Layering a table view and a google map view iOS Swift - ios

Question

I'm trying to set up a map search using the google maps sdk in ios. So far, I have the autocompleted search working correctly and when I search, the results show up in a tableview. I want to be able to click on a cell in the table view and reveal the map, then show the table again when the user touches back into the search box. My strategy to do this is to layer the mapview and the table view in the same view Controller, and show/hide or push whichever view to the top. However, because the google map is not part of mapkit, I'm not sure that I can manipulate it like this. Please let me know if you know an easy way to do this. Setting the view to tableview also results in a black screen
mapView.hidden just reveals a black screen
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
self.tableView.dataSource = self
self.tableView.delegate = self
self.resultSearchController = ({
let controller = UISearchController(searchResultsController: nil)
controller.searchResultsUpdater = self
controller.dimsBackgroundDuringPresentation = false
controller.searchBar.sizeToFit()
self.tableView.tableHeaderView = controller.searchBar
return controller
})()
view.bringSubviewToFront(self.tableView)
placesClient = GMSPlacesClient()
var camera = GMSCameraPosition.cameraWithLatitude(-33.86,
longitude: 151.20, zoom: 6)
var mapView = GMSMapView.mapWithFrame(CGRectZero, camera: camera)
//mapView.hidden = true
mapView.myLocationEnabled = true
self.view = mapView
self.view = self.tableView
var marker = GMSMarker()
marker.position = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-33.86, 151.20)
marker.title = "Sydney"
marker.snippet = "Australia"
marker.map = mapView
}
I am using the google maps cocoapod

Answer 1

This depends on the order which they have in the view controller's list of subviews. If mapView and tableView are both direct subviews of the root view, you can just call insertSubview:belowSubview:
[self.view insertSubview:mapView belowSubview:tableView];
and vice versa.

Answer 2

I found out that I had to add my own subview, change the class of that subview to GMSMapview and assign the map to that subview.
var camera = GMSCameraPosition.cameraWithLatitude(-33.86,
longitude: 151.20, zoom: 6)
var mapView = GMSMapView.mapWithFrame(CGRectZero, camera: camera)
mapView.myLocationEnabled = true
self.mapSubView.camera = camera
self.mapSubView = mapView