Rotate MapView using Compass orientation

Question

Is it possible to have an embedded MKMapView rotate to always face the direction the iPhone is facing? Basically I want to mimic the Map app rotation feature o

Answer 1

Simple solution in swift 3.0. Make sure to put the line in mapViewDidFinishLoadingMap or it will ignore it

public func mapViewDidFinishLoadingMap(_ mapView: MKMapView)
{
    mapView.setUserTrackingMode(.followWithHeading, animated: false)
}

If you don't want the map to center on the user location you might do something like this

public func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateHeading newHeading: CLHeading)
{
    if(CLLocationCoordinate2DIsValid(mapView.centerCoordinate))
    {
        mapView.camera.heading = newHeading.trueHeading
    }
}