Advanced iOS App Development: MapKit & Core Location

Get advanced development techniques to add location awareness, directions, and interactive maps to your iOS applications, with the MapKit and Core Location frameworks.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know
• Using the exercise files
• Challenges

1. Basic Map and Location Concepts

• Why MapKit?
• Coordinate system
• Get coordinates from the web
• Challenge 1: More pizzas
• Solution 1: More pizzas
• Core Location data types
• Core Location regions
• Distance

2. Maps

• Set up a map
• Add coordinates and regions
• Use cameras
• Add 3D maps
• Add satellite and flyover modes
• Set map features

3. Annotations

• Add an annotation pin
• MKMapView delegate
• Customize the annotation text
• Customize the annotation graphics
• Interactive annotations
• Challenge 2: Add more annotations
• Solution 2: Add more annotations

4. Overlays

• Circle overlays
• Challenge 3: Selective circles
• Solution 3: Selective circles
• Polyline overlays
• Challenge 4: The grand pizza tour
• Solution 4: The grand pizza tour

5. Current Location

• Introducing Core Location
• Obtain user permissions
• Code with location services
• Run the location app
• Location accuracy

6. Heading, Speed, and Regions

• Challenge 5: Headings and speed
• Solution 5: Headings and speed
• Use headings
• Regions
• Challenge 6: Exiting a region
• Solution 6: Exiting a region

7. Searches

• Geocoding and placemark data
• Searching for an address
• Request location by keyword

8. Directions

• Request directions
• Display graphic directions
• Display step-by-step directions
• Challenge 7: The chosen path
• Solution 7: The chosen path
• Launching the maps app
• Final challenge: Transit ETA annotation
• Final solution: Transit ETA annotation

Conclusion

• Next steps