I am trying to solve a problem that I'm not sure how to solve. In my app, when the mapkit launches, I drop a pin at the user's current location. The mapkit delegates to viewForAnnotation which sets the pin's color which works fine.
The issue I'm running into is I cannot tell the annotations apart so I can apply a different color to "user added locations" vs. my "current location" pin. I would like to add a button so they can delete any pins they add but not be able to delete their "current location" pin. I can't seem to figure out how to extract any identifiable pieces of information like title or subtitle of the pin.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Here's my code...
- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation {
NSLog(@"OAAssignmentGPSViewController.m : mapView viewForAnnotation");
if([annotation isKindOfClass: [MKUserLocation class]])
return nil;
NSLog(@" mapView.userLocation.title = %@", self.mapView.userLocation.title);
static NSString* annotationIdentifier = @"currentlocation";
MKPinAnnotationView *myPinView = (MKPinAnnotationView *)[self.mapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:annotationIdentifier];
if (!myPinView) {
myPinView = [[MKPinAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:nil] ;
myPinView.pinColor = MKPinAnnotationColorRed;
myPinView.canShowCallout = YES;
myPinView.animatesDrop = YES;
NSLog(@"mapView.description %@", self.mapView.userLocation.title);
if( annotation != self.mapView.userLocation)<<<<<----how do I check for UserLocation
{
myPinView.pinColor = MKPinAnnotationColorGreen;
myPinView.rightCalloutAccessoryView = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeDetailDisclosure];
}
}
return myPinView;
}
Updating this for other newbies, this was the answer...
if ([annotation isKindOfClass:[MKUserLocation class]]) ....{
this is the current location pin
}else {
these are you custom locations pins
}