Learn how to use MapKit to include maps in your iOS applications. After reading this guide, you will know how to generate and configure a map, how to add annotations, how to detect the user's location, how to search for addresses, and how to trace a route from one location to another.

Table of Contents

MAPKIT

Map Kit View

Configuring the Map

Annotations

User Location

Search

Directions

QUICK REFERENCE

MKMapView

MKMarkerAnnotationView

MKMapViewDelegate

MKAnnotation

MKAnnotationView

MKUserLocation

MKLocalSearchRequest

MKLocalSearch

MKLocalSearchResponse

MKMapItem

MKDirectionsRequest

MKDirections

MKRoute

MKPolylineRenderer

MKMapItem

MKPlacemark

Functions

This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of app development, Xcode, and the Swift language. If you don't know how to program in Swift or how to create an application with Xcode, download our guides Introduction to Swift and Interface Builder. For a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds.

This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book iOS Apps for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of app development in iOS, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop an app for Apple devices. If you need a complete course on app development for iOS, read our book iOS Apps for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.