MKAnnotationView update title and subtitle with distance when event is received

Question

I'm developing an iphone app using mapkit and CLLocationManager.

I put lots of MKPinAnnotationView on map (about 100) and I want to update all callout's subtitle whith user distance when I receive it.

How to do it ?

Thanks

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I try this to update subtitle callout with new location but it didn't work well.

In my MyAppDelegate.h

extern NSString * const GMAP_USERLOCATION_CHANGED; 

@interface MyAppDelegate : NSObject <UIApplicationDelegate> {
    CLLocationManager *locationManager;
    CLLocation *userLocation;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) CLLocationManager *locationManager;
@property (nonatomic, retain) CLLocation *userLocation;
@end

In my MyAppDelegate.m

@implementation MyAppDelegate

NSString * const GMAP_USERLOCATION_CHANGED = @"gMapUserLocationChanged"; 
@synthesize locationManager, userLocation;

- (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(UIApplication *)application
{    
    userLocation = nil;
    [[self locationManager] startUpdatingLocation];

    [window addSubview:tabBarController.view];
    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
}

#pragma mark -
#pragma mark Core Location delegate
- (CLLocationManager *)locationManager 
{
    if (locationManager != nil) 
 {
        return locationManager;
    }

    locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
    locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters;
    locationManager.delegate = self;

    return locationManager; 
}

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager
     didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation
                   fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation 
{
 self.userLocation = newLocation;
 // send notification to defaulcenter
 NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
 [nc postNotificationName:GMAP_USERLOCATION_CHANGED object:self.userLocation];
}


- (void)dealloc {
    [window release];
    [locationManager release];
    [userLocation release];

    [super dealloc];
}

@end

I made a customAnnotationView named MyAnnotation.

in MyAnnotation.h :

@interface MyAnnotation : MKPinAnnotationView<MKAnnotation>
{
 double longitude;
 double latitude;
 NSString *title;
 NSString *subtitle;

}

@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *title;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSString *subtitle;
@property double longitude;
@property double latitude;
@end

in MyAnnotation.m :

#import "MyAnnotation.h"
#import "MyAppDelegate.h"

@implementation MyAnnotation

@synthesize title, subtitle;
@synthesize longitude;
@synthesize latitude;

-(id)initWithAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation reuseIdentifier:(NSString *)reuseIdentifier
{
 self = [super initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:reuseIdentifier];
 if (self != nil) 
 {
  NSLog(@"add observer");
  NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
  [nc addObserver:self selector:@selector(receivedNewUserLocation:) name:GMAP_USERLOCATION_CHANGED object:nil];
 }
 return self;
}

- (void)setTitleAndSubtitle 
{
 [self setTitleAndSubtitle:nil];
}

- (id)setTitleAndSubtitle:(CLLocation*)userLocation
{
 CLLocationDistance dist = -1;

 if(userLocation)
 {
  CLLocation *poiLoc = [[CLLocation alloc] initWithLatitude:self.latitude longitude:self.longitude];
  dist = [userLocation distanceFromLocation:poiLoc] / 1000;
  NSLog(@"distance is now %.f", dist);
 }

 title = @"the Title of the poi!";

 subtitle = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Distance: %@", 
    dist > -1 ? [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%.2f km", dist] : @"-"
    ];

 return self;
}

- (void)receivedNewUserLocation:(NSNotification *)userLocationNotification
{
 CLLocation *userlocation = (CLLocation*)[userLocationNotification object];
 [self setTitleAndSubtitle:userlocation];
}

- (CLLocationCoordinate2D)coordinate;
{
    CLLocationCoordinate2D theCoordinate;
    theCoordinate.latitude = latitude;
    theCoordinate.longitude = longitude;
    return theCoordinate; 
}

- (NSString *)title
{
    return title;
}

- (NSString *)subtitle
{
    return subtitle;
}

- (void)dealloc
{ 
    [title release];
    [subtitle release];

    NSNotificationCenter *nc = [NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter];
    [nc removeObserver:self];

    [super dealloc];
}
@end

In the end I use it like that in my MapViewController (I put only the viewForAnnotation delegate method here):

- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)theMapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation
{
    // if it's the user location, just return nil.
    if ([annotation isKindOfClass:[MKUserLocation class]])
        return nil;

    MyAnnotation *annotationView = nil;
    MyAnnotation* myAnnotation = (MyAnnotation *)annotation;
    // try to dequeue an existing pin view first
    NSString* identifier = @"CustomMapAnnotation";
    MyAnnotation *customPinView = (MyAnnotation *)[self.mapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:identifier];


    if(nil == customPinView) 
    {
 // if an existing pin view was not available, create one
 customPinView = [[[MyAnnotation alloc]
    initWithAnnotation:myAnnotation 
    reuseIdentifier:identifier] 
    autorelease];

 customPinView.animatesDrop = YES;
 customPinView.canShowCallout = YES;
    }

    annotationView = customPinView;
    [annotationView setEnabled:YES];
    [annotationView setCanShowCallout:YES];

    return annotationView;
}

After all of this subtitle is not update after the mkannotation is load on map.... What's wrong ?

thanks for your help...

Answer 1

When you update the title, you should notify the MKAnnotationView to update the callout view, by whichever KVO manner that fits your need best, e.g.:

1. synthesize or implement setter for title and use

   self.title = @"new title";
   

2. use explicit KVO notifications

   [self willChangeValueForKey:@"title"];
   [title release];
   title = [newTitle copy];
   [self didChangeValueForKey:@"title"];
   

Ditto for subtitle.