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iOS 26 Programming for Beginners - Tenth Edition
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iOS 26 Programming for Beginners - Tenth Edition

by Ahmad Sahar
November 2025
Beginner
634 pages
12h 20m
English
Packt Publishing
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Core Location and MapKit

In the previous chapter, you learned how to pass data from the Add New Journal Entry screen to the Journal List screen, and from the Journal List screen to the Journal Entry Detail screen. You also learned about the UITextFieldDelegate and UITextViewDelegate methods.

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to get your device location using Apple’s Core Location framework, and how to set map regions, display map annotations, and create map snapshots using Apple’s MapKit framework. This will come in handy if you’re planning to build apps that use maps, like Apple Maps or Waze.

First, you’ll modify the Add New Journal Entry screen so that the user can add their current location to a new journal entry. Next, you’ll create a ...

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