iOS: Best way to get position user - ios

Question

I have a MKMapView class, and I want to show on the map the user position represented by a image.
So, I read this tutorial: http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/getting-your-location-in-an-iphone-application
This guy use the locationmanager on the view, I need to use it on a MKMapView.
For me, the best way to do this is creating a class just for control the user position?
How can I do this?
Thanks!!

Answer 1

First you want the location to show up on your map:
yourMapView.showsUserLocation = YES;
Then you need to handle the delegate method for displaying an annotationview for the user location:
- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id < MKAnnotation >)annotation {
if ([annotation isKindOfClass:[MKUserLocation class]]) {
// Create a custom MKAnnotationView here that will display your image.
}
}
Make sure you set the delegate on your MKMapView properly.

Answer 2

For this you need to implement the MKAnnotation & MKMapView Delegates.
Implement this method for changing the default pin to the custom image.
- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation
{
if ([annotation isKindOfClass:[MKUserLocation class]])
{
// Create a custom MKAnnotationView here that will display your image.
//user current location
}
static NSString *identifier = #"MyLocation";
if ([annotation isKindOfClass:[MyLocation class]])
{
MKPinAnnotationView *annotationView = (MKPinAnnotationView *) [_mapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:identifier];
if (annotationView == nil)
{
annotationView = [[MKPinAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:identifier];
}
else
{
annotationView.annotation = annotation;
}
annotationView.enabled = YES;
annotationView.canShowCallout = YES;
annotationView.image=[UIImage imageNamed:#"yourImage.png"];
return annotationView;
}
return nil;
}
Please refer this tutorial.