Check if no nearby locations with GeoFire

Question

I'm trying to search for nearby registered locations using GeoFire, and return a default value if there are none within the specified radius. My problem is that when GeoFire doesn't find anything nearby, it returns absolutely nothing. Is there a different way to do this?

    let geoFire = GeoFire(firebaseRef: DataService().LOC_REF)
    let myLoc = CLLocation(latitude: 10.500000, longitude: -100.916664)
    let circleQuery = geoFire.queryAtLocation(myLoc, withRadius: 100.0)
    circleQuery.observeEventType(GFEventType.KeyEntered, withBlock: {
        (key: String!, location: CLLocation!) in
        self.allKeys[key]=location
        print(self.allKeys.count) //NOT GETTING HERE
        print(key)
        //from here i'd like to use the key for a different query, or determine if there are no keys nearby
            }
        })
    })

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

This is how you can use those two functions to build a list of keys, and listen for when the list has completed being created.

func fetchLocations() {
    keys = [String]()

    let geoFire = GeoFire(firebaseRef: DataService().LOC_REF)
    let myLoc = CLLocation(latitude: 10.500000, longitude: -100.916664)
    let circleQuery = geoFire.queryAtLocation(myLoc, withRadius: 100.0)

    // Populate list of keys
    circleQuery.observeEventType(.KeyEntered, withBlock: { (key: String!, location: CLLocation!) in
        print("Key '\(key)' entered the search area and is at location '\(location)'")
        keys.append(key)
    })

    // Do something with list of keys.
    circleQuery.observeReadyWithBlock({
        print("All initial data has been loaded and events have been fired!")
        if keys.count > 0 {
            // Do something with stored fetched keys here.
            // I usually retrieve more information for a location from firebase here before populating my table/collectionviews.  
        }

    })
}