NSException: Google Places SDK for iOS must be initialized via [GMSPlacesClient provideAPIKey:...] prior to use

[wangela]

Even though this app initializes the PlacesClient per GooglePlacesSwift instructions, at runtime the app is looking for initialization of the GMSPlacesClient as well. Is this due to the underlying dependency on GooglePlaces?

[wangela]

Figured it out - needed to add the xcconfig to the project's debug config in XCode, as demonstrated in https://moinulhassan.medium.com/read-variables-from-env-file-to-xcconfig-files-for-different-schemes-in-xcode-3ef977a0eef8. Will see if I can push a PR that persists the association in the .xcodeproj and if not due to the file not being checked in to version control, will need to augment the setup instructions.