assign GMSMapView to UIView in Swift

Question

I have created these two variables

var googleMap = GMSMapView()

@IBOutlet weak var mapView: UIView!

I'm assigning googleMap to mapView in viewDidLoad()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        self.mapView = self.googleMap //Throwing error as 'Google Maps SDK for iOS must be initialized via [GMSServices provideAPIKey:...] prior to use'
}

I'm providing key in AppDelegate.swift

func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool {
    // Override point for customization after application launch.
    GMSServices.provideAPIKey("AIzaSyB6aQxEmza-wUpOPU60aREWReRIAEAvrHs")
    return true
}

Can anyone point me in the direction to solve this?

Answer 1

You do not assign the GMSMapView to your UIView in that way. Here's how you do it

Change the class of your UIView to GMSMapView