MKMapView Select Annotation - ios

Question

I'm new to swift and currently trying to figure out how to get data about the annotation that the user has selected. I have a localsearch function that will add the annotations, and after the user selects one I'd like to be able to access that. I'm trying to use selectedAnnotations, but it doesn't seem to be working.
Localsearch:
func performSearch(){
matchingItems.removeAll()
let request = MKLocalSearchRequest()
request.naturalLanguageQuery = searchTextField.text
request.region = mapView.region
let search = MKLocalSearch(request: request)
search.startWithCompletionHandler({(response:
MKLocalSearchResponse!,
error: NSError!) in
if error != nil {
println("Error occured in search: \(error.localizedDescription)")
} else if response.mapItems.count == 0 {
println("No matches found")
} else {
println("Matches found")
for item in response.mapItems as [MKMapItem] {
println("Name = \(item.name)")
println("Phone = \(item.phoneNumber)")
self.matchingItems.append(item as MKMapItem)
println("Matching items = \(self.matchingItems.count)")
var annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
annotation.coordinate = item.placemark.coordinate
annotation.title = item.name
annotation.subtitle = item.placemark.title
self.mapView.addAnnotation(annotation)
}
}
})
From there I'm trying to use
var selectedAnnotations: [MKPointAnnotation]!
// print signout location
println(selectedAnnotations)
To access the annotation, but this is just returning "nil"
Method for annotation:
#IBAction func signoutToLocationButton(sender: AnyObject) {
// saves current user location
PFGeoPoint.geoPointForCurrentLocationInBackground {
(geoPoint: PFGeoPoint!, error: NSError!) -> Void in
if error == nil {
// do something with the new geoPoint
println(geoPoint)
var signoutLocation = PFObject(className: "SignoutLocation")
signoutLocation["Location"] = geoPoint
signoutLocation.saveInBackgroundWithBlock {
(success: Bool, error: NSError!)-> Void in
if (success) {
// has been saved
}
else {
//went wrong
}
}
}
// get location of where they are signing out to
self.mapView.selectedAnnotations(AnyObject)
// print signout location
// println(selectedAnnotations)
}

Answer 1

Here's an example of how to use the selectedAnnotations property:
if self.mapView.selectedAnnotations?.count > 0 {
if let ann = self.mapView.selectedAnnotations[0] as? MKAnnotation {
println("selected annotation: \(ann.title!)")
let c = ann.coordinate
println("coordinate: \(c.latitude), \(c.longitude)")
//do something else with ann...
}
}
(Though whether you need to or want to do this inside your // has been saved block instead of outside is something you'll have to figure out.)