How to move a MKAnnotation without adding/removing it from the map?

Question

Is it possible to move the coordinate of a MKAnnotation without adding and removing the annotation from the map?

Answer 1

If you keep a reference to your annotation, make a change to the coordinate property, then add the annotation to the map again, the location of the annotation view will update. You do not need to remove the annotation (which will cause the annotation view to momentarily disappear). This will not give you a nice transition for when the annotation coordinate is updated however. It also does not result in a memory leak nor are there a multiple of the same annotation added to the map (if you look at the number of annotations on the mapview, it remains constant when you re-add the annotation).