Quickly adding single pin to MKMapView?

Question

I have a GPS coordinate (latitude, longitude) and I quickly want to place a single pin on a MKMapView showing that position. Everything works just fine, but as I only need a

Answer 1

Instead of using the -mapView:viewForAnnotation: method, just put the code for an MKPointAnnotation into your -viewDidLoad method. It won't animate the drop, but it is very easy.

// Place a single pin
MKPointAnnotation *annotation = [[MKPointAnnotation alloc] init];
[annotation setCoordinate:centerCoordinate];
[annotation setTitle:@"Title"]; //You can set the subtitle too
[self.mapView addAnnotation:annotation];

Swift version:

let annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
let centerCoordinate = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 41, longitude:29)
annotation.coordinate = centerCoordinate
annotation.title = "Title"
mapView.addAnnotation(annotation)