Create overlay from user interaction on MKMapView?

Question

I have two questions,

1. How to create an overlay on a MKMapkitView from user\'s touch down events? i.e. To keep it simple, the user touches down and it creates a

Answer 1

Below is an example that creates a circle and drops a pin where the user touches and holds their finger for 1 second. It uses a UILongPressGestureRecognizer which is added to the mapView wherever the map is initialized (eg. viewDidLoad).

Make sure the mapView's delegate is set also.

// In viewDidLoad or where map is initialized...
UILongPressGestureRecognizer *lpgr = [[UILongPressGestureRecognizer alloc] initWithTarget:self action:@selector(handleLongPress:)];
lpgr.minimumPressDuration = 1.0;  //user must hold for 1 second
[mapView addGestureRecognizer:lpgr];
[lpgr release];

...

- (void)handleLongPress:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer
{
    if (gestureRecognizer.state != UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan)
        return;

    CGPoint touchPoint = [gestureRecognizer locationInView:mapView];    
    CLLocationCoordinate2D touchMapCoordinate = [mapView convertPoint:touchPoint toCoordinateFromView:mapView];

    //add pin where user touched down...
    MKPointAnnotation *pa = [[MKPointAnnotation alloc] init];
    pa.coordinate = touchMapCoordinate;
    pa.title = @"Hello";
    [mapView addAnnotation:pa];
    [pa release];

    //add circle with 5km radius where user touched down...
    MKCircle *circle = [MKCircle circleWithCenterCoordinate:touchMapCoordinate radius:5000];
    [mapView addOverlay:circle];
}

-(MKOverlayView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForOverlay:(id)overlay 
{
    MKCircleView* circleView = [[[MKCircleView alloc] initWithOverlay:overlay] autorelease];
    circleView.fillColor = [UIColor redColor];
    return circleView;
}

- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id )annotation
{
    static NSString *AnnotationIdentifier = @"Annotation";
    MKPinAnnotationView* pinView = (MKPinAnnotationView *)[mapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:AnnotationIdentifier];
    if (!pinView)
    {
        pinView = [[[MKPinAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:AnnotationIdentifier] autorelease];
        pinView.pinColor = MKPinAnnotationColorGreen;
        pinView.animatesDrop = YES;
    }
    else
    {
        pinView.annotation = annotation;
    }
    return pinView;
}