Pulling coordinates for MapView annotations from MySQL database, but annotations aren't showing? - objective-c

Question

I'm trying to pull coordinates for my MapView from a MySQL database, but for some reason my coordinates just aren't showing up on the MapView?
See below my code.
MapViewController.h file
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
#interface MapViewController : UIViewController <MKMapViewDelegate>
#property (nonatomic, strong) IBOutlet MKMapView *mapView;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *dispensaries;
#property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableData *data;
#end
MapViewController.m
#import "MapViewController.h"
#import "MapViewAnnotation.h"
#import "JSONKit.h"
#implementation MapViewController
#synthesize mapView;
#synthesize dispensaries;
#synthesize data;
#pragma mark - View lifecycle
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidUnload];
NSLog(#"Getting Device Locations");
NSString *hostStr = #"http://stylerepublicmagazine.com/dispensaries.php";
NSData *dataURL = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:hostStr]];
NSString *serverOutput = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:dataURL encoding: NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSLog(#"server output: %#", serverOutput);
NSMutableArray *array = [[[serverOutput objectFromJSONString] mutableCopy] autorelease];
dispensaries = [serverOutput objectFromJSONString];
NSLog(#"%#", [serverOutput objectFromJSONString]);
for (NSDictionary *dictionary in array) {
assert([dictionary respondsToSelector:#selector(objectForKey:)]);
CLLocationCoordinate2D coord = {[[dictionary objectForKey:#"lat"] doubleValue], [[dictionary objectForKey:#"lng"] doubleValue]};
MapViewAnnotation *ann = [[MapViewAnnotation alloc] init];
ann.title = [dictionary objectForKey:#"Name"];
ann.coordinate = coord;
[mapView addAnnotation:ann];
}
[mapView setMapType:MKMapTypeStandard];
[mapView setZoomEnabled:YES];
[mapView setScrollEnabled:YES];
self.mapView.delegate = self;
}
- (void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView didUpdateUserLocation:(MKUserLocation *)userLocation {
MKCoordinateRegion region = MKCoordinateRegionMakeWithDistance(userLocation.coordinate, 800, 800);
[self.mapView setRegion:[self.mapView regionThatFits:region] animated:YES];
MKPointAnnotation *point = [[MKPointAnnotation alloc] init];
point.coordinate = userLocation.coordinate;
point.title = #"You Are Here";
point.subtitle = #"Your current location";
[self.mapView addAnnotation:point];
}
MapViewAnnotation.h
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <MapKit/MKAnnotation.h>
#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>
#interface MapViewAnnotation : NSObject <MKAnnotation> {
CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate;
NSString *title;
NSString *subtitle;
}
#property (nonatomic, assign) CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate;
#property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *title;
#property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *subtitle;
#end
MapViewAnnotation.m
#import "MapViewAnnotation.h"
#implementation MapViewAnnotation
#synthesize title, coordinate, subtitle;
-(void)dealloc{
[title release];
[super dealloc];
}
#end

Answer 1

this seems to be an issue with you expecting the wrong JSON:
You wrap the serverOutput in an array:
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray arrayWithObject:[serverOutput objectFromJSONString]];
You try to access a JKDictionary (Json Kit dictionary) WITCH is infact an array and therefore doesn't answer to objectForKey:
try to make sure:
for (NSDictionary *dictionary in array) {
assert([dictionary respondsToSelector:#selector(objectForKey:)]);
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potential Solution
I believe your extra wrapping makes it bad. try:
NSMutableArray *array = [[[serverOutput objectFromJSONString] mutableCopy] autorelease];