In my app, user draws a shape on map and using UIBeizerPath i am drawing that path. Then based on the coordinates of the path i am displaying the results which are only in that area. Everything works great except that now when Annotations drops on the Map view the pins looks like they are behind the path which means path looks in the front.
I am using this code to display the Annotation and path :
-(void)clearAnnotationAndPath:(id)sender {
[_mapView removeAnnotations:_mapView.annotations];
path = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
[shapeLayer removeFromSuperlayer];
}
- (void)handleGesture:(UIPanGestureRecognizer *)gesture
{
CGPoint location = [gesture locationInView:_pathOverlay];
if (gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateBegan)
{
shapeLayer = [[CAShapeLayer alloc] init];
shapeLayer.fillColor = [[UIColor clearColor] CGColor];
shapeLayer.strokeColor = [[UIColor greenColor] CGColor];
shapeLayer.lineWidth = 5.0;
//[_mapView.layer addSublayer:shapeLayer];
[pathOverlay.layer addSublayer:shapeLayer];
path = [UIBezierPath bezierPath];
[path moveToPoint:location];
}
else if (gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateChanged)
{
[path addLineToPoint:location];
shapeLayer.path = [path CGPath];
}
else if (gesture.state == UIGestureRecognizerStateEnded)
{
// MKMapView *mapView = (MKMapView *)gesture.view;
[path addLineToPoint:location];
[path closePath];
allStations = [RoadmapData sharedInstance].data;
for (int i=0; i<[allStations count]; i++) {
NSDictionary * itemNo = [allStations objectAtIndex:i];
NSString * fullAddress = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@,%@,%@,%@",[itemNo objectForKey:@"address"],[itemNo objectForKey:@"city"],[itemNo objectForKey:@"state"],[itemNo objectForKey:@"zip"]];
CLGeocoder * geoCoder = [[CLGeocoder alloc]init];
[geoCoder geocodeAddressString:fullAddress completionHandler:^(NSArray *placemarks, NSError *error) {
if (error) {
NSLog(@"Geocode failed with error: %@", error);
return;
}
if(placemarks && placemarks.count > 0)
{
CLPlacemark *placemark = placemarks[0];
CLLocation *location = placemark.location;
CLLocationCoordinate2D coords = location.coordinate;
CGPoint loc = [_mapView convertCoordinate:coords toPointToView:_pathOverlay];
if ([path containsPoint:loc])
{
NSString * name = [itemNo objectForKey:@"name"];
stationAnn = [[LocationAnnotation alloc]initWithCoordinate:coords Title:name subTitle:@"Wells Fargo Offer" annIndex:i];
stationAnn.tag = i;
[_mapView addAnnotation:stationAnn];
}
else{
NSLog(@"Out of boundary");
}
}
}];
[self turnOffGesture:gesture];
}
}
}
- (void)mapView:(MKMapView *)aMapView didAddAnnotationViews:(NSArray *)views{
if (views.count > 0) {
UIView* firstAnnotation = [views objectAtIndex:0];
UIView* parentView = [firstAnnotation superview];
if (_pathOverlay == nil){
// create a transparent view to add bezier paths to
pathOverlay = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame: parentView.frame];
pathOverlay.opaque = NO;
pathOverlay.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
[parentView addSubview:pathOverlay];
}
// make sure annotations stay above pathOverlay
for (UIView* view in views) {
[parentView bringSubviewToFront:view];
}
}
}
Also once i go back from this and view and come again its not even drawing the Path.
Please help.
Thanks,