Hide MKUserLocation when MKMapView showsUserLocation == YES
After setting mapView.showsUserLocation to true, is it possible to receive location updates without showing the MKUserLocation bubble? Returning nil in mapView:viewForAnnotation: simply shows the bubble, and returning any other kind of annotation shows an annotation, which I don't want. You can hide the user location's view in the didAddAnnotationViews delegate method: -(void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView didAddAnnotationViews:(NSArray *)views { MKAnnotationView *ulv = [mapView viewForAnnotation:mapView.userLocation]; ulv.hidden = YES; } Swift 3: func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, didAdd views: