Enable and disable map gestures

  • This webpage provides code samples demonstrating how to control zoom gestures on a Google Map using a switch.

  • When the switch is toggled on, users can zoom in and out of the map using gestures.

  • To run the sample code, you need to configure your development environment and obtain a Google Maps API key.

  • The webpage provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up and run the sample app locally.
The map responds to zoom gestures only when the switch is toggled on.

Get started

Before you can try the sample code, you must configure your development environment. For more information, see Maps SDK for iOS code samples.

View the code

Swift

import GoogleMaps
import UIKit

class GestureControlViewController: UIViewController {
  private let holderHeight: CGFloat = 60
  private let zoomLabelInset: CGFloat = 16

  private lazy var mapView: GMSMapView = {
    let camera = GMSCameraPosition(latitude: -25.5605, longitude: 133.605097, zoom: 3)
    return GMSMapView(frame: .zero, camera: camera)
  }()
  private lazy var zoomSwitch: UISwitch = UISwitch(frame: .zero)

  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    view.addSubview(mapView)

    let holder = UIView(frame: .zero)
    holder.backgroundColor = UIColor(white: 1, alpha: 0.8)
    view.addSubview(holder)

    let zoomLabel = UILabel(frame: .zero)
    zoomLabel.text = "Zoom gestures"
    zoomLabel.font = .boldSystemFont(ofSize: 18)
    holder.addSubview(zoomLabel)

    // Control zooming.
    holder.addSubview(zoomSwitch)
    zoomSwitch.addTarget(self, action: #selector(toggleZoom), for: .valueChanged)
    zoomSwitch.isOn = true

    [mapView, holder, zoomLabel, zoomSwitch].forEach({
      $0.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
    })
    NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
      mapView.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.leftAnchor),
      mapView.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.rightAnchor),
      mapView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.topAnchor),
      mapView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.bottomAnchor),
      holder.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: holderHeight),
      holder.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor),
      holder.widthAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.widthAnchor),
      zoomLabel.leftAnchor.constraint(equalTo: holder.leftAnchor, constant: zoomLabelInset),
      zoomLabel.centerYAnchor.constraint(equalTo: holder.centerYAnchor),
      zoomSwitch.rightAnchor.constraint(equalTo: holder.rightAnchor, constant: -zoomLabelInset),
      zoomSwitch.centerYAnchor.constraint(
        equalTo: holder.centerYAnchor),
    ])
    NSLayoutConstraint.activate([
      holder.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: self.view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.topAnchor)
    ])
  }

  @objc func toggleZoom() {
    mapView.settings.zoomGestures = zoomSwitch.isOn
  }

}
GestureControlViewController.swift

Objective-C

#import "GoogleMapsDemos/Samples/GestureControlViewController.h"

#import <GoogleMaps/GoogleMaps.h>

@implementation GestureControlViewController {
  GMSMapView *_mapView;
  UISwitch *_zoomSwitch;
}

- (void)viewDidLoad {
  [super viewDidLoad];
  GMSCameraPosition *camera = [GMSCameraPosition cameraWithLatitude:-25.5605
                                                          longitude:133.605097
                                                               zoom:3];

  _mapView = [GMSMapView mapWithFrame:CGRectZero camera:camera];
  _mapView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleHeight;
  _mapView.accessibilityIdentifier = @"gestureControlDemoMapView";

  self.view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
  [self.view addSubview:_mapView];

  UIView *holder = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 0, 59)];
  holder.autoresizingMask =
      UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleBottomMargin;
  holder.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1.0 green:1.0 blue:1.0 alpha:0.8f];
  [self.view addSubview:holder];

  // Zoom label.
  UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(16, 16, 200, 29)];
  label.text = @"Zooming?";
  label.font = [UIFont boldSystemFontOfSize:18.0f];
  label.textAlignment = NSTextAlignmentLeft;
  label.backgroundColor = [UIColor clearColor];
  label.layer.shadowColor = [[UIColor whiteColor] CGColor];
  label.layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0.0f, 1.0f);
  label.layer.shadowOpacity = 1.0f;
  label.layer.shadowRadius = 0.0f;
  [holder addSubview:label];

  // Control zooming.
  _zoomSwitch = [[UISwitch alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(-90, 16, 0, 0)];
  _zoomSwitch.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizingFlexibleLeftMargin;
  [_zoomSwitch addTarget:self
                  action:@selector(didChangeZoomSwitch)
        forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
  _zoomSwitch.on = YES;
  [holder addSubview:_zoomSwitch];
}

- (void)didChangeZoomSwitch {
  _mapView.settings.zoomGestures = _zoomSwitch.isOn;
}

@end
GestureControlViewController.m

Run the full sample app locally

The Maps SDK for iOS sample app is available as a download archive from GitHub. Follow these steps to install and try the Maps SDK for iOS sample app.

  1. Run git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/maps-sdk-for-ios-samples.git to clone the samples repository into a local directory.

  2. Open a terminal window, navigate to the directory where you cloned the sample files, and drill down into the GoogleMaps directory:

    Swift

    cd maps-sdk-for-ios-samples/GoogleMaps-Swift
pod install
open GoogleMapsSwiftXCFrameworkDemos.xcworkspace

    Objective-C

    cd maps-sdk-for-ios-samples-main/GoogleMaps
pod install
open GoogleMapsDemos.xcworkspace
  3. In Xcode, press the compile button to build the app with the current scheme. The build produces an error, prompting you to enter your API key in the SDKConstants.swift file for Swift orSDKDemoAPIKey.h file for Objective-C.
  4. Get an API key from your project with the Maps SDK for iOS enabled.
  5. Edit the SDKConstants.swift file for Swift orSDKDemoAPIKey.h file for Objective-C and paste your API key into the definition of either the apiKey or kAPIKey constant. For example:

    Swift

    static let apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY"

    Objective-C

    static NSString *const kAPIKey = @"YOUR_API_KEY";
  6. In the SDKConstants.swift file (Swift) orSDKDemoAPIKey.h file (Objective-C), remove the following line, because it's used to register the user-defined issue:

    Swift

    #error (Register for API Key and insert here. Then delete this line.)

    Objective-C

    #error Register for API Key and insert here.
  7. Build and run the project. The iOS simulator window appears, showing a list of Maps SDK Demos.
  8. Choose one of the options displayed, to experiment with a feature of the Maps SDK for iOS.
  9. If prompted to allow GoogleMapsDemos to access your location, choose Allow.