Fetching the Current Location
When the user taps the button to add the geofence, our app has to fetch the current location and start to monitor a region around that location. Add the following method to LocationProvider to request the current location:
| | func setHome() { |
| | locationManager.requestLocation() |
| | } |
The method requestLocation requests the current location of the device and then stops location updates. This method is a perfect fit if you need a location only once instead of continually. The locationManager delivers the result to its delegate through the delegate method locationManager(_:didUpdateLocations:). Add the following method to LocationProvider:
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