Mapbox iOS SDK

The Mapbox iOS SDK is an open-source framework for embedding interactive map views with scalable, customizable vector maps into Cocoa Touch applications on iOS 8.0 and above using Objective-C, Swift, or Interface Builder. It takes stylesheets that conform to the Mapbox Style Specification, applies them to vector tiles that conform to the Mapbox Vector Tile Specification, and renders them using OpenGL.

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For setup information, check out the Mapbox iOS SDK homepage. For detailed usage instructions, read “First steps with the Mapbox iOS SDK” and consult the online examples. A full changelog is also available.

If you have any questions, please contact our support team. We welcome your bug reports and feature requests.

Changes in version 3.6.0

Styles

  • Added support for 3D extrusion of buildings and other polygonal features via the MGLFillExtrusionStyleLayer class and the fill-extrusion layer type in style JSON. (#8431)
  • MGLSymbolStyleLayer’s iconImageName, iconScale, textFontSize, textOffset, and textRotation properties can now be set to a source or composite function. (#8544, #8590, #8592, #8593)
  • Fixed an issue where setting the MGLVectorStyleLayer.predicate property failed to take effect if the relevant source was not in use by a visible layer at the time. (#8653)
  • Fixed an issue causing a composite function’s highest zoom level stop to be misinterpreted. (#8613, #8790)
  • Fixed an issue where re-adding a layer that had been previously removed from a style would reset its paint properties. Moved initializers for MGLTileSource, MGLStyleLayer, and MGLForegroundStyleLayer to their concrete subclasses; because these classes were already intended for initialization only via concrete subclasses, this should have no developer impact. (#8626)
  • Feature querying results now account for any changes to a feature’s size caused by a source or composite style function. (#8665)

Annotations

  • Fixed an issue causing a view-backed annotation to disappear immediately instead of animating when the annotation’s coordinate property is set to a value outside the current viewport. (#8565)
  • Fixed an issue in which MGLMapView overrode the tint colors of its annotation views. (#8789)

User interaction

  • Added a scale bar to MGLMapView that indicates the scale of the map. (#7631)
  • Fixed an issue where gesture recognizers associated with map view interactivity were not disabled when their related interactions were disabled. (#8304)

Other changes

  • Xcode 8.0 or higher is now recommended for using this SDK. (#8775)
  • Updated MGLMapView’s logo view to display the new Mapbox logo. (#8771, #8773)
  • Fixed a crash or console spew when MGLMapView is initialized with a frame smaller than 64 points wide by 64 points tall. (#8562)
  • The error passed into -[MGLMapViewDelegate mapViewDidFailLoadingMap:withError:] now includes a more specific description and failure reason. (#8418)
  • Fixed an issue rendering polylines that contain duplicate vertices. (#8808)