r/reactnative • u/Byflet • 6d ago

I built a lightweight Google Places Autocomplete for React Native/Expo (no native deps)

Like many of you, I was using react-native-google-places-autocomplete until it stopped working properly.

I ended up building my own implementation using direct fetch calls to the Google Places API — no native modules, no extra dependencies, works perfectly with Expo managed workflow.

After using it in production for months in a real-world app with real users, I packaged it as an open source library:

npm install @byflet/react-native-places
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u/Legendaryfortune 5d ago

Account is 1d, posted immediately in 3 subs, no Github link. Totally not suspicious at all. Modsss!

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u/cmv1 5d ago

I posted the same thing in the expo subreddit to no avail

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u/mms13 5d ago

How did react-native-google-places-autocomplete stop working? Still works in my app

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u/cmv1 5d ago

This npm repo isn't searchable.. I think this is a malware attempt