How to change MKMapView's user-location blue dot to an image of choice?

Question

Is it possible to change the blue dot which indicates the user\'s location in MKMapView to an image? For example a little car or any .png image?

Answer 1

Please try this something like this. its working for me in Xcode 7 and swift 2.

    func mapView(mapView: MKMapView, viewForAnnotation annotation: MKAnnotation) -> MKAnnotationView? {

    // want to show a custom image if the annotation is the user's location.
    guard !annotation.isKindOfClass(MKUserLocation) else {
        let annotationView = MKAnnotationView(annotation: annotation, reuseIdentifier: "userLocation")
        annotationView.image = UIImage(named: "icon_coordinates_self")
        return annotationView
        //return nil
    }

    // for other annotation except current location 
    let annotationIdentifier = "AnnotationIdentifier"

    var annotationView: MKAnnotationView?
    if let dequeuedAnnotationView = mapView.dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier(annotationIdentifier) {
        annotationView = dequeuedAnnotationView
        annotationView?.annotation = annotation
    }
    else {
        let av = MKAnnotationView(annotation: annotation, reuseIdentifier: annotationIdentifier)
        av.rightCalloutAccessoryView = UIButton(type: .DetailDisclosure)
        annotationView = av
    }

    if let annotationView = annotationView {
        // Configure your annotation view here
        annotationView.canShowCallout = true
        annotationView.image = UIImage(named: "Annotation_map")
    }

    return annotationView
}