MKMapView with address

Question

is there a way to make the MKMapView place a pin with a given address? Without using the Coordinates

Thanks

Answer 1

Since this result is in the first page when you make a Google search, I think it's good to give a fresher solution than the Google geocoding (limited). It's better to use an Apple geocoder:

NSString *location = @"your address";

CLGeocoder *geocoder = [CLGeocoder new];
[geocoder geocodeAddressString:location
             completionHandler:^(NSArray* placemarks, NSError* error){
                 if (error) {
                     NSLog(@"%@", error);
                 } else if ([placemarks count]) {
                     CLPlacemark *topResult = [placemarks firstObject];
                     MKPlacemark *placemark = [[MKPlacemark alloc] initWithPlacemark:topResult];


                     MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(placemark.coordinate, 5000, 5000);

                     [self.mapView setRegion:region animated:YES];
                     [self.mapView addAnnotation:placemark];
                 }
             }];