REQUEST DENIED with Google Places API KEY for Server Web used in an Android application

The problem is that you are not using the Google Places API for Android, you are using the Google Places API Web Service.

Here is an example of using Google Places API for Android, and here is an example of using the Google Places API Web Service. You are definitely using the latter.

Enable the Google Places API Web Service and it will work:

If you go to this link while signed into your Google Cloud Console account:
https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library?filter=category:maps

This is the API that should be enabled:

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