CLLocation Manager in Swift to get Location of User

Question

I am trying to convert an old app in ObjC to Swift as a practice exercise and have ran in to some issues. The way I had it in the old app, it was establishing the CLLocatio

Answer 1

This will ask for permission and track if given permission else quit with an alert. Stops tracking on back button press.

info.plist

<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>Allow tracking while completing a survey</string>

Class:

import UIKit
import CoreLocation    

class LocationViewController: BaseViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate {

        // MARK: Constants

        private static let enableLocationServices = [
            "title" : "Location",
            "message" : "Enable location services",
            "buttonTitle" : "OK"
        ]

        // MARK: Private variables

        private var manager: CLLocationManager?

        // MARK: UIViewCOntroller methods

        @IBAction func backButtonPressed(sender : UIButton) {
            stopTracking()
            detatchLocationManager()
            dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
        }

        override func viewDidLoad() {
            super.viewDidLoad()

            attachLocationManager()    
        }

        // Mark: Location

        func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager,
                             didChangeAuthorizationStatus status: CLAuthorizationStatus)
        {
            if status == .AuthorizedAlways {
                manager.startUpdatingLocation()
            } else if status != .NotDetermined {
                showEnableLocationServicesAlert()
            }
        }

        func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
            for location in locations {
                getDependencyService().getProject().appendLocationTrackingFile(location.timestamp, latitude: location.coordinate.latitude, longitude: location.coordinate.longitude)
            }
        }

        // MARK: LocationViewController

        private func attachLocationManager() {
            manager = CLLocationManager()
            manager?.delegate = self
            manager?.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest

            if CLLocationManager.authorizationStatus() != .AuthorizedAlways {
                manager?.requestAlwaysAuthorization()
            } else if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
                startTracking()
            }
        }

        private func detatchLocationManager() {
            manager?.stopUpdatingLocation()
            manager?.delegate = nil
            manager = nil
        }

        private func startTracking() {
            manager?.startUpdatingLocation()
        }

        private func stopTracking() {
            manager?.stopUpdatingLocation()
        }

        private func showEnableLocationServicesAlert() {
getDependencyService().getUiHelper().showAlert(FrogFirstSurveyViewController.enableLocationServices, completion: {
                self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
            })
        }

    }