MKPolyline only shown when map is moved - ios

I have a MKMapView with some pins on it. I connect the pins with a MKPolyline view. But the MKPolyline is only shown when I move the map (when the MapView is updated?). I want to see the MKPolyline from the beginning on.
Please inspect the following code:
-(void)plotSnapPosition {
for (id<MKAnnotation> annotation in myMapView.annotations) {
[myMapView removeAnnotation:annotation];
}
for (id<MKOverlay> overlay in myMapView.overlays) {
[myMapView removeOverlay:overlay];
}
NSArray *snaps = self.entry.snapsArray;
CLLocationCoordinate2D *locations = malloc(sizeof(CLLocationCoordinate2D) * snaps.count);
NSInteger counter = 0;
for (Snap *snap in snaps) {
locations[counter] = [snap coordinates];
CLLocationCoordinate2D c = [snap coordinates];
CAHAnnotation *annotation = [[CAHAnnotation alloc] initWithDate:snap.timeAsString coordinate:c counter:counter];
[myMapView addAnnotation:annotation];
counter++;
}
MKPolyline *polyline = [MKPolyline polylineWithCoordinates:locations count:snaps.count];
MKPolylineView *routeLineView = [[MKPolylineView alloc] initWithPolyline:polyline];
routeLineView.fillColor = [UIColor redColor];
routeLineView.strokeColor = [UIColor redColor];
routeLineView.lineWidth = 5;
[myMapView setVisibleMapRect:polyline.boundingMapRect];
[self.myMapView addOverlay:polyline];
}
-(MKOverlayView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForOverlay:(id<MKOverlay>)overlay {
if ([overlay isKindOfClass:[MKPolyline class]]) {
MKPolylineView *routeLineView = [[MKPolylineView alloc] initWithPolyline:overlay];
routeLineView.fillColor = [UIColor blueColor];
routeLineView.strokeColor = [UIColor blueColor];
routeLineView.lineWidth = 3;
return routeLineView;
}
return nil;
}
For testing issues I have set the color of the MKPolyline in the method -(void)plotSnapPosition to red. In the delegate I set it to blue. Only the blue one is shown, after moving the map around.
can someone help me out of this? I think it is only a small mistake. Thank you.
here are the screenshots:
the two pins
after moving the map:
the path after moving the map

Make sure you set the mapView's delegate before adding the overlay. So, in your case
mapView.delegate = self;
[self plotSnapPosition];

Have you tried adding a [overlayView setNeedsDisplay] call when you finish drawing?

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First I have to say that my trouble it is because that work sometimes.
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And 3 images:
I'm pretty sure that this code works great (because I can see that in other categories) and it has to be something with execution times.
If somebody has an idea about what is happening it should be nice.
Thank you all!
You should also be returning something in all cases in your mapView:viewForAnnotation:, whereas you are currently only returning for certain types of annotations. At least return nil and see if that helps -- maybe the warning on this method is preventing some sort of runtime use (though that's a bit of a stretch).

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