How can I get current location from user in iOS

In iOS 6, the

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation

is deprecated.

Use following code instead

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager
     didUpdateLocations:(NSArray *)locations {
    CLLocation *location = [locations lastObject];
    NSLog(@"lat%f - lon%f", location.coordinate.latitude, location.coordinate.longitude);
}

For iOS 6~8, the above method is still necessary, but you have to handle authorization.

_locationManager = [CLLocationManager new];
_locationManager.delegate = self;
_locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;
_locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;

if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 8.0 &&
    [CLLocationManager authorizationStatus] != kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse
    //[CLLocationManager authorizationStatus] != kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways
   ) {
     // Will open an confirm dialog to get user's approval 
    [_locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization]; 
    //[_locationManager requestAlwaysAuthorization];
} else {
    [_locationManager startUpdatingLocation]; //Will update location immediately 
}

This is the delegate method which handle user's authorization

#pragma mark - CLLocationManagerDelegate
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager*)manager didChangeAuthorizationStatus:(CLAuthorizationStatus)status
{
    switch (status) {
    case kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined: {
        NSLog(@"User still thinking..");
    } break;
    case kCLAuthorizationStatusDenied: {
        NSLog(@"User hates you");
    } break;
    case kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedWhenInUse:
    case kCLAuthorizationStatusAuthorizedAlways: {
        [_locationManager startUpdatingLocation]; //Will update location immediately
    } break;
    default:
        break;
    }
}

You use the CoreLocation framework to access location information about your user. You will need to instantiate a CLLocationManager object and call the asynchronous startUpdatingLocation message. You will get callbacks with the user's location via the CLLocationManagerDelegate that you supply.

The answer of RedBlueThing worked quite well for me. Here is some sample code of how I did it.

Header

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>

@interface yourController : UIViewController <CLLocationManagerDelegate> {
    CLLocationManager *locationManager;
}

@end

MainFile

In the init method

locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
locationManager.delegate = self;
locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
[locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

Callback function

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation {
    NSLog(@"OldLocation %f %f", oldLocation.coordinate.latitude, oldLocation.coordinate.longitude);
    NSLog(@"NewLocation %f %f", newLocation.coordinate.latitude, newLocation.coordinate.longitude);
}

iOS 6

In iOS 6 the delegate function was deprecated. The new delegate is

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateLocations:(NSArray *)locations

Therefore to get the new position use

[locations lastObject]

iOS 8

In iOS 8 the permission should be explicitly asked before starting to update location

locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
locationManager.delegate = self;
locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;
locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;

if ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] floatValue] >= 8.0)
    [self.locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization];

[locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

You also have to add a string for the NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription or NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription keys to the app's Info.plist. Otherwise calls to startUpdatingLocation will be ignored and your delegate will not receive any callback.

And at the end when you are done reading location call stopUpdating location at suitable place.

[locationManager stopUpdatingLocation];