How do I add custom pins to the iPhone MapKit?

Question

I\'m testing out the MapKit framework on the iPhone and would really much like to switch the standard pin that displays a location to an image called \"location.png\".

Answer 1

I solved it after looking at the source for MapCallouts

Here is my solution:

- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)map viewForAnnotation:(id )annotation
{
    static NSString *AnnotationViewID = @"annotationViewID";

    MKAnnotationView *annotationView = (MKAnnotationView *)[mapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:AnnotationViewID];

    if (annotationView == nil)
    {
        annotationView = [[[MKAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:AnnotationViewID] autorelease];
    }

    annotationView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"location.png"];
    annotationView.annotation = annotation;

    return annotationView;
}