How to hide default labels on Google Maps iOS SDK

Question

I am using GoogleMapSDK v1.8 on my latest iOS app. Is it possible to display a normal map (kGMSTypeNormal) without any of the default labels?

Answer 1

Map Types You can customize your map with one of several map types. A map's type governs the overall representation of the map. For example, an atlas usually contains political maps that focus on showing boundaries, and road maps that show all of the roads for a city or region. The Google Maps SDK for iOS offers the following types of maps:

Type Value Description

Normal kGMSTypeNormal Typical road map. Roads, some man-made features, and important natural features such as rivers are shown. Road and feature labels are also visible. This is the default map mode in Google Maps for iOS.

Hybrid kGMSTypeHybrid Satellite photograph data with road maps added. Road and feature labels are also visible. This map type can be enabled on the Google Maps app for iOS by turning on the Satellite view.

Satellite kGMSTypeSatellite Satellite photograph data. Road and feature labels are not visible. This made is not available in Google Maps for iOS.

Terrain kGMSTypeTerrain Topographic data. The map includes colors, contour lines and labels, and perspective shading. Some roads and labels are also visible.

None kGMSTypeNone No map tiles. The base map tiles will not be rendered. This mode is useful in conjunction with tile layers. The display of traffic data will be disabled when the map type is set to none. Change the Map Type

To set the type of a map, assign a new value to the GMSMapView.mapType property. For example, to display a satellite map type:

GMSCameraPosition *camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithLatitude:-33.8683 longitude:151.2086 zoom:6]; mapView_ = [GMSMapView mapWithFrame:CGRectZero camera:camera]; mapView_.mapType = kGMSTypeSatellite;

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios/map

I believe that is a no and I found no api on the gmsmapview to hide them. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios/reference/interface_g_m_s_map_view