How to get formatted address NSString from AddressDictionary?

Question

Trying to get formatted address from AddressDictionary, that I got from CLGeocoder. Used following code with no result:

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Answer 1

After doing some digging under iOS 6.1 I found out that the CLPlacemark address dictionary contains a pre-formatted address:

CLLocation *location = [[CLLocation alloc]initWithLatitude:37.3175 longitude:-122.041944];
[[[CLGeocoder alloc]init] reverseGeocodeLocation:location completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
    CLPlacemark *placemark = placemarks[0];
    NSArray *lines = placemark.addressDictionary[ @"FormattedAddressLines"];
    NSString *addressString = [lines componentsJoinedByString:@"\n"];
    NSLog(@"Address: %@", addressString);
}];

I couldn't yet find documentation about this, but it works for all the addresses that I tested.

Answer 2

func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
    // get the address
    if let location = locations.last {
        CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(location, completionHandler: { (result: [CLPlacemark]?, err: NSError?) -> Void in
            if let placemark = result?.last
                , addrList = placemark.addressDictionary?["FormattedAddressLines"] as? [String]
            {
                let address =  addrList.joinWithSeparator(", ")
                print(address)
            }
        })
    }
}

Above is the swift version.

Answer 3

I am using Swift 3 / XCode 8

ZYiOS's answer was nice and short but did not compile for me.

The question asks how to get from an existing Address Dictionary to a string address. This is what I did:

import CoreLocation

func getAddressString(placemark: CLPlacemark) -> String? {
    var originAddress : String?

    if let addrList = placemark.addressDictionary?["FormattedAddressLines"] as? [String]
    {
        originAddress =  addrList.joined(separator: ", ")
    }

    return originAddress
}

Answer 4

Simply create extension for CLLocation:

typealias AddressDictionaryHandler = ([String: Any]?) -> Void

extension CLLocation {

    func addressDictionary(completion: @escaping AddressDictionaryHandler) {

        CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(self) { placemarks, _ in
            completion(placemarks?.first?.addressDictionary as? [String: AnyObject])
        }
    }
}

Example:

let location = CLLocation()

location.addressDictionary { dictionary in

    let city = dictionary?["City"] as? String
    let street = dictionary?["Street"] as? String
}

Answer 5

Swift 3 / Xcode 8 Helper Mehtod to get address from CLPlaceMark

class func formattedAddress(fromPlacemark placemark: CLPlacemark) -> String{
    var address = ""

    if let name = placemark.addressDictionary?["Name"] as? String {
        address = constructAddressString(address, newString: name)
    }

    if let city = placemark.addressDictionary?["City"] as? String {
        address = constructAddressString(address, newString: city)
    }

    if let state = placemark.addressDictionary?["State"] as? String {
        address = constructAddressString(address, newString: state)
    }

    if let country = placemark.country{
      address = constructAddressString(address, newString: country)
    }

    return address
  }

Answer 6

Now this is as simple as

func updateUserAddress(coordinates: CLLocationCoordinate2D) {
    let geoCoder = CLGeocoder()
    let location = CLLocation(latitude: coordinates.latitude, longitude: coordinates.longitude)
    geoCoder.reverseGeocodeLocation(location) {[weak self] (placemarks, error) in
        if error == nil, let placemark = placemarks?.first, let address = placemark.postalAddress {
            self?.userLocationLabel.text = CNPostalAddressFormatter.string(from: address, style: .mailingAddress)
        }
    }
}