Hide MKUserLocation when MKMapView showsUserLocation == YES

Question

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.

Answer 1

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;
}

Answer 2

Swift 3:

func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, didAdd views: [MKAnnotationView]) {
   if let userLocation = mapView.view(for: mapView.userLocation) {
        userLocation.isHidden = true
   }
}