MKMapView seems to be nil? - ios

Question

I am new to Xcode and Swift and I am trying to simply make a map that shows the users current location and updates it. I have this so far:
import UIKit
import MapKit
import CoreLocation
class ViewController: UIViewController, MKMapViewDelegate, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var map: MKMapView!
let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
var mapp = MKMapView.self
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
if (CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled())
{
self.locationManager.delegate = self
self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
self.locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
self.map.showsUserLocation = true
}
else
{
print("Location services are not enabled")
}
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
override func loadView() {
//let camera = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withLatitude: 36.2108, longitude: -81.6774, zoom: 15.0)
//let mapView = GMSMapView.map(withFrame: CGRect.zero, camera: camera)
//mapView.isMyLocationEnabled = true
//view = mapView
}
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation])
{
let location = locations.last
let center = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: location!.coordinate.latitude, longitude: location!.coordinate.longitude)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: center, span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.002, longitudeDelta: 0.002))
self.map.setRegion(region, animated: true)
self.locationManager.stopUpdatingLocation()
}
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didFailWithError error: Error)
{
print("Errors: " + error.localizedDescription)
}
}
I have made a MapView in the storyboard and CTRL dragged it to the file (thus the #IBOutlet weak var map: MKMapView!). However, when I plug my phone in and simulate the app it gives me a "unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an optional value" and after some print statements i found that it happened whenever I referenced the map variable. Why is this? Thanks!

Answer 1

In the comments of the original post, Rob answered the question:
"
Remove the loadView method. That's used only when you are programmatically creating views. When using storyboards (or NIBs), you put your configuration code in viewDidLoad, not loadView. – Rob"
thank you Rob