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

The documentation for the addressDictionary property says:

You can format the contents of this dictionary to get a full address string as opposed to building the address yourself. To format the dictionary, use the ABCreateStringWithAddressDictionary function as described in Address Book UI Functions Reference.

So add and import the AddressBookUI framework and try:

subtitle = 
    ABCreateStringWithAddressDictionary(placemark.addressDictionary, NO);

Answer 2

As highlighted by Martyn Davis, ABCreateStringWithAddressDictionary is deprecated in iOS 9.

You can use the functions below to convert the addressDictionary to the newer CNMutablePostalAddress, then use the CNPostalAddressFormatter to generate a localised string as long as you import the Contacts framework.

Swift 3.x

// Convert to the newer CNPostalAddress
func postalAddressFromAddressDictionary(_ addressdictionary: Dictionary<NSObject,AnyObject>) -> CNMutablePostalAddress {
   let address = CNMutablePostalAddress()

   address.street = addressdictionary["Street" as NSObject] as? String ?? ""
   address.state = addressdictionary["State" as NSObject] as? String ?? ""
   address.city = addressdictionary["City" as NSObject] as? String ?? ""
   address.country = addressdictionary["Country" as NSObject] as? String ?? ""
   address.postalCode = addressdictionary["ZIP" as NSObject] as? String ?? ""

   return address
}

// Create a localized address string from an Address Dictionary
func localizedStringForAddressDictionary(addressDictionary: Dictionary<NSObject,AnyObject>) -> String {
    return CNPostalAddressFormatter.string(from: postalAddressFromAddressDictionary(addressDictionary), style: .mailingAddress)
}

Swift 2.x

import Contacts

// Convert to the newer CNPostalAddress
func postalAddressFromAddressDictionary(addressdictionary: Dictionary<NSObject,AnyObject>) -> CNMutablePostalAddress {

    let address = CNMutablePostalAddress()

    address.street = addressdictionary["Street"] as? String ?? ""
    address.state = addressdictionary["State"] as? String ?? ""
    address.city = addressdictionary["City"] as? String ?? ""
    address.country = addressdictionary["Country"] as? String ?? ""
    address.postalCode = addressdictionary["ZIP"] as? String ?? ""

    return address
}

// Create a localized address string from an Address Dictionary
func localizedStringForAddressDictionary(addressDictionary: Dictionary<NSObject,AnyObject>) -> String {

    return CNPostalAddressFormatter.stringFromPostalAddress(postalAddressFromAddressDictionary(addressDictionary), style: .MailingAddress)
}

Answer 3

Swift 5 version

CLGeocoder().reverseGeocodeLocation(newLocation!, preferredLocale: nil) { (clPlacemark: [CLPlacemark]?, error: Error?) in
            guard let place = clPlacemark?.first else {
                print("No placemark from Apple: \(String(describing: error))")
                return
            }

            if let addrList = place.addressDictionary?["FormattedAddressLines"] as? [String] {
                let addressString = addrList.joined(separator: ", ")
                print(addressString)

            }
        }