google maps iOS SDK: custom icons to be used as markers

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Here is what I have done

let marker = GMSMarker()

// I have taken a pin image which is a custom image
let markerImage = UIImage(named: "mapMarker")!.withRenderingMode(.alwaysTemplate)

//creating a marker view
let markerView = UIImageView(image: markerImage)

//changing the tint color of the image
markerView.tintColor = UIColor.red

marker.position = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 28.7041, longitude: 77.1025)

marker.iconView = markerView
marker.title = "New Delhi"
marker.snippet = "India"
marker.map = mapView

//comment this line if you don't wish to put a callout bubble
mapView.selectedMarker = marker

The output is

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And my marker image was

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You can change your color as per your need. Also if you want something in rectange, you can just create a simple small rectangular image and use it like I did above and change the color of your need.

Or if you want a rectangle with text within it, you can just create a small UIView with some label and then convert that UIView in UIImage and can do the same thing.

//function to convert the given UIView into a UIImage
func imageWithView(view:UIView) -> UIImage {
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.bounds.size, false, 0.0)
    view.layer.render(in: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!)
    let image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext()
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
    return image!
}

Hope it helps!!

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