I'm fairly new to Swift and the following code isn't asking me for location privileges or showing my current location in MKMapView. I have already added NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription to my info.plist but my simulator is still not asking for my permission for location or showing my current loc.
import UIKit
import MapKit
import CoreLocation
class MapViewController: UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
#IBOutlet var mapView: MKMapView!
var locationManager: CLLocationManager!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
if (CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled())
{
locationManager = CLLocationManager()
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}
}
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
if let location = locations.last
{
let center = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: location.coordinate.latitude, longitude: location.coordinate.longitude)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: center, span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.01, longitudeDelta: 0.01))
self.mapView.setRegion(region, animated: true)
}
}
}
Thanks in advance.
You are requesting authorization when the location services are enabled. The if block would never be executed as the location services are disabled by default. Rather check the authorization status for authorizationStatus == kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined and then request authorization.
I've tried the following solutions:
Zoom in on User Location- Swift
Get User's Current Location / Coordinates
Determine User’s Current Location Example in Swift
But all I get is a map zoomed in on some other location, like San Francisco or somewhere in the middle east.
The top answer for solution3 looks like it shows how to print the users current location but it doesn't show how to use it with a map.
My ViewController.swift file
import UIKit
import MapKit
import CoreLocation
class ViewController: UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var mapView: MKMapView!
let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters
locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}
}
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
let location = locations.last! as CLLocation
let center = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: location.coordinate.latitude, longitude: location.coordinate.longitude)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: center, span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.01, longitudeDelta: 0.01))
self.mapView.setRegion(region, animated: true)
}
}
I have been trying to implement google maps in my application. The first step what I want to do is to simply get is:
1. Get the app to ask permission to use current location
2. Find the users current location and have a blue dot marker to mark it.
3. Update and centre the map around the users current location.
I have tried various methods to get this working but always end up with an error or doesn't work. Initially when I simulated the code below, it did come up with the dialog about requesting current location permission and a blue dot but in the following simulations this seems to have disappeared and when changing my current location in simulator (by going to edit schemes and changing default location) , the new current location did not update. I have a feeling that the code isn't working beyond viewDidLoad. where am I going wrong?
Please can I get some advice on how to rectify these problems and get the above points working (as well as the simulator to always ask for permission for current location). Currently the code runs with no errors but only shows me a map of the UK. (I have already added NSLocationWhenInUse and NSLocationAlwaysUsage.... into info.plist. And I have disabled all breakpoints. I have also tried resetting simulator)
import UIKit
import GoogleMaps
class FirstViewController: UIViewController,CLLocationManagerDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var googlemaps: GMSMapView!
//this is the connection from the storyboard to the view controller
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let camera = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withLatitude: 51.508742, longitude: -0.087891, zoom: 8.0)
let viewMap = GMSMapView.map(withFrame: CGRect.zero, camera: camera)
view = viewMap
viewMap.isMyLocationEnabled = true
let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
}
override func loadView() {
super.viewDidLoad()
func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didChangeAuthorizationStatus status: CLAuthorizationStatus) {
// verification of granted permission while app in use
let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
let mapView = GMSMapView()
if status == .authorizedWhenInUse {
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
// if permission granted- starting updating location
mapView.isMyLocationEnabled = true
mapView.settings.myLocationButton = true
//this is suppose to be button that is added when tapped centers to users location
}
func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
if let location = locations.first {
mapView.camera = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withTarget: location.coordinate, zoom: 20)
self.view = mapView
locationManager.stopUpdatingLocation()
}
}
}
}
}
Thanks in advance! I have spent days trying to work this out with no success :(
I was able to solve this problem by updating Cocoapods and ensuring that GoogleMaps is in my Podfile. Then in my viewController I had the following code which executed perfectly.
import UIKit
import GoogleMaps
class FirstViewController: UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var mapView: GMSMapView!
var locationManager = CLLocationManager()
var vwGMap = GMSMapView()
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let camera: GMSCameraPosition = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withLatitude: 22.300000, longitude: 70.783300, zoom: 10.0)
vwGMap = GMSMapView.map(withFrame: self.view.frame, camera: camera)
vwGMap.camera = camera
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyKilometer
locationManager.distanceFilter = 500
locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
self.view = vwGMap
}
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didChangeAuthorization status: CLAuthorizationStatus) {
if (status == CLAuthorizationStatus.authorizedWhenInUse)
{
vwGMap.isMyLocationEnabled = true
}
}
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
let newLocation = locations.last
vwGMap.camera = GMSCameraPosition.camera(withTarget: newLocation!.coordinate, zoom: 15.0)
vwGMap.settings.myLocationButton = true
self.view = self.vwGMap
let marker = GMSMarker()
marker.position = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(newLocation!.coordinate.latitude, newLocation!.coordinate.longitude)
marker.map = self.vwGMap
}
}
I had working mapview on users location at the start of my project but now it wont zoom in on the user at startup. Any idea how to fix this? the code i use:
In Class
class MapViewController: UIViewController, MKMapViewDelegate, CLLocationManagerDelegate
var Locationmanager = CLLocationManager()
In viewdidload
self.Locationmanager.delegate = self
self.Locationmanager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
self.Locationmanager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
self.Locationmanager.startUpdatingLocation()
self.Mapview.showsUserLocation = true
Mapview.setCenterCoordinate(Mapview.userLocation.coordinate, animated: true)
In function
func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations:[MKUserLocation]) {
let latitude = Locationmanager.location?.coordinate.latitude
let longitude = Locationmanager.location?.coordinate.longitude
let center = CLLocationCoordinate2D (latitude: latitude!, longitude: longitude!)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion (center: center, span: MKCoordinateSpan (latitudeDelta: 0.02, longitudeDelta: 0.02))
self.Mapview.setRegion(region, animated: true)
self.Locationmanager.stopUpdatingLocation()
And in info.plist
NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription
If your goal is to make a map view display the user's location, there is no need, and no point, to tell the location manager to do anything. Get rid of all that code - it is actually doing you harm here. Just set the map view's userTrackingMode to .follow and stand back.
I am learning how to use the new Swift language (only Swift, no Objective-C). To do it, I want to do a simple view with a map (MKMapView). I want to find and update the location of the user (like in the Apple Map app).
I tried this, but nothing happened:
import MapKit
import CoreLocation
class MapView : UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var map: MKMapView!
var locationManager: CLLocationManager!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
if (CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled())
{
locationManager = CLLocationManager()
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}
}
}
Could you please help me?
You have to override CLLocationManager.didUpdateLocations (part of CLLocationManagerDelegate) to get notified when the location manager retrieves the current location:
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
if let location = locations.last{
let center = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: location.coordinate.latitude, longitude: location.coordinate.longitude)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: center, span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.01, longitudeDelta: 0.01))
self.map.setRegion(region, animated: true)
}
}
NOTE: If your target is iOS 8 or above, you must include the NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription or NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription key in your Info.plist to get the location services to work.
100% working, easy steps and tested
Import libraries:
import MapKit
import CoreLocation
set delegates:
CLLocationManagerDelegate,MKMapViewDelegate
Take variable:
let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
write this code on viewDidLoad():
self.locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
// For use in foreground
self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}
mapView.delegate = self
mapView.mapType = .standard
mapView.isZoomEnabled = true
mapView.isScrollEnabled = true
if let coor = mapView.userLocation.location?.coordinate{
mapView.setCenter(coor, animated: true)
}
Write delegate method for location:
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
let locValue:CLLocationCoordinate2D = manager.location!.coordinate
mapView.mapType = MKMapType.standard
let span = MKCoordinateSpanMake(0.05, 0.05)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: locValue, span: span)
mapView.setRegion(region, animated: true)
let annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
annotation.coordinate = locValue
annotation.title = "Javed Multani"
annotation.subtitle = "current location"
mapView.addAnnotation(annotation)
//centerMap(locValue)
}
Do not forgot to set permission in info.plist
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This application requires location services to work</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>This application requires location services to work</string>
It's look like:
For swift 3 and XCode 8 I find this answer:
First, you need set privacy into info.plist. Insert string NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription with your description why you want get user location. For example, set string "For map in application".
Second, use this code example
#IBOutlet weak var mapView: MKMapView!
private var locationManager: CLLocationManager!
private var currentLocation: CLLocation?
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
mapView.delegate = self
locationManager = CLLocationManager()
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
// Check for Location Services
if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}
}
// MARK - CLLocationManagerDelegate
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
defer { currentLocation = locations.last }
if currentLocation == nil {
// Zoom to user location
if let userLocation = locations.last {
let viewRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(userLocation.coordinate, 2000, 2000)
mapView.setRegion(viewRegion, animated: false)
}
}
}
Third, set User Location flag in storyboard for mapView.
MyLocation
is a Swift iOS Demo.
You can use this demo for the following:
Show the current location.
Choose other location: in this case stop tracking the location.
Add a push pin to a MKMapView(iOS) when touching.
Hi Sometimes setting the showsUserLocation in code doesn't work for some weird reason.
So try a combination of the following.
In viewDidLoad()
self.mapView.showsUserLocation = true
Go to your storyboard in Xcode, on the right panel's attribute inspector tick the User location check box, like in the attached image. run your app and you should be able to see the User location
Swift 5.1
Get Current Location and Set on MKMapView
Import libraries:
import MapKit
import CoreLocation
set delegates:
CLLocationManagerDelegate , MKMapViewDelegate
Declare variable:
let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
Write this code on viewDidLoad():
self.locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
locationManager.delegate = self
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}
mapView.delegate = self
mapView.mapType = .standard
mapView.isZoomEnabled = true
mapView.isScrollEnabled = true
if let coor = mapView.userLocation.location?.coordinate{
mapView.setCenter(coor, animated: true)
}
Write delegate method for location:
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations
locations: [CLLocation]) {
let locValue:CLLocationCoordinate2D = manager.location!.coordinate
mapView.mapType = MKMapType.standard
let span = MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.05, longitudeDelta: 0.05)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: locValue, span: span)
mapView.setRegion(region, animated: true)
let annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
annotation.coordinate = locValue
annotation.title = "You are Here"
mapView.addAnnotation(annotation)
}
Set permission in info.plist *
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This application requires location services to work</string>
<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>This application requires location services to work</string>
For Swift 2, you should change it to the following:
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: 0.01, longitudeDelta: 0.01))
self.map.setRegion(region, animated: true)
}
You just need to set the userTrackingMode of the MKMapView. If you only want to display and track the user location and implement the same behaviour as the Apple Maps app uses, there is no reason for writing additional code.
mapView.userTrackingMode = .follow
See more at https://developer.apple.com/documentation/mapkit/mkmapview/1616208-usertrackingmode .
you have to override CLLocationManager.didUpdateLocations
func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
let userLocation:CLLocation = locations[0] as CLLocation
locationManager.stopUpdatingLocation()
let location = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: userLocation.coordinate.latitude, longitude: userLocation.coordinate.longitude)
let span = MKCoordinateSpanMake(0.5, 0.5)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion (center: location,span: span)
mapView.setRegion(region, animated: true)
}
you also have to add NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription and NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription to your plist setting Result as value
In Swift 4, I had used the locationManager delegate function as defined above ..
func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager!,
didUpdateLocations locations: [AnyObject]!) {
.. but this needed to be changed to ..
func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager,
didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
This came from .. https://github.com/lotfyahmed/MyLocation/blob/master/MyLocation/ViewController.swift - thanks!
mapView.showsUserLocation = true
Create UIButton and add this action
#IBAction func showCurrentLocation(_ sender: Any) {
let coordinate = mapView.userLocation.coordinate
let center = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: coordinate.latitude, longitude: coordinate.longitude)
let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: center, span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.01, longitudeDelta: 0.01))
self.mapView.setRegion(region, animated: true)
}