iOS - MKMapView place annotation by using address

Question

I am able to place annotations on my MKMapView by using latitude and longitude, however, my feed coming in that I need to use location for is using street addresses instead of Lat and Long. e.g 1234 west 1234 east, San Francisco, CA ...

Would this have something to do with the CLLocationManager?

Has anyone attempted this before?

Answer 1

Refactored Swift version:

let location = "some address, state, and zip"
let geocoder = CLGeocoder()
geocoder.geocodeAddressString(location) { [weak self] placemarks, error in
    if let placemark = placemarks?.first, let location = placemark.location {
        let mark = MKPlacemark(placemark: placemark)

        if var region = self?.mapView.region {
            region.center = location.coordinate
            region.span.longitudeDelta /= 8.0
            region.span.latitudeDelta /= 8.0
            self?.mapView.setRegion(region, animated: true)
            self?.mapView.addAnnotation(mark)
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Here's another version ...

- Swift 2017 syntax

- Shows a placename for the point, down the bottom

- Choose any size, say 5 km, as the area shown

func map() {
    let 5km:CLLocationDistance = 5000

    let a= "100 smith avenue some town 90210 SD"
    let g = CLGeocoder()

    g.geocodeAddressString(a) { [weak self] placemarks, error in
        if let p = placemarks?.first, let l = placemark.location {

            let p = MKPlacemark(coordinate: l.coordinate, addressDictionary: nil)

            let cr = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(l.coordinate, 5km, 5km)
            let options = [
                MKLaunchOptionsMapCenterKey: NSValue(mkCoordinate: cr.center),
                MKLaunchOptionsMapSpanKey: NSValue(mkCoordinateSpan: cr.span)
            ]

            let m = MKMapItem(placemark: p)
            m.name = "Your House"
            m.openInMaps(launchOptions: options)
        }
    }


}

Answer 3

That is not possible. But you can obtain the long/lat from an Address by using the CLGeocoder class.

Answer 4

Since iOS 7, placemark.region.center is deprecated. Now needs to use:

region.center = [(CLCircularRegion *)placemark.region center];

You can also read Apple Documentation about this and here too.

Answer 5

Swift version

        let location = self.txtLocation.text;
        let geocoder:CLGeocoder = CLGeocoder();
        geocoder.geocodeAddressString(location!) { (placemarks: [CLPlacemark]?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
            if placemarks?.count > 0 {
                let topResult:CLPlacemark = placemarks![0];
                let placemark: MKPlacemark = MKPlacemark(placemark: topResult);

                var region: MKCoordinateRegion = self.mkMapView.region;
                region.center = (placemark.location?.coordinate)!;
                region.span.longitudeDelta /= 8.0;
                region.span.latitudeDelta /= 8.0;
                self.mkMapView.setRegion(region, animated: true);
                self.mkMapView.addAnnotation(placemark);

            }
        }

Answer 6

Based on psoft's excellent information, I was able to achieve what I was looking for with this code.

NSString *location = @"some address, state, and zip";
CLGeocoder *geocoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc] init];
            [geocoder geocodeAddressString:location 
                 completionHandler:^(NSArray* placemarks, NSError* error){
                     if (placemarks && placemarks.count > 0) {
                         CLPlacemark *topResult = [placemarks objectAtIndex:0];
                         MKPlacemark *placemark = [[MKPlacemark alloc] initWithPlacemark:topResult];

                         MKCoordinateRegion region = self.mapView.region;
                         region.center = placemark.region.center;
                         region.span.longitudeDelta /= 8.0;
                         region.span.latitudeDelta /= 8.0;

                         [self.mapView setRegion:region animated:YES];
                         [self.mapView addAnnotation:placemark];
                     }
                 }
             ];