Subclassing MKAnnotationView and overriding setDragState

Question

This is about an iPhone App using MKMapKit:

I created a custom MKAnnotationView for a draggable Annotation. I want to create a custom animation. I set a custom pin i

Answer 1

I had the pin drag working but was trying to figure out why the pin annimations that occur when you don't override setDragState - no longer work in my implementation. Your question contained my answer .. Thanks!

Part of the problem with your code is that once you override the setDragState function, per the xcode documentation, you are responsible for updating the dragState variable based on the new state coming in. I would also be a little concerned about your code calling itself (setDragState calling [self setDragState]).

Here is the code I ended up (with your help) that does all of the lifts, drags and drops as I expect them to occur. Hope this helps you too!

- (void)setDragState:(MKAnnotationViewDragState)newDragState animated:(BOOL)animated
{
    if (newDragState == MKAnnotationViewDragStateStarting)
    {
        // lift the pin and set the state to dragging

        CGPoint endPoint = CGPointMake(self.center.x,self.center.y-20);
        [UIView animateWithDuration:0.2
                         animations:^{ self.center = endPoint; }
                         completion:^(BOOL finished)
                             { self.dragState = MKAnnotationViewDragStateDragging; }];
    }
    else if (newDragState == MKAnnotationViewDragStateEnding)
    {
        // save the new location, drop the pin, and set state to none

        /* my app specific code to save the new position
        objectObservations[ACTIVE].latitude = pinAnnotation.coordinate.latitude;
        objectObservations[ACTIVE].longitude = pinAnnotation.coordinate.longitude;
        posChanged = TRUE;
        */

        CGPoint endPoint = CGPointMake(self.center.x,self.center.y+20);
        [UIView animateWithDuration:0.2
                         animations:^{ self.center = endPoint; }
                         completion:^(BOOL finished)
                             { self.dragState = MKAnnotationViewDragStateNone; }];
    }
    else if (newDragState == MKAnnotationViewDragStateCanceling)
    {
        // drop the pin and set the state to none

        CGPoint endPoint = CGPointMake(self.center.x,self.center.y+20);
        [UIView animateWithDuration:0.2
                         animations:^{ self.center = endPoint; }
                         completion:^(BOOL finished)
                             { self.dragState = MKAnnotationViewDragStateNone; }];
    }
}