Swift - Generate an Address Format from Reverse Geocoding

Question

I am trying to generate a Formatted Full address using CLGeocoder in Swift 3. I referred to this SO thread to get the code given below.

However, sometimes the app crashe

Answer 1

Keeping it simple - A full Swift 3 & 4 compatible View Controller example for obtaining a formatted address string from user's location (add in the other keys available in CLPlacemark if you want more information in your string):

import UIKit
import CoreLocation

class ViewController: UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate {

let manager = CLLocationManager()
let geocoder = CLGeocoder()

var locality = ""
var administrativeArea = ""
var country = ""

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    manager.delegate = self
    manager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
    manager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()
    manager.startUpdatingLocation()

func locationManager(_ manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
        let location = locations[0]
        manager.stopUpdatingLocation()

    geocoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(location, completionHandler: {(placemarks, error) in
        if (error != nil) {
            print("Error in reverseGeocode")
            }

        let placemark = placemarks! as [CLPlacemark]
        if placemark.count > 0 {
            let placemark = placemarks![0]
            self.locality = placemark.locality!
            self.administrativeArea = placemark.administrativeArea!
            self.country = placemark.country!
        }
    })
}

func userLocationString() -> String {
    let userLocationString = "\(locality), \(administrativeArea), \(country)"
    return userLocationString
}

}

Calling print(userLocationString()) in this example will print: suburb, state, country

Don't forget to add Privacy - Location When In Use Usage Description to your Info.plist file beforehand, to allow the user to grant permissions to your app to utilise location services.