Build Location Apps on iOS with Swift

Work with Apple Maps, Google Maps, and Mapbox in iOS with Swift programming. Guided by practical examples, this book covers all three map frameworks to ensure you properly select which one best suits your iOS app's needs in working with iOS location.

You'll see how Apple's privacy settings apply to a user's location, and how to access that user's location from an application. Once you have access to the user's location, allow your app to display points of interest from Apple's database on the map inside the app, as well as to provide a search through that database by name.

You can also incorporate turn by turn directions inside your own app to provide routes. Or trigger different functionality or notifications based on locational queues. With Build Location Apps on iOS with Swift, you'll even find out how to provide offline map support for hiking, camping, or other outdoors applications where cell phone service is weak.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

* Display points of interest within your own app
* Work with Apple's privacy settings so pertinent information comes through
* Trigger functionality based on geographic prompts
* Create your own custom map styles with Mapbox Studio and display them in the app

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

Intermediate to advanced Swift programmers who would like to add location based services to their apps.

JEFF LINWOOD is an experienced author who has worked on many iOS and Android apps that use maps or location functionality. He's also taught and mentored college student application teams as they develop their first apps. In teaching, he noticed a lack of good sample applications and tutorials for map and location applications. He'd like to create the definitive book for developers creating these types of apps. Chapter 1: Creating your first MapKit app

Getting Started

Adding a Map

Adding a Pin to your Map

Chapter 2: Getting the user's location

Understanding CoreLocation

Privacy and Location Permissions

Using the Core Location Location Manager (CLLManager)

Chapter 3: Displaying points of interest on a MapKit map

Displaying multiple pins on a MapKit map

Customizing the appearance of those pins

Displaying annotations for pins

Customizing the annotations

Chapter 4: Searching for Points of Interest with MapKit

Getting started with MKLocalSearchRequest

Providing search inside your app for points of interest

Limiting that search to the region displayed on the map

Displaying the points of interest on a map

Chapter 5: Providing Route Directions from MapKit

Introduction to Apple's routing

Building a walking tour app

Sending a routing request to the API

Displaying directions in a list within the Apps

Chapter 6: Working with Geofences in CoreLocation

Setting up geofences

Listening for geofence triggers

Displaying a local notification inside the app

Removing geofences from the app

Chapter 7: Getting Started with Google Maps SDK for iOS

Introduction to Google Maps on iOS

Differences between Google Maps for the Web and iOS

Setting up Google Maps for iOS

Displaying a Google map in the app

Displaying a pin and a callout in the app

Changing the layers used by the map

Chapter 8: Using Google Places with iOS

Requirements for using Google Places in your app

Getting started with the Google Places API

Providing search inside your app for Google Places

Displaying Google Places locations on a map

Chapter 9: Using Directions with the Google Directions API

Introduction to the Google Directions API

Building a package delivery app

Using the Google Directions API

Chapter 10: Getting Started with Mapbox for iOS

Signing up with Mapbox

Installing the Mapbox library

Displaying a basic map

Adding an annotation to the map

Displaying different map layers

Chapter 11: Customizing Map Styles with Mapbox

Introduction to customization

Customizing map colors

Turning off features for a simpler map

Collaborating with designers on Mapbox maps

Chapter 12: Turn by Turn Navigation with Mapbox

Introduction to Mapbox Navigation API

Building a rideshare app

Using the Mapbox Navigation API

Chapter 13: Using Offline Maps with Mapbox

Introduction to offline mapping

Downloading map tiles from Mapbox

Using offline map tiles in your map

Considerations for offline tile management