title: Android Place Picker closes immediately after launch
body: <p>I am developing an android application as part of a project, and am using Google places API to display places of interest based on location. I am using the PlacePicker Inentbuilder to accomplish this.</p>
  
  <p>However, when the app is run, the place picker launches and then closes immediately (about 1-2 seconds). </p>
  
  <p>I have already implemented the below suggestions (that I got from other answers):</p>
  
  <p>I have generated the public API key for android applications, and am including this in the meta-data tag in the app manifest. </p>
  
  <p>I have enabled the "Google Places API for android" API on the developers console.</p>
  
  <p>I have included the latest play services version in dependencies in build.gradle.</p>
  
  <p>I have included my code and the logcat below. Do let me know if I need to include anything else.</p>
  
  <p>Manifest.xml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?&gt;
  &lt;manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.sampath.project.project_v2" &gt;
  
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /&gt;
  &lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" /&gt;
  
  
  &lt;application
      android:allowBackup="true"
      android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
      android:label="@string/app_name"
      android:theme="@style/AppTheme" &gt;
      &lt;activity
          android:name=".MainActivity"
          android:label="@string/app_name" &gt;
          &lt;intent-filter&gt;
              &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /&gt;
  
              &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /&gt;
          &lt;/intent-filter&gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
  
      &lt;meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
          android:value="@integer/google_play_services_version" /&gt;
  
      &lt;meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.geo.api_key"
          android:value="@string/google_api_key" /&gt;
      &lt;meta-data
          android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY"
          android:value="@string/google_api_key" /&gt;"
  
      &lt;activity
          android:name=".LoginActivity"
          android:label="@string/title_activity_login" &gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
      &lt;activity
          android:name=".PlacesSample"
          android:label="@string/title_activity_places_sample" &gt;
          &lt;meta-data
              android:name="com.google.android.geo.api_key"
              android:value="@string/google_api_key" /&gt;
      &lt;/activity&gt;
  &lt;/application&gt;
  
  &lt;/manifest&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Build.gradle (app module - This is the only module)</p>
  
  <pre><code>apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
  
  android {
      compileSdkVersion 22
      buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"
  
      defaultConfig {
          applicationId "com.sampath.project.project_v2"
          minSdkVersion 16
          targetSdkVersion 21
          versionCode 1
          versionName "1.0"
      }
      buildTypes {
          release {
              minifyEnabled false
              proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
          }
      }
  }
  
  dependencies {
      //compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
      //compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
      compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.1.1'
      compile 'com.android.support:cardview-v7:22.1.1'
      compile 'com.android.support:recyclerview-v7:22.1.1'
      compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:7.3.0'
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>PlacesSample - Activity that is using google places API:</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.sampath.project.project_v2;
  
  
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
  import android.view.Menu;
  import android.view.MenuItem;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.widget.TextView;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException;
  import com.google.android.gms.common.GooglePlayServicesRepairableException;
  import com.google.android.gms.location.places.Place;
  import com.google.android.gms.location.places.ui.PlacePicker;
  
  
  public class PlacesSample extends AppCompatActivity {
      TextView getLocation;
      int PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST = 1;
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
          super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
          setContentView(R.layout.activity_places_sample);
          getLocation = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.getLocTV);
          getLocation.setClickable(true);
          getLocation.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
              @Override
              public void onClick(View v) {
                  PlacePicker.IntentBuilder builder = new PlacePicker.IntentBuilder();
                  Intent intent;
                  try {
                      intent = builder.build(getApplicationContext());
                      startActivityForResult(intent, PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST);
                      System.out.println("start activity for result");
                  } catch (GooglePlayServicesRepairableException e) {
                      e.printStackTrace();
                  } catch (GooglePlayServicesNotAvailableException e) {
                      e.printStackTrace();
                  }
  
              }
          });
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
          getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_places_sample, menu);
          return true;
      }
  
      @Override
      public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
          // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
          // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
          // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
          int id = item.getItemId();
  
          //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
          if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
              return true;
          }
  
          return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
      }
  
      protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
          System.out.println("onActivityResult");
          if (requestCode == PLACE_PICKER_REQUEST) {
              if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                  Place place = PlacePicker.getPlace(data, this);
                  String toastMsg = String.format("Place: %s", place.getName());
                  Toast.makeText(this, toastMsg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
              }
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Logcat:</p>
  
  <pre><code>05-05 23:38:30.593  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 I/Timeline﹕ Timeline: Activity_idle id: android.os.BinderProxy@17e945c6 time:628772943
  05-05 23:38:30.598  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 I/Timeline﹕ Timeline: Activity_idle id: android.os.BinderProxy@17e945c6 time:628772948
  05-05 23:38:31.517  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 I/Timeline﹕ Timeline: Activity_launch_request id:com.sampath.project.project_v2 time:628773867
  05-05 23:38:31.527  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 W/ResourceType﹕ For resource 0x01030224, entry index(548) is beyond type entryCount(9)
  05-05 23:38:31.527  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 W/ResourceType﹕ For resource 0x01030224, entry index(548) is beyond type entryCount(9)
  05-05 23:38:31.636  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 I/Timeline﹕ Timeline: Activity_idle id: android.os.BinderProxy@2daadb0a time:628773986
  05-05 23:38:33.869  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 I/System.out﹕ start activity for result
  05-05 23:38:34.227  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 I/System.out﹕ onActivityResult
  05-05 23:38:34.235  21408-21408/com.sampath.project.project_v2 I/Timeline﹕ Timeline: Activity_idle id: android.os.BinderProxy@2daadb0a time:628776586
  </code></pre>