How to show user current city name

Keyword: ios6, Core Location frame work, iphone,sample project, CLLocationManagerDelegate, CLLocationManager, startUpdatingLocation, setDesiredAccuracy,map

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How to show user current city name

1) Create a new Project with name of CityFinder and 

2) add FrameWork CoreLocation.FrameWork

3) Update the code of AppDelegate.h as follows ( Modified code is in different color - yellow )

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>

@class ViewController;

@interface AppDelegate : UIResponder <UIApplicationDelegate,CLLocationManagerDelegate>

@property (strong, nonatomic) UIWindow *window;

@property (strong, nonatomic) ViewController *viewController;

@property (nonatomic,retain) CLLocationManager *manager;

@property float latitude;

@property float longitude;

4) Synthesize all variables

@synthesize manager;

@synthesize latitude;

@synthesize longitude;

5) Update the code of method didFinishLaunching in AppDelegate.m as follows

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions

{

    self.window = [[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]] autorelease];

    // Override point for customization after application launch.

    self.viewController = [[[ViewController alloc] initWithNibName:@"ViewController" bundle:nil]   autorelease];

    self.window.rootViewController = self.viewController;

    

    self.manager=[[CLLocationManager alloc]init];

    [self.manager setDistanceFilter:CLLocationDistanceMax];

    [self.manager setDelegate:self];

    [self.manager setDesiredAccuracy:kCLLocationAccuracyBest];

    [self.manager startUpdatingLocation];

    [self.window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;

}

6) Update xib of ViewController

   i) add a text view named txtView;

  ii) add an button and also an IBAction with it named  - (IBAction)clickToGetLocation:(id)sender

7) update the code of ViewController.h

   

    #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

    @interface ViewController : UIViewController

    @property (retain, nonatomic) IBOutlet UITextView *txtView;

    - (IBAction)clickToGetLocation:(id)sender;

   @end

  

8) Code of click action 

- (IBAction)clickToGetLocation:(id)sender {

    

    AppDelegate *delegate=(AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication]delegate];

    

    NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=%f,%f&output=csv",delegate.latitude, delegate.longitude];

    NSError* error;

    NSString *locationString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlString] encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding error:&error];

    locationString = [locationString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\"" withString:@""];

    self.txtView.text=[locationString substringFromIndex:6];

}

Now thats it 

Click on button. You will get current location on text View.

Note:   If you are running this code on simulator you will get address  "1 stockton st,francisco, ca 94108 usa"  default location of simulator . You need to run this code on real device to get the current location.

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