How to disable user interaction on MKMapView?

Question

How do you disable user interaction to an entire Map (MKMapView) in iOS? I just want to disable zooming, tapping, etc and show a static map. [self.mapView setUserInteractionEnabled:NO] didn't work. Found no working solutions via Google or other answers here on Stack (pls link if you find a working answer..). Targeting iOS 5. There should be an easier way to do this.

Answer 1

The key is to disable zooms and scrolls.

In Objective-C:

self.mapView.zoomEnabled = false;
self.mapView.scrollEnabled = false;
self.mapView.userInteractionEnabled = false;

Or Swift:

mapView.isZoomEnabled = false
mapView.isScrollEnabled = false
mapView.isUserInteractionEnabled = false

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By the way, if you want a static map, you might consider using MKMapSnapshotter instead. This creates an image representation of a map. If you have annotations or overlays, you have to render them manually, but, depending upon your use-case, map snapshots might do the job.

Answer 2

You can do this in Interface Builder like this:

Answer 3

How about this little hack! just place UIView on top of the MKMapView having all the same frame details. Also note that the backgroundColor of this view should be clearColor