I wonder if it is possible to use the standard Apple Maps annotations for restaurants, coffee places, libraries etc, inside an iOS application.
Do I as a developer have access to the annotation images seen below so that I can subclass MKAnnotationView and use those images?
Apple Maps:
You don't have API-level access, but check out https://github.com/0xced/iOS-Artwork-Extractor as a possible way to pull the imagery out of the frameworks. I've used this to grab certain assets for the MapBox iOS SDK to make it look like MapKit.
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currently i am working on native map in Titanium for android and iOS.
you might have seen native maps on which a custom image layer or layout is being displayed, which will rotate and zoom according to the user input (currently i am not talking about annotations)
i have tried using annotation map tile too but it doesn't seems to work as the native map app i have seen
if you have any question or are not able to understand my question please let me know so i could clarify and get solution for one of you
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Can you give a better explanation of what you've tried?
you might already know about mapbox.com and leafletjs.com, by using their library we could make customize maps and offline map in webview but i am looking for some Titanium module which could help me use native map of iOS and android for performing similar functionalities(i am avoiding commercial library and plugins as my app is not commercial app). i want to create map tiles which could be used for offline purpose as the user would have downloaded with the app.
what i have tried yet!!
1: http://i.stack.imgur.com/CLiNh.jpg
2: http://i.stack.imgur.com/QOLO7.jpg
in first image link i have given image in which i showing screenshot of map with rotation (if you notice compass) and the map tile moved accordingly to it
in 2nd image ... i had put a map tile using createAnnontation function, but unable to fix its layout remains same and it doesn't resize when i do zoom in/out too
I assume you are talking about custom tiles on top of a MapView.
There is an example module for iOS at https://github.com/benbahrenburg/benCoding.Map which used the Titanium map module as a base. It is a bit dated, but see the TileOverlay example and code and it will get you on the right track.
The best tutorial I've found on how to create the tiles is at http://www.ericbinnion.com/creating-custom-overlays-for-ios-mapkit-framework/
I've tried to create a similar TileOverlay functionality by forking the Android map module with limited success. I never got it to work as well as the native maps.
You could also check out using Mapbox with Titanium. There are great tutorials and tools for creating your own tiles layers and manipulating existing layers. Adam Paxton gave a great demo of it at TiConf in New York this year.
We can place iOS specific app icon and launch image in Asset Catalog. Can we place other images used for buttons, bars or other UI elements in the Asset Catalog to be used with specific iOS versions? Or there is only way to do these programmatically?
I have the same problem. It would have been really nice, if Apple had developed a more flexible asset management, like Android (for example) has since many years...
Regarding your question: According to the official documentation, there is no such way (at least I could not read anything about it) at the moment (iOS 7).
I'm new to iOS programming and one thing I don't get. I have an app idea, I paid for graphic designer to make me a UI design. He sent me a layered psd with custom designed controls, layout etc. Everything is custom designed, not using standard iOS looking controls as I wanted.
The question is how can be this custom design converted to iOS controls, layout and so?
If I consider a Facebook iPad application or Foursquare iPhone application, are that just "skinned" iOS standard controls, or is it written in HTML5 and just wrapped by Objective-C? If so, how?
Thank you
I recommend that you use Objective-C for native applications. Most controls provide support for "skinning" by allowing you to provide your own images. For example, UISlider has methods to set minimum and maximum image, the track image and tint color as well as the thumb image and tint color. Ray Wenderlich often provides great tutorials on his site that are worth checking out.
How to draw an overlay on the mapview?
See a discussion on MacRumors.
Brief version: use iphone-google-maps-component as a way around not being able to overlay on the mapview.
Basically iphone-google-maps-component is:
A component that you can add to your iPhone application to access all basic features of Google Maps (similar to Android's MapView). It uses a UIWebView in the background to load the HTML/Javascript version of Google Maps, and offers a set of Objective-C methods that mimic a subset of the original Javascript methods for controlling the map. It currently supports setting the center location and zooming & panning using the touch interface. You can see it in action
I am talking about the navigation area on the left side of iTunes for Library and Playlists. I'm wondering if this is a built in class (which I couldn't find documented) or something custom implemented by Apple.
I'm working an a mac application where I want to include that type of navigation. I want to allow people to "fold" the categories up by using the triangles. Do I need to write a custom implementation of this, or can I use some control in Interface Builder or some open source library?
Thanks!
The bar is called a source list. In 10.5, you can use an NSTableView for this, as described here. Before 10.5, you'll have to resort to third-party implementations.
See also: "How would one implement a sidebar similar to Mail/iTunes/Finder/etc in Cocoa/IB?"
You can also use NSOutlineView, as shown in this example