Add text on custom marker on google map for ios

Question

Am trying to put marker with Textview .Is there any posibility to add text over marker on google map in ios.

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Answer 1

You must make a view, where you must create an imageView (with your marker image) and Label (with your text) and take a screenshot of that view, and set as icon to your GMSMarker. Something like this:

- (void)foo
{
    GMSMarker *marker = [GMSMarker new];

    UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0,0,60,60)];
    UIImageView *pinImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:[UIImage imageNamed:@"myPin"]];
    UILabel *label = [UILabel new];
    label.text = @"1";
    //label.font = ...;
    [label sizeToFit];

    [view addSubview:pinImageView];
    [view addSubview:label];
    //i.e. customize view to get what you need    


    UIImage *markerIcon = [self imageFromView:view];
    marker.icon = markerIcon;        
    marker.map = self.mapView;      
}

- (UIImage *)imageFromView:(UIView *) view
{
    if ([[UIScreen mainScreen] respondsToSelector:@selector(scale)]) {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(view.frame.size, NO, [[UIScreen mainScreen] scale]);
    } else {
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(view.frame.size);
    }
    [view.layer renderInContext: UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return image;
}