Cannot get the my location dot for Google Maps iOS SDK

Question

Currently, I am not able to get my location in the app I am developing.

Basically, in the documentation for Google Maps iOS SDK, Google mentions that you can:

enable the blue "My Location" dot and compass direction by setting myLocationEnabled on GMSMapView https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios/map#my_location

However, when I do that, the dot does not appear in my view.

Here's my setup, I have a view controller that contains a view. This view contains three things, two buttons and a map view:

I have linked my mapView with GMSMapView and I can see the map without any problems.

Now, what I would want, is to be located.

I tried two things. First, using a custom, draft button (the i for information), I tried to manually set the location to the mapView but this wasn't working even though the locationServicesEnabled method returned YES.

Then, I tried using GoogleMaps's dot but this isn't working either.

Here's my code:

StudyDisplayViewController.h:

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>
#import "GoogleMaps/GoogleMaps.h"


@interface StudyDisplayViewController : UIViewController <CLLocationManagerDelegate> {

}

@property (strong, readwrite) CLLocationManager *locationManager;
@property (weak, nonatomic) IBOutlet GMSMapView *mapView;

@end

StudyDisplayViewController.m

#import "StudyDisplayViewController.h"

@interface StudyDisplayViewController ()
- (IBAction)closeStudyDisplay:(id)sender;
- (IBAction)locateMe:(id)sender;

@end

@implementation StudyDisplayViewController

- (void)viewDidLoad {
    [super viewDidLoad];
    // Do any additional setup after loading the view.
    self.locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];
    self.locationManager.delegate = self;
    self.locationManager.distanceFilter = kCLDistanceFilterNone;
    self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;

    if([CLLocationManager authorizationStatus] == kCLAuthorizationStatusNotDetermined) {
        NSLog(@"Starting the location service");
        [self.locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization];
        [self.locationManager startMonitoringSignificantLocationChanges];
        if([CLLocationManager locationServicesEnabled]) {
            NSLog(@"all good");
        }
        else {
            NSLog(@"Damn son");
        }
    }

    self.mapView.settings.compassButton = YES;       

    self.mapView.myLocationEnabled = YES;    
}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];
    // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
}

- (void) locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didChangeAuthorizationStatus:(CLAuthorizationStatus)status {

}

-(void) locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateLocations:(NSArray *)locations {
    NSLog(@"Getting Location");
}


/*
#pragma mark - Navigation

// In a storyboard-based application, you will often want to do a little preparation before navigation
- (void)prepareForSegue:(UIStoryboardSegue *)segue sender:(id)sender {
    // Get the new view controller using [segue destinationViewController].
    // Pass the selected object to the new view controller.
}
*/

- (IBAction)closeStudyDisplay:(id)sender {
    [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}

- (IBAction)locateMe:(id)sender {

    NSLog(@"User's location: %@", self.mapView.myLocation);

}

I am using Xcode 6.3.2 and iOS 8.3.

Answer 1

First check out following things are there or not.

    locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc]init];
    locationManager.delegate= self;
    if([locationManager respondsToSelector:@selector(requestWhenInUseAuthorization)]){
        [locationManager requestWhenInUseAuthorization];
    }
    [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];

    _mapView.myLocationEnabled =  YES;
    _mapView.settings.myLocationButton =  YES;

If Everything is there and if you are testing on Simulator then try to change the location in Simulator from debug Tab, e.g. change It to Free car run of any of them.

Also, check if you have added Description in PLIST for NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription.