Advanced iOS App Development: MapKit & Core Location

Course details

Users expect apps to be "location aware"—to know where they are, suggest where they should go next, and tell them how to get there. This course provides developers with advanced techniques for adding add location awareness, directions, and interactive maps to iOS applications. Steven Lipton teaches the fundamentals of MapKit and Core Location, two iOS frameworks that work that hand in hand to provide location data and services. Learn how to build a map with 2D, 3D, satellite, and flyover views; add annotations and graphic overlays; and find and add a user's location to a map. Plus, discover how to search for a location using coordinates or keywords, and generate turn-by-turn directions with the MapKit MKDirections object.

Learning objectives
Getting coordinates from the web
Working with Core Location data types and regions
Creating a map in 2D, 3D, satellite, and flyover views
Adding annotations
Adding overlays
Finding the current location
Tracking heading, speed, and region
Searching for locations
Requesting and displaying directions

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know
03 - Using the exercise files
04 - Challenges

1. Basic Map and Location Concepts

05 - Why MapKit
06 - Coordinate system
07 - Get coordinates from the web
08 - Challenge 1 - More pizzas
09 - Solution 1 - More pizzas
10 - Core Location data types
11 - Core Location regions
12 - Distance

2. Maps

13 - Set up a map
14 - Add coordinates and regions
15 - Use cameras
16 - Add 3D maps
17 - Add satellite and flyover modes
18 - Set map features

3. Annotations

19 - Add an annotation pin
20 - MKMapView delegate
21 - Customize the annotation text
22 - Customize the annotation graphics
23 - Interactive annotations
24 - Challenge 2 - Add more annotations
25 - Solution 2 - Add more annotations

4. Overlays

26 - Circle overlays
27 - Challenge 3 - Selective circles
28 - Solution 3 - Selective circles
29 - Polyline overlays
30 - Challenge 4 - The grand pizza tour
31 - Solution 4 - The grand pizza tour

5. Current Location

32 - Introducing Core Location
33 - Obtain user permissions
34 - Code with location services
35 - Run the location app
36 - Location accuracy

6. Heading, Speed, and Regions

37 - Challenge 5 - Headings and speed
38 - Solution 5 - Headings and speed
39 - Use headings
40 - Regions
41 - Challenge 6 - Exiting a region
42 - Solution 6 - Exiting a region

7. Searches

43 - Geocoding and placemark data
44 - Searching for an address
45 - Request location by keyword

8. Directions

46 - Request directions
47 - Display graphic directions
48 - Display step-by-step directions
49 - Challenge 7 - The chosen path
50 - Solution 7 - The chosen path
51 - Launching the maps app
52 - Final challenge - Transit ETA annotation
53 - Final solution - Transit ETA annotation

Conclusion

54 - Next steps