How to stop multiple times method calling of didUpdateLocations() in ios

Question

This my code......

 -(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateLocations:(NSArray *)locations
 {

    location_updated = [locations lastObj         


        

Answer 1

for the time constraint, i did not understand code from accepted answer, posting a different approach. as Rob points out "When you first start location services, you may see it called multiple times". the code below acts on the first location, and ignores the updated locations for first 120 seconds. it is one way to address orginal question "How to stop multiple times method calling of didUpdateLocations".

in .h file:

@property(strong,nonatomic) CLLocation* firstLocation;

in .m file:

// is this the first location?
    CLLocation* newLocation = locations.lastObject;
    if (self.firstLocation) {
        // app already has a location
        NSTimeInterval locationAge = [newLocation.timestamp timeIntervalSinceDate:self.firstLocation.timestamp];
        NSLog(@"locationAge: %f",locationAge);
        if (locationAge < 120.0) {  // 120 is in seconds or milliseconds?
            return;
        }
    } else {
        self.firstLocation = newLocation;
    }

    // do something with location