Moving Google Maps Camera to a Location - ios

Question

I'm working with a Google Maps View and I want to add a button to the map that when tapped, will move the camera to a specific location. I currently have a button outlet and an action connected to the button.
#IBAction func locationTapped(_ sender: Any) {
print("tapped")
let location = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withLatitude: place.latitude, longitude: place.longitude, zoom: 17.0)
mapView.camera = location
}
place exists but for some reason, the camera will not budge. I've tried different versions of code and looked at the Google Maps documentation but none of the options are producing results. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

The GMSMapView class has the following function:
animate(to: GMSCameraPosition)
So in your code sample, instead of doing this:
mapView.camera = location
Try doing this:
mapView.animate(to: location)
Hope this helps!

Answer 2

in Swift3 and Swift4
for moving marker to current position use this:
func myLocationBtnAction(_ sender: UIButton) {
mapView.moveCamera(GMSCameraUpdate.setTarget(CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: (mapView.myLocation?.coordinate.latitude)!, longitude: (mapView.myLocation?.coordinate.longitude)!), zoom: 16))
and for a specific location use this:
let camera = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withLatitude: lat, longitude: lng, zoom: 16)
mapView?.camera = camera
mapView?.animate(to: camera)
and don't forget to extend GMSAutocompleteViewControllerDelegate for current location

Answer 3

Swift 2.3
This code is used for my purpose. In which marker tap event used, which moves camera position of map. Hope you find your solution.
func mapView(mapView: GMSMapView, didTapMarker marker: GMSMarker) -> Bool {
mapView.selectedMarker = marker
var point = mapView.projection.pointForCoordinate(marker.position)
let camera = mapView.projection.coordinateForPoint(point)
let position = GMSCameraUpdate.setTarget(camera)
mapView.animateWithCameraUpdate(position)
return true
}

Answer 4

For Objective-c the method is:
[mapView moveCamera:[GMSCameraUpdate setTarget:<CLLocationCoordinate2DMake>]];

Answer 5

Maybe this is to late but i resolve that problem with adding this:
DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + .milliseconds(500), execute: {
let camera = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withLatitude: lat!, longitude: lon!, zoom: 17.0)
self.mMap.animate(to: camera)
})
You have to wait until map load delegate

Answer 6

func moveMapCamera(at cordinate: CLLocationCoordinate2D, animated: Bool = false) {
let camera = MKMapCamera()
camera.centerCoordinate = cordinate
camera.pitch = 0
camera.altitude = 9000
mapV.setCamera(camera, animated: animated)
}