loading list of nearby places iOS 7 using simulator - ios

Question

I am using MapKit and I'm trying to retrieve a list of nearby places based on the users current location and after that, I am trying to display them in a TableView. However, when using the iOS simulator, no places show up. I went to simulator->debug->location->Apple so shouldn't results pertaining to THAT location show up? I'm confused. Here is my code:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
//[self CurrentLocationIdentifier];
[self performSearch];
_m= [MKMapItem mapItemForCurrentLocation];
}
- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning
{
[super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
// Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}
#pragma mark - Table view data source
- (NSInteger)numberOfSectionsInTableView:(UITableView *)tableView
{
// Return the number of sections.
return 1;
}
- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
// Return the number of rows in the section.
return _places.count;
}
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"placeCell";
PlaceTableViewCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier forIndexPath:indexPath];
long row = [indexPath row];
cell.placeLabel.text = _places[row];
return cell;
}
-(void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
[super tableView:tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:indexPath];
int rowNo = indexPath.row;
_place = [_places objectAtIndex:rowNo];
}
- (void) performSearch {
MKLocalSearchRequest *request =
[[MKLocalSearchRequest alloc] init];
request.naturalLanguageQuery = _m.name;
_places = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
MKLocalSearch *search =
[[MKLocalSearch alloc]initWithRequest:request];
[search startWithCompletionHandler:^(MKLocalSearchResponse
*response, NSError *error) {
if (response.mapItems.count == 0)
NSLog(#"No Matches");
else
for (MKMapItem *item in response.mapItems)
{
NSString *n = item.name;
[_places addObject:n];
}
}];
}
#end

Answer 1

You need to add a bunch of log statements and look at what is displayed in the console (or add breakpoints and use the debugger, but I'm guessing you don't know how to do that.
Add a log statement at the beginning of your performSearch that displays the _m.name that you are using as your search string. Add a log to the top of your completion handler so you know that it's called.

Answer 2

Okay so for some reason the results started appearing after I changed the type of "row" in cellForRowAtIndexPath from long to int and instead of [indexPath row], I changed it to indexPath.row