MKMapView with annotations issue - ios

I have MKMapView with many annotations in proper order. And I have button to change map mode:
- (IBAction)userDidPressTrackButton:(id)sender {
if (self.mapView.userTrackingMode == MKUserTrackingModeFollow) {
self.mapView.userTrackingMode = MKUserTrackingModeFollowWithHeading;
return;
}
if (self.mapView.userTrackingMode == MKUserTrackingModeFollowWithHeading) {
self.mapView.userTrackingMode = MKUserTrackingModeNone;
return;
}
if (self.mapView.userTrackingMode == MKUserTrackingModeNone) {
self.mapView.userTrackingMode = MKUserTrackingModeFollow;
}
}
when mode = MKUserTrackingModeFollowWithHeading annotations begin to put themselves in random order. It seems that in this mode mapview begin to redraw itself every second and put all the subview (annotations) in unknown order.
How to cancel changing order of annotations?

The array of annotations that you get back from mapview.annotations is not guaranteed to be in the same order you that added them in. If you are relying on them vein in a special order you are probably doing your viewForAnnotations function wrong. It is given an annotation as a parameter, you use that to determine what view to draw. Usually people make a custom class that implements the MKAnnotation protocol and has some addition variables in which they store the data needed to create the right view. When viewForAnnotations gets called they check if the provided annotation is one of their special class, and if so extract the data, make the view and return it. There is no need to know the order of the annotations array, and it wouldn't do you any good because an MKMapView can and will ask for the annotations in any sequence it likes.
Side note: Why are you writing your own function for toggling the tracking mode? You can just use the official one and it will do it all for you.

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Disable DoubleTapGesture Zoom out on MKMapView

I have observed MKMapView zoom-out on Double tap gesture, I didn't find any way to disable it. I tried to add own Double Tap Gesture to catch Double tap action but it still zoom out. Any thought?
There is no API to disable or change double-tap behavior with MKMapView.
But, if you really want to do so, one approach would be to find and remove the double-tap gesture recognizer from the MKMapView object.
In the project you shared, you could do that in makeUIView in your UIMapView class:
func makeUIView(context: UIViewRepresentableContext<UIMapView>) -> UIViewType {
self.configureView(mapView, context: context)
setRegion(to: palce)
if let v = mapView.subviews.first,
let ga1 = v.gestureRecognizers
{
let ga2: [UITapGestureRecognizer] = ga1.compactMap { $0 as? UITapGestureRecognizer } .filter { ($0.numberOfTapsRequired == 2) }
for g in ga2 {
v.removeGestureRecognizer(g)
}
}
return mapView
}
I wouldn't necessarily suggest that you do so, however.
Apple may change the MKMapView object in the future, which could then break this.
User's tend to prefer that common UI elements behave in expected ways.
Personally, I get rather annoyed when using an app and the developer has changed standard functionality of UI elements. For example, if I see a table view row with a disclosure indicator (the right-arrow / chevron), I expect that tapping the row will "push" to another screen related to that row. I've seen apps that do not follow that pattern, and it just gets confusing.

Reloading Google Map View when adding and removing markers

We are coding in Swift to create an application with UI buttons. These UI buttons will add or remove markers depending on its status. Because we want the buttons to be layered on top of google maps we have two view controllers. The top view controller contains a button. When the button is pressed, we want to remove the markers that have a "bad" status.
This is our code to remove the marker:
func showOnlyGood(){
mapView.clear() //this is the google map (GMSMapView.map)
for x in arrayOfGood { //Array of good markers
x.map = mapView //Set good markers to show
}
for y in arrayOfBad { //Array of bad markers
y.map = nil //removes markers from map
}
}
The google maps gets updated if the function call is in viewDidLoad(), but when we call the function in the top view controller with the buttons it does not update the map accordingly.
We think this is an issue with refreshing the google map view and have tried many different solutions, but the google map view only shows what is initially in viewDidLoad().
First, if you just want the buttons to be layered on top of the map, just add the buttons to the view after you've added the map to the view; do not create a second view controller. Your problem is most likely caused by this awkward setup. You also don't have an #objc prefix in your action method, which would definitely prevent the button from executing its action.
#objc func updateButtons() {
mapView.clear() // clear the map
for i in someArray {
let marker = GMSMarker()
// configure parameters
marker.map = mapView
}
}
That method will update your map's markers. There is [probably] never a need to refresh the map, even if you want to change styles.

How should a UIView access the data model to display the data (using Swift)?

This seems like it should have a simple answer, and probably does, but it's proving harder to find than I expected. As a specific example, let's say that I'm programming a chess game.
It seems like this is something I should be able to do just using CoreGraphics. It seems like using OpenGL or SpriteKit shouldn't be necessary.
I want to have a Board class that models the state of the board. Where should I declare my Board object? My impression is that it should be in the ViewController.
I want to have a view (actually a subview) that displays the current state of the board (by overloading drawRect). It should do this at the beginning, and should be updated when players make moves. How does the view access the data model to display the board state? Does giving the view a reference to the data violate MVC? If not, how would the reference be passed to the view? (I seem to just find lots of links about passing data between two ViewControllers.)
Should it instead be the ViewController "pushing" the data to the view whenever it needs to be drawn? My understanding, though, is that drawRect should not be called directly, and that instead setNeedsDisplay should be called, which will indirectly result in drawRect being called. This being the case, it's hard to see how the data would be passed.
Your code; your design decision. Nothing to comment on here.
You should have your model declaration in ViewController. True. That is how MVC works.
Having a reference of the data in a UIView DOES break MVC. Your view instance will not be independent anymore. Decoupling view and model is one of the main points of MVC and you are probably breaking it with this design.
What can you do about it?
Extending #Paulw11's comment, in your view controller you can declare a method that looks something like this :
func movePiece(somePiece : Piece, toSquare : Square) {
let pieceID = somePiece.id //I am just assuming the models structures
let pieceImageView = self.pieceImageViewFromID(id) //Assume that this method returns the reference of the image view. Assume that I am just working UIKit here.
let fromPoint : CGPoint = somePiece.origin
let toPoint : CGPoint = toSquare.coordinates
self.animateView(pieceImageView, fromPoint:fromPoint, toPoint:toPoint)
}
Note that in this design, the view is not holding any model references; the view controller will take care of setting its state and bring upon relevant animations.
If you are overriding drawRect:, then yes, for it be called, you should call setNeedsDisplay to update the changes. The view controller might call or you can add property observers to redraw itself based on a property change. One example for this could be:
class SillyView : UIView {
var drawPonies : Bool = false {
didSet {
if oldValue != drawPonies {
self.setNeedsDisplay()
}
}
}
override func drawRect(rect: CGRect) {
if drawPonies {
self.drawGoodLookingPony()
} else {
self.drawSomeOtherAnimal()
}
}
func drawGoodLookingPony() {
//Draw a good looking pony here
}
func drawSomeOtherAnimal() {
//Draw Something else
}
}
If your view controller decides to draw ponies all you have to do is, get the reference of the SillyView and set drawPonies to true.
self.sillyView.drawPonies = true
You are not passing your data model here, but important pieces of configuration information that will help the view redraw itself.

How to delete object after it gone outside the scene?

I am trying to delete the objects after it go outside the scene so so i can extenuate ram consumption
I should put the code i have tried but i dont know how to begin so i have nothing to put here sorry
EDIT
Or maybe i should detect if the object inside the view and delete it if not how i can know if the object is inside the view ?
There is a convenient method which checks whether two CGRects intersect each other or not
You can do something like this
if( CGRectIntersectsRect(object.frame, view.frame) ) {
// Don't delete your object
} else {
// Delete your object as it is not in your view
}
I hope this helps :)
You can check in different ways if node is off-screen, and that depends on how you move nodes.
First method :
if (!intersectsNode(yourNode)) {
// node is off-screen
}
To enumerate nodes you can use :
- enumerateChildNodesWithName:usingBlock: To access all nodes in a node tree read this.
Another way is to use actions:
let move = SKAction.moveTo(location: offScreenLocation, duration: 5)
let remove = SKAction.runBlock({yourNode.removeFromParent()})
let sequence = SKAction.sequence([move,remove])
yourNode.runAction(sequence, withKey:"moving") //Use action with key, to cancel the action if needed
Third method would be to use contact detection.

Google Maps SDK iOS change floor level programmatically

I dont find any way in the documentation how to change the floor level programmatically. For example:
I load a specific polygon for 1 room, and i want to change the floor map to the specific floor level (For example Zoom to Level 2, and then add my Polygon).
Polygon adding with Infoboxes are not the problem, ill just want to know if its possible to programmatically select the right floor level.
Like here:
I still know that there is the GMSIndoorDisplayDelegate - and i am able to set the active building. There should be an "activeLevel" method, but i am unable to assign any value.
I found the solution on how to force the floor change for a particular building.
Add the delegate GMSIndoorDisplayDelegate to the class,
Set the delegates:
mapView.delegate = self
mapView.indoorDisplay.delegate = self
Add the delegate methods:
func didChangeActiveBuilding(building: GMSIndoorBuilding!) {
if let currentBuilding = building {
var levels = currentBuilding.levels as! [GMSIndoorLevel]
mapView.indoorDisplay.activeLevel = levels[2] // set the level (key)
}
}
func didChangeActiveLevel(level: GMSIndoorLevel!) {
println("will be called after activeBuilding")
}
P.S. Just a friendly reminder, the upmost level is the first item in the array. It's backwards.

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