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I want to know if is it not at all possible to use Google maps on iOS 6 ?

I had one App prepared and now when I am using it iOS 6, It automatically takes Apple maps !

Since I dont want to use Apple maps, So I want to know if any how,Is it possible to use Google maps on iOS 6 !

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You can still google maps, but not on mapkit. The google maps has a very useful API you can use to generate the maps. You won't be able to use MKMapKit thou, but you can use google's static maps API to show the map content.

Edit: here's a new open source project with google maps tile Link and here is a link for the alternative, official, bing maps toolkit Link

J2theC
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  • Also what i want to ask is, Will Apple approve the App with Google API..? – Shailesh Sep 27 '12 at 17:08
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    Yes. You can also use the Bing maps toolkit. Check the updated information. – J2theC Sep 27 '12 at 17:11
  • Hello again @J2theC, Have you used first link you had provided ? Because, it is not working for me, I am still getting the Apple map. – Shailesh Sep 28 '12 at 06:30
  • You are getting apple maps with a tile overlay of google maps. If you look closer at the data inside the map, you can tell it's google maps. You cal also check that it's connecting to google maps api – J2theC Sep 28 '12 at 14:57
  • We get the Google name at the bottom left side of the screen if its a Google map, right..? I am getting " legal ". Doesnt it mean its an Apple map ..? – Shailesh Sep 28 '12 at 15:51
  • Note that this is not a framework, but an static image. You can resize the static image to include the google maps brand inside the map. – J2theC Sep 28 '12 at 19:38
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The website maps.google.com works fine.

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You could now. Google present iOS SDK for iOS 6. http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-new-way-to-add-google-maps-to-your.html

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