CLGeocoder returns wrong results when city name is equal to some country's name (and not only)

Question

In one of my apps I need to add an ability to find a city by its name. I am using CLGeocoder to achieve this and I want it to have a behaviour identical to iOS

Answer 1

CLGeocoder requests are rate limited and if the app goes over the threshold, further requests may not be fulfilled. CLGeocoder requires network connection which may be limiting under some circumstances and the response from the server is not always instant. If you do not insist on CLGeocoder, local database might give you more flexibility and possibly better user experience.

Take a look at the cities???.zip on GeoNames, for an alternative solution where you would import the data to a local database.