Google Maps GMSMapView on custom UIView

Question

I want to display google maps on a view that\'s then added to self.view, rather than drawing the map directly on self.view. Therefore, I created a

Answer 1

You can position a blank UIView in your layout, and set its class in the inspector as a GMSMapView. You won't need to programmatically instantiate it.

Then just get a reference via outlet to the view and set your coordinates/camera.

Answer 2

We can use zPosition in iOS.

If we have a view named salonDetailView, eg:

@IBOutlet weak var salonDetailView: UIView!

in my case see the image

and have UIView for GMSMapView, eg:

@IBOutlet weak var mapViewUI: GMSMapView!

To show salonDetailView upper of the mapViewUI use zPosition as below:

salonDetailView.layer.zPosition = 1