How to retrieve user's current city name?
As of iOS 5 MKReverseGeoCoder
is Deprecated!
So you want to use CLGeocoder
with CLLocationManager
, very simple and works with block.
Example:
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager
didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation
fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
{
[self.locationManager stopUpdatingLocation];
CLGeocoder * geoCoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc] init];
[geoCoder reverseGeocodeLocation:newLocation
completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
for (CLPlacemark *placemark in placemarks) {
.... = [placemark locality];
}
}];
}
Edit: Instead of a for in
loop you can also do:
NSString *locString = placemarks.count ? [placemarks.firstObject locality] : @"Not Found";
What you have to do is setup a CLLocationManager
that will find your current coordinates. With the current coordinates you need to use MKReverseGeoCoder
to find your location.
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
// this creates the CCLocationManager that will find your current location
CLLocationManager *locationManager = [[[CLLocationManager alloc] init] autorelease];
locationManager.delegate = self;
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters;
[locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
}
// this delegate is called when the app successfully finds your current location
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
{
// this creates a MKReverseGeocoder to find a placemark using the found coordinates
MKReverseGeocoder *geoCoder = [[MKReverseGeocoder alloc] initWithCoordinate:newLocation.coordinate];
geoCoder.delegate = self;
[geoCoder start];
}
// this delegate method is called if an error occurs in locating your current location
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(@"locationManager:%@ didFailWithError:%@", manager, error);
}
// this delegate is called when the reverseGeocoder finds a placemark
- (void)reverseGeocoder:(MKReverseGeocoder *)geocoder didFindPlacemark:(MKPlacemark *)placemark
{
MKPlacemark * myPlacemark = placemark;
// with the placemark you can now retrieve the city name
NSString *city = [myPlacemark.addressDictionary objectForKey:(NSString*) kABPersonAddressCityKey];
}
// this delegate is called when the reversegeocoder fails to find a placemark
- (void)reverseGeocoder:(MKReverseGeocoder *)geocoder didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(@"reverseGeocoder:%@ didFailWithError:%@", geocoder, error);
}
This is working fine for me :
CLGeocoder *geocoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc] init] ;
[geocoder reverseGeocodeLocation:self.locationManager.location
completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
NSLog(@"reverseGeocodeLocation:completionHandler: Completion Handler called!");
if (error){
NSLog(@"Geocode failed with error: %@", error);
return;
}
CLPlacemark *placemark = [placemarks objectAtIndex:0];
NSLog(@"placemark.ISOcountryCode %@",placemark.ISOcountryCode);
NSLog(@"placemark.country %@",placemark.country);
NSLog(@"placemark.postalCode %@",placemark.postalCode);
NSLog(@"placemark.administrativeArea %@",placemark.administrativeArea);
NSLog(@"placemark.locality %@",placemark.locality);
NSLog(@"placemark.subLocality %@",placemark.subLocality);
NSLog(@"placemark.subThoroughfare %@",placemark.subThoroughfare);
}];