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iOS

mark russo
mark russo
905 Points
Posted by mark russo
mark russo
905 Points

Google Map API for SWIFT

I using some sample code for Google Places API that adds a search bar to to the navigation bar. As you type in a place it auto completes. Its working, but when the users makes a selection I want to add that selection to an array I complete. I thought I could add (-> GMSPlaces) to the function and it would return the selected place but I get an error. Here is the code I'm trying to alter. Do you know how I can capture the value elected and use it outside the function: Here is the code:

// Handle the user's selection.
extension ViewController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewControllerDelegate {
    func resultsController(resultsController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewController!,
        didAutocompleteWithPlace place: GMSPlace!) {
            searchController?.active = false
            // Do something with the selected place.
            print("Place name: ", place.name)
            print("Place address: ", place.formattedAddress)
            print("Place attributions: ", place.attributions)       
    }

Here is the full code:

import UIKit
import GoogleMaps

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    var resultsViewController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewController?
    var searchController: UISearchController?
    var resultView: UITextView?
    var alert:UIAlertController?
    var myPlace:String?

    @IBOutlet weak var myPlaceOut: UILabel!



   /* @IBAction func myAlert(sender: AnyObject) {

        alert = UIAlertController(title: self.myPlace, message: self.myPlace, preferredStyle: UIAlertControllerStyle.ActionSheet)

        self.presentViewController(alert!, animated: true, completion: nil)

    }

*/
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        resultsViewController = GMSAutocompleteResultsViewController()
        resultsViewController?.delegate = self

        searchController = UISearchController(searchResultsController: resultsViewController)
        searchController?.searchResultsUpdater = resultsViewController

        // Put the search bar in the navigation bar.
        searchController?.searchBar.sizeToFit()
        self.navigationItem.titleView = searchController?.searchBar

        // When UISearchController presents the results view, present it in
        // this view controller, not one further up the chain.
        self.definesPresentationContext = true

        // Prevent the navigation bar from being hidden when searching.
        searchController?.hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation = false



    }



}
// Handle the user's selection.
extension ViewController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewControllerDelegate {
    func resultsController(resultsController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewController!,
        didAutocompleteWithPlace place: GMSPlace!) {
            searchController?.active = false
            // Do something with the selected place.
            print("Place name: ", place.name)
            print("Place address: ", place.formattedAddress)
            print("Place attributions: ", place.attributions)



    }


    func resultsController(resultsController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewController!,
        didFailAutocompleteWithError error: NSError!){
            // TODO: handle the error.
            print("Error: ", error.description)


    }


    // Turn the network activity indicator on and off again.
    func didRequestAutocompletePredictionsForResultsController(resultsController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewController!) {
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().networkActivityIndicatorVisible = true
    }

    func didUpdateAutocompletePredictionsForResultsController(resultsController: GMSAutocompleteResultsViewController!) {
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().networkActivityIndicatorVisible = false
    }
}

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hey Mark,

Can you show us how you were attempting to return the place value? I don't see why this wouldn't work. You can't just add the return type of course; you need to actually return an instance of that type. What error are you getting?