How to get Current Location using SwiftUI, without ViewControllers?

Question

I\'ve prepared in my project the following class to retrieve the user current location:

LocationManager.swift

import Foundation
import CoreLocation


class Loca         


        

Answer 1

You could create an ObservedObject of your LocationManager by implementing the ObservableObject protocol.

With the @Published attribute you can create a publisher object which notify the observers (your view, in this case) when something changes inside that object.

That's why in my LocationManager I added the @Published attribute to those var:

1. locationStatus: CLAuthorizationStatus? it contains the value received from didChangeAuthorization delegate method
2. lastLocation: CLLocation? it contains the last location calculated by the didUpdateLocations delegate method

LocationManager

import Foundation
import CoreLocation
import Combine

class LocationManager: NSObject, ObservableObject {

    override init() {
        super.init()
        self.locationManager.delegate = self
        self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
        self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
        self.locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
    }

    @Published var locationStatus: CLAuthorizationStatus? {
        willSet {
            objectWillChange.send()
        }
    }

    @Published var lastLocation: CLLocation? {
        willSet {
            objectWillChange.send()
        }
    }

    var statusString: String {
        guard let status = locationStatus else {
            return "unknown"
        }

        switch status {
        case .notDetermined: return "notDetermined"
        case .authorizedWhenInUse: return "authorizedWhenInUse"
        case .authorizedAlways: return "authorizedAlways"
        case .restricted: return "restricted"
        case .denied: return "denied"
        default: return "unknown"
        }

    }

    let objectWillChange = PassthroughSubject()

    private let locationManager = CLLocationManager()
}

extension LocationManager: CLLocationManagerDelegate {

    func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didChangeAuthorization status: CLAuthorizationStatus) {
        self.locationStatus = status
        print(#function, statusString)
    }

    func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
        guard let location = locations.last else { return }
        self.lastLocation = location
        print(#function, location)
    }

}

View

In your view you need to create only an instance of LocationManager marked as @ObservedObject

import SwiftUI

struct MyView: View {

    @ObservedObject var locationManager = LocationManager()

    var userLatitude: String {
        return "\(locationManager.lastLocation?.coordinate.latitude ?? 0)"
    }

    var userLongitude: String {
        return "\(locationManager.lastLocation?.coordinate.longitude ?? 0)"
    }

    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Text("location status: \(locationManager.statusString)")
            HStack {
                Text("latitude: \(userLatitude)")
                Text("longitude: \(userLongitude)")
            }
        }
    }
}

struct MyView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        MyView()
    }
}