Repeating pin annotation on map

Question

I have just started learning Swift.

Question:

When I touch on map to place the pin annotation and drag my finger it creates repeating line of annotation.

Answer 1

Xcode 8.2 • Swift 3.0.2

You just need to check the gesture recognizer state and make sure if not .Began return. Just add this if condition at the top of your action method:

func action(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) {

    if gestureRecognizer.state != UIGestureRecognizerState.began {
        return
    }

    //  your code

If you would like to allow the user to move the pin while touching you will need to switch the gesture recognizer state and update the annotation coordinate if gestureRecognizer.state changes:

func action(_ gestureRecognizer: UIGestureRecognizer) {
    switch gestureRecognizer.state {
    case .began:
        let annotation = MKPointAnnotation()
        annotation.coordinate = mapView.convert(gestureRecognizer.location(in: mapView), toCoordinateFrom: mapView)
        annotation.title =  "Untitled"
        mapView.addAnnotation(annotation)
    case .changed:
        if let annotation = (mapView.annotations.filter{$0.title! == "Untitled" }).first as? MKPointAnnotation {
            annotation.coordinate =  mapView.convert(gestureRecognizer.location(in: mapView), toCoordinateFrom: mapView)
        }
    case .cancelled:
        if let annotation = (mapView.annotations.filter{$0.title! == "Untitled" }).first as? MKPointAnnotation {
            mapView.removeAnnotation(annotation)
        }
    // you can also prompt the user here for the annotation title
    case .ended:
        if let annotation = (mapView.annotations.filter{$0.title! == "Untitled" }).first as? MKPointAnnotation {
            let alert = UIAlertController(title: "New Annotation", message: "", preferredStyle: .alert)
            var inputTextField: UITextField?
            alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Add", style: .default) { _ in
                if  let annotationTitle = inputTextField?.text {
                    annotation.title =  annotationTitle
                    annotation.subtitle = "Lat:\(String(format: "%.06f", annotation.coordinate.latitude))  Lon:\(String(format: "%.06f", annotation.coordinate.longitude))"
                }
            })
            alert.addTextField(configurationHandler: { textField in
                textField.placeholder = "Place Description"
                inputTextField = textField
            })
            alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel){ _ in
                self.mapView.removeAnnotation(annotation)
            })
            present(alert, animated: true, completion: nil)
        }
    default:
        print("default")
    }
}