Objectivec fixed marker on center of google map ios

Question

I want to fix the marker in the center of the map irrespective of the location coordinates. If the user moves the camera on map I want it to keep showing up in the center without any flickering in marker and new location on that marker shows, How can I do that? Please help out.

Answer 1

Try The Below Objective C Code

Dont Forget To Set Delegate

  mapView.delegate=self;

Create ImageView And Add It To The Center Of The Map

UIImageView *pin =[[UIImageView alloc]init];
pin.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, 20, 20  );  
pin.center = mapView.center;
pin.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"location.png"];
[self.view addSubview:pin];
[self.view bringSubviewToFront:pin];

Then Use Delegate Method Of Google Map

//When You Will Scroll Map Then This Method Will Be Called
     - (void)mapView:(GMSMapView *)MapView didChangeCameraPosition:(GMSCameraPosition *)position {

            // Get Latitude And Longitude Of Your Pin(ImageView)
              CLLocationCoordinate2D newCoords = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake( position.target.latitude , position.target.longitude);

              NSLog(@"Latitude-%f\Longitude-%f\n",newCoords.latitude, newCoords.longitude);


     [[GMSGeocoder geocoder] reverseGeocodeCoordinate:CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(newCoords.latitude, newCoords.longitude) completionHandler:^(GMSReverseGeocodeResponse* response, NSError* error) {

             //Get Place Details
             NSLog(@"%@",[[response results]objectAtIndex:0].lines);

    }];           
              return;
     }

Answer 2

Try the below code

GMSCameraPosition *cameraPosition;

- (void)mapView:(GMSMapView *)pMapView didChangeCameraPosition:(GMSCameraPosition *)position {

        /* move draggable pin */
        if (fixedMarker) {

            // stick it on map and start dragging from there..
            if (lastCameraPosition == nil) lastCameraPosition = position;

            // Algebra :) substract coordinates with the difference of camera changes
            double lat = position.target.latitude - lastCameraPosition.target.latitude;
            double lng = position.target.longitude - lastCameraPosition.target.longitude;
            lastCameraPosition = position;
            CLLocationCoordinate2D newCoords = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(fixedMarker.googleMarker.position.latitude+lat,
                                                                          fixedMarker.googleMarker.position.longitude+lng);
            [fixedMarker.googleMarker setPosition:newCoords];
            return;
        }

    }

    - (void)mapView:(GMSMapView *)mapView idleAtCameraPosition:(GMSCameraPosition *)position {

        cameraPosition = nil; // reset pin moving, no ice skating pins ;)

    }