Access MKAnnotationView from mapView.annotations

Question

Trying to animate my custom pin image.

However I cannot find a way to access the MKAnnotationView.

This task is trivial for example when you use

func mapView(mapView: MKMapView!, didSelectAnnotationView view: MKAnnotationView!) {

}

As you have the view right there.

But I want to be able to animate a set of pin the I have zoomed into the area of.

Using the built in mapView property of annotations I can obtain the pins I require.

So within

    func findThePins(searchName:String) {

    var foundItems = [Client]()

    for aPin in mapView.annotations as! [Client] {

        if aPin.clientName.uppercaseString.rangeOfString(searchName.uppercaseString) != nil {
            foundItems.append(aPin)
        }
    }

    if !foundItems.isEmpty {
        println("move map - \(foundItems.count)")
        // moves to show the area of the screen containing the pins
        mapView.showAnnotations(foundItems, animated: true)
        // How to animate those pins in foundItems
    }
}

How can I access the view so I can then animate. I have a feeling Im going bout this the wrong way.

Example animation that would work fine in the didSelectAnnotationView

UIView.animateWithDuration(1.0, delay: 0.0, options: nil, animations: { () -> Void in
pinView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(2.0, 2.0)
}, completion: { (completed) -> Void in
pinView.transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity
})

Thanks

Answer 1

Problem Solved!

let clientAnnotation = self.mapView.viewForAnnotation(client)