Google Maps iOS SDK move “My Location” button to bottom left hand corner

Question

Using the Google Maps for iOS SDK, the \"My Location\" button is by default placed in the bottom right hand corner:

Answer 1

The easiest way to solve this is to change the frame and autoresizing mask of the button right after the map view is created.

UIButton* myLocationButton = (UIButton*)[[mapView_ subviews] lastObject];
myLocationButton.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleRightMargin|UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleTopMargin;
CGRect frame = myLocationButton.frame;
frame.origin.x = 5;
myLocationButton.frame = frame;

EDIT: Sorry, I placed the button in the top right corner. Updated my code to place it in the bottom left hand corner.

Note: there is currently no API from Google to get the location button. The first line may not work in future releases of the SDK.

You also should create a feature request here.

Another option is to create the button yourself and add it as a subview to the map. The button handler code is fairly easy:

  CLLocation *location = mapView_.myLocation;
  if (location) {
    [mapView_ animateToLocation:location.coordinate];
  }