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Longer subtitles in MapView annotations (swift)


I have a mapView with annotations displaying titles and subtitles. The subtitles are sometimes longer than the width of the annotation, so I am wondering if i can make them multiline? It's coded like this so far:

func annotate(newCoordinate, title: String, subtitle: String) {
    let annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
    annotation.coordinate = newCoordinate
    annotation.title = title
    annotation.subtitle = subtitle
    self.map.addAnnotation(annotation)    
}

Then i have a few options set in

func mapView(mapView: MKMapView, viewForAnnotation annotation: MKAnnotation) -> MKAnnotationView? {...}

which are not relevant here.

Is it posible to make a custom annotation view? I've tried a couple of things, but nothing worked. The closest I can get is adding a button to display the longer subtitle separately, but i'd rather have it inside the annotation.

Is it possible?


Solution

  • I figured it out, I added a label in viewForAnnotation and it just worked

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    func mapView(mapView: MKMapView, viewForAnnotation annotation: MKAnnotation) -> MKAnnotationView? {
    
        if annotation is MKUserLocation {
            //return nil so map view draws "blue dot" for standard user location
            return nil
        }
    
        let reuseId = "pin"
    
        var pinView = mapView.dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier(reuseId) as? MKPinAnnotationView
        if pinView == nil {
            pinView = MKPinAnnotationView(annotation: annotation, reuseIdentifier: reuseId)
            pinView!.canShowCallout = true
        }
        else {
            pinView!.annotation = annotation
        }
    
        //THIS IS THE GOOD BIT
        let subtitleView = UILabel()
        subtitleView.font = subtitleView.font.fontWithSize(12)
        subtitleView.numberOfLines = 0
        subtitleView.text = annotation.subtitle!
        pinView!.detailCalloutAccessoryView = subtitleView
    
    
        return pinView
    }