How to get Current Location in iOS using Swift?

Get user's current location in iOS Swift

To get a user's current location in iOS Swift you need to declare:

let locationManager = CLLocationManager()

In viewDidLoad() you have to instanitate the CLLocationManager class, like this:

// Ask for Authorisation from the User.
self.locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()

// For use in foreground
self.locationManager.requestWhenInUseAuthorization()

if CLLocationManager.locationServicesEnabled() {
    locationManager.delegate = self
    locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters
    locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()
}

Then in CLLocationManagerDelegate method you can get user's current location coordinates:

func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager, didUpdateLocations locations: [CLLocation]) {
    var locValue:CLLocationCoordinate2D = manager.location.coordinate
    print("locations = \(locValue.latitude) \(locValue.longitude)")
}

In the info.plist you will have to add NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription and your custom alert message like, AppName(Demo App) would like to use your current location.


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