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iOS

Posted by Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor
7,089 Points

Map Basics in iOS

Me again..

Does anyone know of any good online resources for getting to grips with maps and their integration into iOS apps?

Thanks!

3 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

what exactly are you wanting you do? add pin annotations? directions? the app im working on now uses mapviews and location stuff pretty extensively so If you can provide some specifics I may be able to dig some stuff up that helped me out

Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor
7,089 Points
Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor
7,089 Points

Hi Stone,

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

For one of the apps I'm working on, a user will have to "pin" their location (similar to Uber whereby the user can "track" a taxi's progress toward them).

Thanks.

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

well the users location is fairly easy to obtain using a CLLocation manager. see this guide for a pretty good walkthrough of how to do this. It also shows how to work with mapviews as well.

Using a CLLocation manager may seem like a lot of trouble (you have to implement quite a few delegate methods) but besides that its simple and easily customizable to fit your needs (accuracy etc). If you have any questions feel free to ask.