Store Current Location in UITableView - ios

Question

There must be an easy way to do this or somewhere I am going wrong but I can't seem to save my current location as a global variable and then add it to my array to populate my UITableView.
Basically, at the moment I have an empty UITableView that is used to populate results from a local search, via a search bar. This part works great. BUT, what I want is to always have the 1st row as the users current location, like in maps, google maps, reminders etc. I figured this would be a simple task but I cant get it to work. Can someone help me please.
I use the following code to get my current location, reverse geocode it, and plot it on the map when the app starts:
self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc]init];
if ([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled]) {
self.locationManager.delegate = self;
self.locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone; // whenever we move
self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
[self.locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
}
CLLocationCoordinate2D zoomLocation;
zoomLocation.latitude = _locationManager.location.coordinate.latitude;
zoomLocation.longitude= _locationManager.location.coordinate.longitude;
currentCoord.latitude = _locationManager.location.coordinate.latitude;
currentCoord.longitude= _locationManager.location.coordinate.longitude;
//reverse geocoder
CLLocation *currentLocation = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:zoomLocation.latitude longitude:zoomLocation.longitude];
CLGeocoder *geoCoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc] init];
[geoCoder reverseGeocodeLocation:currentLocation completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
for (CLPlacemark *placemark in placemarks) {
MKPointAnnotation *annotation =
[[MKPointAnnotation alloc]init];
annotation.coordinate = zoomLocation;
annotation.title = #"Current Location";
annotation.subtitle = placemark.name;
// 2
MKCoordinateRegion viewRegion = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(zoomLocation, 0.5*METERS_PER_MILE, 0.5*METERS_PER_MILE);
// 3
[_mapView setRegion:viewRegion animated:YES];
[_mapView addAnnotation:annotation];
}
}];
When I run my local search I use the following code to populate my array to load the table with:
MKLocalSearchRequest *request =
[[MKLocalSearchRequest alloc] init];
request.naturalLanguageQuery = _searchBar.text;
request.region = _mapView.region;
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)
{
[tableData addObject:item];
MKPointAnnotation *annotation =
[[MKPointAnnotation alloc]init];
annotation.coordinate = item.placemark.coordinate;
annotation.title = item.placemark.name;
annotation.subtitle = item.placemark.title;
[annotations addObject:annotation];
[_tableResults reloadData];
}
}];
I really can't figure this out. How would I add my current location? Would really appreciate some advise. Thanks in advance guys!

Answer 1

Try this,
[search startWithCompletionHandler:^(MKLocalSearchResponse
*response, NSError *error) {
if (response.mapItems.count == 0)
NSLog(#"No Matches");
else
for (MKMapItem *item in response.mapItems)
{
[tableData addObject:item];
[annotations addObject:[self annotationFromMapItem:item]];
}
double latitude = self.locationManager.location.coordinate.latitude;
double longitude = self.locationManager.location.coordinate.longitude;
MKPlacemark *placemark = [[[MKPlacemark alloc] initWithCoordinate:CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(latitude, longitude) addressDictionary:nil] autorelease];
MKMapItem *mapItem = [[[MKMapItem alloc] initWithPlacemark:placemark] autorelease];
[mapItem setName:Current Location];
[tableData insertObject:mapItem atIndex:0];
[annotations insertObject:[self annotationFromMapItem:mapItem] atIndex:0];
[_tableResults reloadData];
}];
- (MKPointAnnotation) annotationFromMapItem:(MKMapItem *)item {
MKPointAnnotation *annotation =
[[MKPointAnnotation alloc]init];
annotation.coordinate = item.placemark.coordinate;
annotation.title = item.placemark.name;
annotation.subtitle = item.placemark.title;
return annotation;
}