How to make a custom MKAnnotationView with XIB

Question

I want to have a custom MKAnnotationView. I've created a xib file in IB and set its class to MyAnnotationView.

    class MyAnnotationView: MKAnnotationView {

    override init(annotation: MKAnnotation?, reuseIdentifier: String?) {
        super.init(annotation: annotation, reuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier)
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }

    @IBOutlet weak var textLabel: UILabel!
    @IBOutlet weak var busIcon: UIImageView!

}

Here's how the xib looks like - it has a textLabel and a busIcon linked:

I'm using the viewFor annotation delegate method to create views for all annotations:

func mapView(_ mapView: MKMapView, viewFor annotation: MKAnnotation) -> MKAnnotationView? {     

        // Don't want to show a custom image if the annotation is the user's location.
        if (annotation is MKUserLocation) {
            return nil
        } else {

            let annotationIdentifier = "AnnotationIdentifier"
            var annotationView: MyAnnotationView?                           


            if let dequeuedAnnotationView = mapView.dequeueReusableAnnotationView(withIdentifier: "AnnotationIdentifier") as? MyAnnotationView {
                annotationView = dequeuedAnnotationView
                annotationView?.annotation = annotation
            } else {

                // if no views to dequeue, create an Annotation View
                let av = MyAnnotationView(annotation: annotation, reuseIdentifier: annotationIdentifier)
                av.rightCalloutAccessoryView = UIButton(type: .detailDisclosure)
                annotationView = av     
            }


            if let annotationView = annotationView {
                annotationView.canShowCallout = true                        // callout bubble
                annotationView.image = UIImage(named: "Delivery")
                annotationView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 40, height: 40)
            }

            return annotationView

        }

    }

The annotationView.image = UIImage(named: "Delivery")

&

AnnotationView.frame = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 40, height: 40)

are there just to check if the code is working and display a sample view on the map, as they use the standard properties inherited from MKAnnotationView.

I don't know how to make the viewFor annotation method use the XIB I have created. Could anyone please help me with that? I searched for the solution, but only found something relevant in Obj C.

Thank you!

Answer 1

1- Create a view subclass of UIView with xib say CallView

2- Inside viewforAnnotation

let annotationView = mapView.dequeueReusableAnnotationView(withIdentifier: "id") 
let customView = Bundle.main.loadNibNamed("CallView", owner: self, options: nil).first! as! CallView
// here configure label and imageView
annotationView.addSubview(customView)