} with elements to join
   * @param joinString The delimiter
   * @return The joined elements of the {@link List}
   */
  private String join(List<String> list, String joinString) {
    final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
    for (String string : list) {
      if (builder.length() > 0) {
        builder.append(joinString);
      }
      builder.append(string);
    }
    return builder.toString();
  }
 
  /**
   * If the given {@link URLConnection} is a {@link HttpsURLConnection}
   *
   * @param urlConnection The {@link URLConnection} that should be made gullible
   */
  private void makeGullible(URLConnection urlConnection) {
    if (urlConnection instanceof HttpsURLConnection) {
      final HttpsURLConnection httpsConnection = (HttpsURLConnection) urlConnection;
      httpsConnection.setHostnameVerifier(hosteNameVerifier);
 
      try {
        SSLContext context = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
        context.init(null, new X509TrustManager[]{ trustManager }, new SecureRandom());
        httpsConnection.setSSLSocketFactory(context.getSocketFactory());
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
        // Ignore...
      }
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * This {@link X509TrustManager} does not check the identity.
   */
  private final class EverythingTrustingManager implements X509TrustManager {
    public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {}
    public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) throws CertificateException {}
    public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
      return new X509Certificate[0];
    }
  }
}

...
<div id="photo-container">
  <g:include controller="flickr" action="photos" params="${[text: query]}" />
</div>
...

import groovyx.net.http.HTTPBuilder
import static groovyx.net.http.Method.GET
import static groovyx.net.http.ContentType.JSON
 
class FlickrController {
  def grailsApplication
 
  /**
   * Uses the Flickr API to find photos for the given parameters
   */
  def photos = {
    def json = findPhotosBy(params)
    render(template: "photos", model: [photos: json.photos?.photo ?: [], pagination: json.photos, text: params.text])
  }
 
  private def findPhotosBy(attrs = [:]) {
    def query = [
            method: 'flickr.photos.search',
            api_key: config.flickr.key,
            sort: 'relevance',
            per_page: attrs.perPage ?: 14,
            page: attrs.page ?: 1,
            format: 'json',
            text: attrs.text,
            nojsoncallback: 1
    ]
 
    def http = new HTTPBuilder('http://api.flickr.com')
    http.request(GET, JSON) {
      uri.path = '/services/rest/'
      uri.query = query
 
      response.success = { resp, json ->
        json.photos?.photo?.each { map ->
          map.images = [
                  s: createUrlToImage(map + [size: 's']),
                  b: createUrlToImage(map + [size: 'b']),
                  m: createUrlToImage(map + [size: 'm'])]
          map.extern = "http://www.flickr.com/photos/${map.owner}/${map.id}".toString()
          map
        }
        return json
      }
 
      response.failure = { resp ->
        throw new RuntimeException("Error [${resp.statusLine.statusCode}]: ${resp.statusLine.reasonPhrase}")
      }
    }
  }
 
  /**
   * Creates an url to a flickr photo.
   *
   * @param params A map with photo details
   * @return An absolute url
   */
  private def createUrlToImage(params) {
    "http://farm${params.farm}.static.flickr.com/${params.server}/${params.id}_${params.secret}_${params.size}.jpg".toString()
  }
 
  /**
   * @return Application config
   */
  private ConfigObject getConfig() {
    grailsApplication.config
  }
}

<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" %>
<g:setProvider library="jquery" />
 
<div class="pagination-wrapper">
  <a href="http://www.flickr.com" target="_blank">
    <small>Powered by</small>
    <img src="<g:resource dir="images/layout" file="flickr.png" />" alt="powered by Flickr" />
  </a>
 
  <div class="pagination">
    <g:if test="${pagination.page > 1}">
      <div class="box">
        <g:remoteLink class="prev" controller="flickr" action="photos" params="${[text: text, page: pagination.page - 1]}" update="photo-container"><<</g:remoteLink>
      </div>
    </g:if>
    <div class="box">${pagination.page}</div>
    <g:if test="${pagination.page < pagination.pages}">
      <div class="box">
        <g:remoteLink class="next" controller="flickr" action="photos" params="${[text: text, page: pagination.page + 1]}" update="photo-container">>></g:remoteLink>
      </div>
    </g:if>
  </div>
</div>
 
<ul class="hoverbox">
  <g:each var="photo" in="${photos}" status="index">
    <li>
      <a href="${photo.extern}" target="_blank" title="Photo in Flickr öffnen">
        <img src="${photo.images.m}" alt="${photo.title}" class="preview" />
        <img src="${photo.images.s}" title="${photo.title}" class="thumb" alt="${photo.title}" />
      </a>
    </li>
  </g:each>
</ul>
<div class="clear"></div>