Draw a circle of 1000m radius around users location in MKMapView

Question

(Using iOS 5 and Xcode 4.2)

I have an MKMapView and want to draw a circle of 1000m radius around the user location.

On the surface it would seem tha

Answer 1

Try to use the code from Apple Breadcrumb example

Answer 2

Try a custom overlay. Add this in viewDidLoad:

MKCircle *circle = [MKCircle circleWithCenterCoordinate:userLocation.coordinate radius:1000];
[map addOverlay:circle];

userLocation can be obtained by storing the MKUserLocationAnnotation as a property. Then, to actually draw the circle, put this in the map view's delegate:

- (MKOverlayRenderer *)mapView:(MKMapView *)map viewForOverlay:(id <MKOverlay>)overlay
{
    MKCircleRenderer *circleView = [[MKCircleRenderer alloc] initWithOverlay:overlay];
    circleView.strokeColor = [UIColor redColor];
    circleView.fillColor = [[UIColor redColor] colorWithAlphaComponent:0.4];
    return circleView;
}

Answer 3

An updated version for iOS 8.0 using Swift.

import Foundation
import MapKit

class MapViewController: UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate, MKMapViewDelegate{
    var locationManager: CLLocationManager = CLLocationManager()

    @IBOutlet var mapView: MKMapView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        // We use a predefined location
        var location = CLLocation(latitude: 46.7667 as CLLocationDegrees, longitude: 23.58 as CLLocationDegrees)

        addRadiusCircle(location)
    }

    func addRadiusCircle(location: CLLocation){
        self.mapView.delegate = self
        var circle = MKCircle(centerCoordinate: location.coordinate, radius: 10000 as CLLocationDistance)
        self.mapView.addOverlay(circle)
    }

    func mapView(mapView: MKMapView!, rendererForOverlay overlay: MKOverlay!) -> MKOverlayRenderer! {
        if overlay is MKCircle {
            var circle = MKCircleRenderer(overlay: overlay)
            circle.strokeColor = UIColor.redColor()
            circle.fillColor = UIColor(red: 255, green: 0, blue: 0, alpha: 0.1)
            circle.lineWidth = 1
            return circle
        } else {
            return nil
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

I didn't understand benwad answer. So here is clearer answer:

It's pretty easy to add a circle. Conform to MKMapViewDelegate

@interface MyViewController : UIViewController <MKMapViewDelegate>
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet MKMapView *mapView;
@end

In viewDidLoad, Create a circle annotation and add it to the map:

CLLocationCoordinate2D center = {39.0, -74.00};

// Add an overlay
MKCircle *circle = [MKCircle circleWithCenterCoordinate:center radius:150000];
[self.mapView addOverlay:circle];

Then implement mapView:viewForOverlay: to return the view.

- (MKOverlayView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForOverlay:(id<MKOverlay>)overlay
{
    MKCircleView *circleView = [[MKCircleView alloc] initWithOverlay:overlay];
    [circleView setFillColor:[UIColor redColor]];
    [circleView setStrokeColor:[UIColor blackColor]];
    [circleView setAlpha:0.5f];
    return circleView;
}

But if you want the circle to always be the same size, no matter the zoom level, you'll have to do something different. Like you say, in regionDidChange:animated:, get the latitudeDelta, then create a new circle (with a radius that fits into the width), remove the old one and add the new one.

Note from me: don't forget to connect mapview with your view controller delegate. Otherwise viewForOverlay won't be called.

Answer 5

All I did is, After displaying the location on the map kit called the below function in the end.

@IBOutlet weak var mapView: GMSMapView!

var cirlce: GMSCircle!

override func viewDidLoad() {

    super.viewDidLoad()
    mapView.delegate = self
    circleview(redius: 5000) 

  }

//used this func to draw the circle

 func circleview(redius:Double) {

    let  circleCenter = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 13.3450223, longitude: 74.7512519)

    cirlce = GMSCircle(position: circleCenter, radius: redius)
    cirlce.fillColor = UIColor(red: 230.0/255.0, green: 230.0/255.0, blue: 250.0/255.0, alpha:1.0)
    cirlce.strokeColor = .blue
    cirlce.strokeWidth = 2
    cirlce.map = mapView
  }

Answer 6

- (MKOverlayView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForOverlay:(id<MKOverlay>)overlay

it is deprecated since iOS 4.0