How to obtain country, state, city from reverseGeocodeCoordinate?

Question

GMSReverseGeocodeResponse contains

- (GMSReverseGeocodeResult *)firstResult;

whose definition is like:

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Answer 1

Answer in Swift

Using Google Maps iOS SDK (currently using the V1.9.2 you cannot specify the language in which to return results):

@IBAction func googleMapsiOSSDKReverseGeocoding(sender: UIButton) {
    let aGMSGeocoder: GMSGeocoder = GMSGeocoder()
    aGMSGeocoder.reverseGeocodeCoordinate(CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(self.latitude, self.longitude)) {
        (let gmsReverseGeocodeResponse: GMSReverseGeocodeResponse!, let error: NSError!) -> Void in

        let gmsAddress: GMSAddress = gmsReverseGeocodeResponse.firstResult()
        print("\ncoordinate.latitude=\(gmsAddress.coordinate.latitude)")
        print("coordinate.longitude=\(gmsAddress.coordinate.longitude)")
        print("thoroughfare=\(gmsAddress.thoroughfare)")
        print("locality=\(gmsAddress.locality)")
        print("subLocality=\(gmsAddress.subLocality)")
        print("administrativeArea=\(gmsAddress.administrativeArea)")
        print("postalCode=\(gmsAddress.postalCode)")
        print("country=\(gmsAddress.country)")
        print("lines=\(gmsAddress.lines)")
    }
}

Using Google Reverse Geocoding API V3 (currently you can specify the language in which to return results):

@IBAction func googleMapsWebServiceGeocodingAPI(sender: UIButton) {
    self.callGoogleReverseGeocodingWebservice(self.currentUserLocation())
}

// #1 - Get the current user's location (latitude, longitude).
private func currentUserLocation() -> CLLocationCoordinate2D {
    // returns current user's location. 
}

// #2 - Call Google Reverse Geocoding Web Service using AFNetworking.
private func callGoogleReverseGeocodingWebservice(let userLocation: CLLocationCoordinate2D) {
    let url = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?latlng=\(userLocation.latitude),\(userLocation.longitude)&key=\(self.googleMapsiOSAPIKey)&language=\(self.googleReverseGeocodingWebserviceOutputLanguageCode)&result_type=country"

    AFHTTPRequestOperationManager().GET(
        url,
        parameters: nil,
        success: { (operation: AFHTTPRequestOperation!, responseObject: AnyObject!) in
            println("GET user's country request succeeded !!!\n")

            // The goal here was only for me to get the user's iso country code + 
            // the user's Country in english language.
            if let responseObject: AnyObject = responseObject {
                println("responseObject:\n\n\(responseObject)\n\n")
                let rootDictionary = responseObject as! NSDictionary
                if let results = rootDictionary["results"] as? NSArray {
                    if let firstResult = results[0] as? NSDictionary {
                        if let addressComponents = firstResult["address_components"] as? NSArray {
                            if let firstAddressComponent = addressComponents[0] as? NSDictionary {
                                if let longName = firstAddressComponent["long_name"] as? String {
                                    println("long_name: \(longName)")
                                }
                                if let shortName = firstAddressComponent["short_name"] as? String {
                                    println("short_name: \(shortName)")
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        failure: { (operation: AFHTTPRequestOperation!, error: NSError!) in
            println("Error GET user's country request: \(error.localizedDescription)\n")
            println("Error GET user's country request: \(operation.responseString)\n")
        }
    )

}

I hope this code snippet and explanation will help future readers.