The Places You'll Go!

Originally given at CocoaConf Raleigh on November 30, 2012.

Come learn how to integrate iOS 6 maps directly into your apps and find out what's required to get your app listed in the marketplace of Transit apps.

With the release of iOS 6, Apple has redesigned MapKit from the ground up to use an incredible new vector-based graphics engine. Although this new engine allows for a level of interactivity which simply wasn't possible under previous releases of iOS, it's just as easy to embed standard or custom maps within iOS apps. In addition, the release of iOS 6 has created a whole new opportunity for developers to create Routing applications which can provide region-specific transit information which is integrated directly into the Maps.app.

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1. The Places
   You’ll Go! ! What’s New for MapKit in iOS 6 CocoaConf Raleigh - Nov 2012 Jay Thrash :: jay.thrash@mac.com :: @jaythrash
2. Map Kit • Vector Cartography • Responsive Zoom/ Pan/Rotate • Reduced Bandwidth All New!
3. Map Kit
4. Existing Apps?
5. Existing Apps? It Just Works!!
6. ! • Same API • Same Display Modes • Existing Annotations & Overlays Supported Existing Apps
7. New MKMapItem
8. New Encapsulates information about a specific point on a map MKMapItem Apps use this class to launch Maps app with that data Control Map modes, placemarks, regions
9. Open in Maps ! CLLocationCoordinate2D latLong; latLong.latitude = 35.88409f; latLong.longitude = -78.844218f; ! MKPlacemark *placemark = [[MKPlacemark alloc] initWithCoordinate:latLong addressDictionary:@{ (NSString *) kABPersonAddressStreetKey : @"4810 Page Creek Lane", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressCityKey : @"Durham", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressStateKey : @"NC", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressZIPKey : @"27703", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressCountryKey : @"United States"}]; ! MKMapItem *location = [[MKMapItem alloc] initWithPlacemark:placemark]; [location openInMapsWithLaunchOptions:nil]; Basic Placemark
10. Open in Maps Basic Placemark
11. ! CLLocationCoordinate2D latLong; latLong.latitude = 35.88409f; latLong.longitude = -78.844218f; ! MKPlacemark *placemark = [[MKPlacemark alloc] initWithCoordinate:latLong addressDictionary:@{ (NSString *) kABPersonAddressStreetKey : @"4810 Page Creek Lane", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressCityKey : @"Durham", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressStateKey : @"NC", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressZIPKey : @"27703", (NSString *) kABPersonAddressCountryKey: @"United States"}]; ! MKMapItem *location = [[MKMapItem alloc] initWithPlacemark:placemark] ! location.name = @"CocoaConf Raleigh"; location.phoneNumber = @"9199416000"; location.url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www......"]; ! [location openInMapsWithLaunchOptions:nil]; Open in Maps Detailed Placemark
12. Open in Maps Detailed Placemark
13. Open in Maps NSArray *upcomingLocations = @[ cocoaConfChicago, cocoaConfDC, cocoaConfDallas, cocoaConfSanJose]; ! // Class Method to open multiple MKMapItems [MKMapItem openMapsWithItems:upcomingLocations launchOptions:nil]; Multiple MKMapItems
14. Open in Maps Multiple MKMapItems
15. Open in Maps ... ! MKMapItem *location = [[MKMapItem alloc] initWithPlacemark:placemark] location.name = @"CocoaConf Raleigh"; location.phoneNumber = @"9199416000"; location.url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www......"]; ! [location openInMapsWithLaunchOptions:@{ MKLaunchOptionsMapTypeKey: [NSNumber numberWithInteger:MKMapTypeHybrid] }]; With Map Type
16. Open in Maps With Map Type
17. Open in Maps ... ! MKCoordinateRegion rgn = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(location.placemark.location.coordinate, 150, 150); ! [location openInMapsWithLaunchOptions:@{ MKLaunchOptionsMapTypeKey:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:MKMapTypeHybrid], MKLaunchOptionsMapCenterKey:[NSValue valueWithMKCoordinate:location.placemark.location.coordinate], MKLaunchOptionsMapSpanKey:[NSValue valueWithMKCoordinateSpan:rgn.span] }]; ! With Region
18. Open in Maps With Region
19. Open in Maps ... ! [location openInMapsWithLaunchOptions:@{ MKLaunchOptionsDirectionsModeKey: MKLaunchOptionsDirectionsModeDriving }]; With Directions
20. Open in Maps With Directions
21. Open in Maps ... ! NSArray *routeLocations = @[cocoaConfColumbus, cocoaConfPortland]; ! // Class Method [MKMapItem openMapsWithItems:routeLocations launchOptions: @{ MKLaunchOptionsDirectionsModeKey: MKLaunchOptionsDirectionsModeDriving } ]; Custom Directions
22. MKMapItem
23. Routing Apps
24. Routing Apps Adaptive Transportation
25. Routing Apps Great Opportunity!
26. Enable Transit Support 1.Enable Maps Integration 2.Specify Geographic Relevance 3.Accept Locations from Maps 4.Optimize UX
27. Xcode Demo
29. Thanks! ! jay.thrash@mac.com jay@airdropapps.com