Enable the My Location Button

The My Location button is displayed in the bottom right corner of the map view. When the user taps the button, the map pans to the user's current location.

Get started

Before you can try the sample code, you must configure your development environment. For more information, see Maps SDK for iOS code samples.

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SwiftObjective-C

import GoogleMaps
import UIKit

class MyLocationViewController: UIViewController {

  private let cameraLatitude: CLLocationDegrees = -33.868

  private let cameraLongitude: CLLocationDegrees = 151.2086

  private let cameraZoom: Float = 12

  lazy var mapView: GMSMapView = {
    let camera = GMSCameraPosition(
      latitude: cameraLatitude, longitude: cameraLongitude, zoom: cameraZoom)
    return GMSMapView(frame: .zero, camera: camera)
  }()

  var observation: NSKeyValueObservation?
  var location: CLLocation? {
    didSet {
      guard oldValue == nil, let firstLocation = location else { return }
      mapView.camera = GMSCameraPosition(target: firstLocation.coordinate, zoom: 14)
    }
  }

  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    mapView.delegate = self
    mapView.settings.compassButton = true
    mapView.settings.myLocationButton = true
    mapView.isMyLocationEnabled = true
    view = mapView

    // Listen to the myLocation property of GMSMapView.
    observation = mapView.observe(\.myLocation, options: [.new]) {
      [weak self] mapView, _ in
      self?.location = mapView.myLocation
    }
  }

  deinit {
    observation?.invalidate()
  }
}

extension MyLocationViewController: GMSMapViewDelegate {
  func mapView(_ mapView: GMSMapView, didTapMyLocation location: CLLocationCoordinate2D) {
    let alert = UIAlertController(
      title: "Location Tapped",
      message: "Current location: <\(location.latitude), \(location.longitude)>",
      preferredStyle: .alert)
    alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "OK", style: .default))
    present(alert, animated: true)
  }
}
MyLocationViewController.swift
      

#import "GoogleMapsDemos/Samples/MyLocationViewController.h"

#import <GoogleMaps/GoogleMaps.h>

@implementation MyLocationViewController {
  GMSMapView *_mapView;
  BOOL _firstLocationUpdate;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];
  GMSCameraPosition *camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithLatitude:-33.868
                                                          longitude:151.2086
                                                               zoom:12];

  _mapView = [GMSMapView mapWithFrame:CGRectZero camera:camera];
  _mapView.delegate = self;
  _mapView.settings.compassButton = YES;
  _mapView.settings.myLocationButton = YES;

  // Listen to the myLocation property of GMSMapView.
  [_mapView addObserver:self
             forKeyPath:@"myLocation"
                options:NSKeyValueObservingOptionNew
                context:NULL];

  self.view = _mapView;

  // Ask for My Location data after the map has already been added to the UI.
  GMSMapView *mapView = _mapView;
  dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
    mapView.myLocationEnabled = YES;
  });
}

- (void)mapView:(GMSMapView *)mapView didTapMyLocation:(CLLocationCoordinate2D)location {
  NSString *message = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"My Location Dot Tapped at: [lat: %f, lng: %f]",
                                                 location.latitude, location.longitude];
  UIAlertController *alertController =
      [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@"Location Tapped"
                                          message:message
                                   preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
  UIAlertAction *okAction = [UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK"
                                                     style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault
                                                   handler:^(UIAlertAction *action){
                                                   }];
  [alertController addAction:okAction];
  [self presentViewController:alertController animated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (void)dealloc {
  [_mapView removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"myLocation" context:NULL];
}

#pragma mark - KVO updates

- (void)observeValueForKeyPath:(NSString *)keyPath
                      ofObject:(id)object
                        change:(NSDictionary *)change
                       context:(void *)context {
  if (!_firstLocationUpdate) {
    // If the first location update has not yet been received, then jump to that location.
    _firstLocationUpdate = YES;
    CLLocation *location = [change objectForKey:NSKeyValueChangeNewKey];
    _mapView.camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithTarget:location.coordinate zoom:14];
  }
}

@end
MyLocationViewController.m
      

Run the full sample app locally

The Maps SDK for iOS sample app is available as a download archive from GitHub. Follow these steps to install and try the Maps SDK for iOS sample app.

1. Run git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/maps-sdk-for-ios-samples.git to clone the samples repository into a local directory.

2. Open a terminal window, navigate to the directory where you cloned the sample files, and drill down into the GoogleMaps directory:

   SwiftObjective-C
   cd maps-sdk-for-ios-samples-main/GoogleMaps-Swift
   pod install
   open GoogleMapsSwiftDemos.xcworkspace

   cd maps-sdk-for-ios-samples-main/GoogleMaps
   pod install
   open GoogleMapsDemos.xcworkspace

3. In Xcode, press the compile button to build the app with the current scheme. The build produces an error, prompting you to enter your API key in the SDKConstants.swift file for Swift orSDKDemoAPIKey.h file for Objective-C.
4. If you don't yet have an API key, follow the instructions to set up a project on the Google Cloud console and get an API key. When configuring the key on the Cloud console, you can restrict the key to the sample app's bundle identifier to ensure that only your app can use the key. The default bundle identifier of the SDK samples app is com.example.GoogleMapsDemos.
5. Edit the SDKConstants.swift file for Swift orSDKDemoAPIKey.h file for Objective-C and paste your API key into the definition of either the apiKey or kAPIKey constant. For example:
   SwiftObjective-C
   static let apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"

   static NSString *const kAPIKey = @"YOUR_API_KEY";

6. In the SDKConstants.swift file (Swift) orSDKDemoAPIKey.h file (Objective-C), remove the following line, because it's used to register the user-defined issue:
   SwiftObjective-C
   #error (Register for API Key and insert here. Then delete this line.)

   #error Register for API Key and insert here.

7. Build and run the project. The iOS simulator window appears, showing a list of Maps SDK Demos.
8. Choose one of the options displayed, to experiment with a feature of the Maps SDK for iOS.
9. If prompted to allow GoogleMapsDemos to access your location, choose Allow.