Google Maps SDK Support

The Xweather iOS SDK fully supports the Google Maps SDK (opens in a new tab) for use with your weather maps if your application uses Google Maps for its mapping library instead of Apple's MapKit.

The Xweather SDK abstracts away much of the interactions with the Mapbox SDK and other mapping libraries, so it's easy to change the library type just by using the appropriate AWFWeatherMapType value when initializing your weather map instance. While much of the functionality is the same or very similar across all mapping libraries, there may be some differences due to limitations with a particular mapping library.

Adding Google Maps SDK Support

In order to use the Google Maps SDK with your weather maps, you will need to follow a similar process to that when initially installing the Xweather SDK into your project using one of the following methods:

Once you have the AerisGoogleMapKit module installed in your project, just create your weather map instance specifying Google as the map type:

weatherMap = AWFWeatherMap(mapType: .google)

Receiving GMSMapViewDelegate Events

When using the Google Maps SDK with a weather map, the weather map and its internal objects must remain the sole delegate on the associated GMSMapView instance. Therefore, you should NOT assign the delegate method on your map view which will break the core weather map functionality.

Instead, just assign the mapViewDelegate property on your AWFWeatherMap instance to the object that should receive GMSMapViewDelegate messages. These messages will get forwarded to the object assigned to this property by the weather map:

weatherMap.mapViewDelegate = self

Known Limitations

Using mapping libraries other than Apple's MapKit may introduce limitations in what features or options are available for the third-party library. Currently, there are no known limitations when using the Google Maps SDK for iOS.