apple-maps

is there a way to get directions in mkmapview using a built in apple API?

In iOS 7, you can get and display directions using MKDirectionsRequest. Here’s some sample code for displaying directions from the current location to another map item: MKDirectionsRequest *request = [[MKDirectionsRequest alloc] init]; [request setSource:[MKMapItem mapItemForCurrentLocation]]; [request setDestination:myMapItem]; [request setTransportType:MKDirectionsTransportTypeAny]; // This can be limited to automobile and walking directions. [request setRequestsAlternateRoutes:YES]; // Gives you several … Read more

How to open maps App programmatically with coordinates in swift?

This code is working fine for me. func openMapForPlace() { let lat1 : NSString = self.venueLat let lng1 : NSString = self.venueLng let latitude:CLLocationDegrees = lat1.doubleValue let longitude:CLLocationDegrees = lng1.doubleValue let regionDistance:CLLocationDistance = 10000 let coordinates = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(latitude, longitude) let regionSpan = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(coordinates, regionDistance, regionDistance) let options = [ MKLaunchOptionsMapCenterKey: NSValue(MKCoordinate: regionSpan.center), MKLaunchOptionsMapSpanKey: NSValue(MKCoordinateSpan: regionSpan.span) … Read more