hide blue dot while retrieving google map current location in IOS

Question

I am trying to add the default button to return to current Location within google map. I added the button using

self.mapView.myLocationButton = YES

But not able to hide the blue dot which is not required in my case.

If i set

self.mapView.myLocationEnabled = NO

It would remove the functionality to return back to current Location on pressing the current Location button.

Following is the code i've implemented

 - (void)viewDidLoad
 {
     [super viewDidLoad];
     // Do any additional setup after loading the view.

     self.mapView.delegate = self;

     self.mapView.settings.myLocationButton = YES;
     self.mapView.myLocationEnabled = YES;

 }

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 29 '14 at 11:07

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You can simply add the annotation view:

-(void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView didAddAnnotationViews:(NSArray *)views
{
    MKAnnotationView *note= [mapView viewForAnnotation:mapView.userLocation];
    note.hidden = YES;
}

In this way the map will still receive user's location updates but the blue dot is hidden. Remember that since this is a delegate method, you should correctly set the delegate.

answered Apr 29 '14 at 11:07

Antonio E.

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The question is about the GMSMapView and not the MKMapView. – Apr 29 '14 at 12:03

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '14 at 01:25

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self.mapView.myLocationEnabled = NO to hide the blue dot.
set a class to implement CLLocationManagerDelegate to track user's location.

answered Apr 30 '14 at 01:25

Black.Lee

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '14 at 11:08

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try

    self. mapView.showsUserLocation=NO;

answered Apr 29 '14 at 11:08

Ahsan

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If you set the `showsUserLocation=NO` the Map will stop to track user's location and thus the myLocationButton will be unusable. You can check it in the docs: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/MapKit/Reference/MKMapView_Class/MKMapView/MKMapView.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/MKMapView/showsUserLocation – Antonio E. Apr 29 '14 at 11:13

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '14 at 11:28

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Easier way would be to replace your annotation with view that has color as clearColor. This way our current location would be shown with an invisible annotation ;-)

answered May 28 '14 at 11:28

Mayur Deshmukh

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 11 '14 at 11:29

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Simply use mapView_.myLocationEnabled = NO;

Its solve your problem

answered Sep 11 '14 at 11:29

Soumya Ranjan

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score -1 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 22 '18 at 07:02

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In Swift 4x -

mapView.delegate = self
mapView.settings.myLocationButton = true
mapView.isMyLocationEnabled = true

answered Nov 22 '18 at 07:02

Abhishek Mishra

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set `mapView.isMyLocationEnabled = false` – Anurag Sharma Nov 29 '19 at 10:12

hide blue dot while retrieving google map current location in IOS

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