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I was wondering if in iOS 6 you can launch a MKMapItem embedded into a MKMapView inside the app itself without having to launch the MapApp? Or will I have to make a call to a URL in order to embed this into a web view? Thanks in advance

brmcdani44
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  • What was the outcome on this? Have you figured out about annotations? – matt Oct 08 '12 at 15:35
  • Yeah I have it marking my annotations I just haven't figured out how to draw the overlay. It would be nice if you could get the map view – brmcdani44 Oct 08 '12 at 22:40
  • I have the app marking my annotations I just haven't had time to figure out how to draw the map overlay. After thinking about this I decided it would be nice if the MapApp could return the user's chosen routes distance to the original app. If that were the case, I would just send the user to the map app, ask them to select the route they will take, then kick back over to the original app and then I do all my calculations with the given routes distance. Then just never display the chosen route again unless the user wants to choose a different route. – brmcdani44 Oct 08 '12 at 22:44

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Why would you want to do that? MKMapItem is about communicating with the Maps app, so it makes no sense to speak of MKMapItem except under those circumstances. If you want to show a map in your own app, place an annotation at a point, etc., just go ahead and do so, exactly as in iOS 5.

matt
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  • Just to give the user confidence that he/she typed in the correct beginning address and ending address in a small control displayed on a map as well as retrieve the distance in miles so I can do some calculations. – brmcdani44 Oct 04 '12 at 02:28
  • Read what I said. You don't need an MKMapItem for any of that. – matt Oct 04 '12 at 04:00