How to extract country and city from MKLocalSearchCompletion?

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I receive MKLocalSearchCompletion items from MKLocalSearchCompleter to its delegate. Every MKLocalSearchCompletion contains a title and a subtitle, the subtitle is an address. I need to extract a city and a country from the address. Please help!

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 18 '17 at 12:20

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Please use the following code:

MKLocalSearchRequest *request = [[MKLocalSearchRequest alloc] init];
request.naturalLanguageQuery = @"1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014"; 
request.region = _mapView.region;
MKLocalSearch *search = [[MKLocalSearch alloc] initWithRequest:request];
[search startWithCompletionHandler:^(MKLocalSearchResponse *response, NSError *error) {
    //NSLog(@"Map Items: %@", response.mapItems);
    if (response.mapItems.count>0) {
        for (MKMapItem *item in response.mapItems) {
            //NSLog(@"Place: %@",[item valueForKey:@"place"]);
            NSDictionary *dictStructuredAddress = [[[item valueForKey:@"place"] valueForKey:@"address"] valueForKey:@"structuredAddress"];
            NSLog(@"Structured Address : %@",dictStructuredAddress); 
            NSLog(@"Country & City : %@ & %@",[dictStructuredAddress valueForKey@"country"],[dictStructuredAddress valueForKey@"locality"]);
        }
}];

Inside this dictStructuredAddress you can get country, city, etc.

edited Jan 18 '17 at 12:20

Arasuvel

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answered Jan 18 '17 at 11:31

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It doesn't have such values! – Michał Ziobro Mar 22 '19 at 14:46
some : 1 element - 0 : { isCurrentLocation = 0; name = Chile; placemark = "Chile, Chile @ <-34.57297600,-71.09573240> +/- 0.00m, region CLCircularRegion (identifier:'<-39.31833481,-87.92901825> radius 2628724.37', center:<-39.31833481,-87.92901825>, radius:2628724.37m)"; timeZone = "America/Santiago (GMT-3) offset -10800 (Daylight)"; } – Michał Ziobro Mar 22 '19 at 14:47
This is awesome, but I am having trouble converting it to Swift, specifically the dictStructuredAddress with the chained valueForKey. – erickva May 02 '19 at 09:21
@erickva: print only `item["place"]` then you will get the actual keys. – Poles May 07 '19 at 13:20
@Poles what I found impossible was to parse the keys returned from item["place"], weirdly. – erickva May 17 '19 at 06:06

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '17 at 12:14

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MKLocalSearchCompletion does not "contain an address". It contains a title and subtitle. To get more information, use the MKLocalSearchCompletion to form an MKLocalSearchRequest and perform the MKLocalSearch.

answered Jan 18 '17 at 12:14

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How to extract country and city from MKLocalSearchCompletion?

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