MapLoader-iOS

MapLoader is a tool helps you quickly loads Google and/or Apple maps on iOS. In addition, the library includes highly-customized annotations, markers and clusters views that allows you to design your own map UI.

You may download MapLoaderDemo to see how its used in your app.

Key Features

• Easily loads Google and Apple maps on iOS
• Customizable markers and annotations
• Built-in foreground and background images for markers and annotations
• Clustering markers and annotations
• Markers and annotations animation support

Requirements

• Swift 4.0
• iOS 10.0+

Usage

Follow the instructions below to quickly setup MapView.

Step 1: Initialize a MapLoader object

let mapLoader = MapLoader()

Initialize a GoogleMapLoader object

let mapLoader = GoogleMapLoader()

• Note: You need to set API key in AppDelegate.swift before having access to Google map, see Supplementals for more details.

Step 2: Insert view to your current view in viewWillAppear() function

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(true)
    mapLoader.setupMapView(mapContainer: self.view, viewAboveMap: nil, delegate: self)
}

• Note: You need to set delegate if you need to use MKMapViewDelegate. Otherwise, you can leave it nil

Step 3: Resize the MapView in viewDidLayoutSubviews() function

override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
    super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
    mapLoader.layoutMapView()
}

Follow the instructions below to use clusters and annotations/markers.

Step 4: Add your customized annotations

• Use StyledAnnotationView for annotation views

var annotations: [MLAnnotation] = []  
let annotView = StyledAnnotationView(annotImg: .hazard, color: UIColor.white, background: .bubble, bgColor: UIColor.blue)
let annotation = MLAnnotation(coordinate: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 42.36, longitude: -71.06), annotView: annotView, data: nil)  
annotations.append(annotation)  
mapLoader.addAnnotations(annotations: annotations)

• Simply change the object to MLMarker for Google map use

let annotation = MLMarker(coordinate: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 42.36, longitude: -71.06), annotView: annotView, data: nil)  

Step 5: Setup MKMapViewDelegate and use the following functions.

func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, viewFor annotation: MKAnnotation) -> MKAnnotationView? {
    return mapLoader.generateClusteringView(annotation: annotation) as? MKAnnotationView
}

Step 6: Refresh annotations and clusters when MapView region is changed

func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, viewFor annotation: MKAnnotation) -> MKAnnotationView? {
    return mapLoader.generateClusteringView(annotation: annotation) as? MKAnnotationView
}

func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, regionDidChangeAnimated animated: Bool) {
    mapLoader.refreshMap()
}

• Google map use GMSMapViewDelegate

Refresh the map after users finish their gestures.

func mapView(_ mapView: GMSMapView, idleAt position: GMSCameraPosition) {
    mapLoader.refreshMap()
}

Supplementals

• Use your own image as annotation view

let image = UIImage(named: "your_image")
let annotView = StyledAnnotationView(annotImg: image, background: .bubble, bgColor: UIColor.blue)

• Built-in annotation-like background images available.

/**
Built-in background images.

- bubble: bubble background
- square: square-shaped background
- circle: circular background
- heart:  heart-shaped background
- flag:   flag background
*/
public enum BgImg {
    case bubble
    case square
    case circle
    case heart
    case flag
}

• Set Google map API key in AppDelegate.swift

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
    GoogleMapLoader.setAPIKey("YOUR_API_KEY")
    return true
}

Installation

MapLoader is available through CocoaPods. To install it, simply add the following line to your Podfile:

$ pod 'MapLoader'

If you don't use CocoaPods, you can download the entire project then drag and drop all the classes and use them in your project.

Credits

• https://github.com/twho/CustomMapAnnotation-iOS
• https://github.com/efremidze/Cluster
• https://github.com/keithito/SimpleAnimation
• https://icons8.com/