Cannot get my location to show up in Google Maps in iOS 8

Question

I\'m trying to use the Google Maps for iOS in a Swift project for iOS 8. I added the Objective-C bridging header and added the Google Maps SDK as instructed in their documen

Answer 1

You need your CLLocationManager to be retained, otherwise it is released before it gets a chance to present the authorisation dialog.

class MapViewController: UIViewController {

@IBOutlet var mapView: GMSMapView!

var firstLocationUpdate: Bool?
let locationManager=CLLocationManager()

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()

    let camera = GMSCameraPosition.cameraWithLatitude(-33.86, longitude: 151.20, zoom: 12)
    mapView = GMSMapView.mapWithFrame(CGRectZero, camera: camera)
    mapView.settings.compassButton = true
    mapView.settings.myLocationButton = true

    mapView.addObserver(self, forKeyPath: "myLocation", options: .New, context: nil)

    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), { () -> Void in
        self.mapView.myLocationEnabled = true
    })
    println(mapView.myLocation)
    view = mapView

    let marker = GMSMarker()
    marker.position = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(-33.86, 151.20)
    marker.title = "Sydney"
    marker.snippet = "Australia"
    marker.map = mapView
}