Question

I have a MKMapView with it’s delegate set to my controller (m) class.

Code below:

-(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
// Create location manager object
    locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];

    // Make this instance of WhereamiAppDelegate the delegate
    // it will send its messages to our WhereamiApplDelegate
    [locationManager setDelegate:self];

    // We want all results from the location manager
    [locationManager setDistanceFilter:kCLDistanceFilterNone];

    [locationManager setDesiredAccuracy:kCLLocationAccuracyBest];
    [mapView setShowsUserLocation:YES];

    [window makeKeyAndVisible];
    return YES;

}

However, all I am seeing is a map of the world without a blue annotation dot?

Answer 1

The simulator does not “really” support that. If you bypass enough checks, it will display Apple’s HQ. Any GPS testing you need a real device.

EDIT: I believe that you can drop a pin and it will display that but as far as callbacks from CLLocationManager (via CLLocationManagerDelegate), it ain’t happin in the simulator; at least the most recent ones. I can’t speak for anything prior to 3.0…