Implementing the clustering using Google-Maps-ios-utils

[getmetorajesh]

Currently, podfile is failing to install Google-Maps-iOS-Utils as it has some references to static files,
I worked around it by disabling the pre-install check as below,

pre_install do |installer|
        def installer.verify_no_static_framework_transitive_dependencies; end
end
pod 'Google-Maps-iOS-Utils', '~> 1.0'

Now, whenever I try to reference any headers within the Utils library it throws an error saying,

JS ERROR ReferenceError: Can't find variable: GMUCluster

Does that mean we can't use it until Google releases their Utils-Library without references to static files?

Thanks

[naderio]

well, this is a problem.

obviously solution proposed in https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/blob/master/Swift.md won't work .. or at least would be a hacky.

would EMBEDDED_CONTENT_CONTAINS_SWIFT = YES in platforms/ios/build.xconfig help anyway?

[magar91]

any advance on making this work on iOS? could be really helpful

[naderio]

no for now

It is a known issue that adding the utility library to a Podfile which has 'use_frameworks!' will cause the error, "target has transitive dependencies that include static binaries". Until GoogleMaps is a dynamic framework (when we stop supporting iOS 7.0), you need to add the library manually to your project to work around the issue.

[pinkrada]

how do i do this? -- " Make sure "Use Header Map" is ON for your app target in XCode Settings (it is ON by default in XCode). "

[elvismercado]

Any idea when someone is going to work on this issue?

[naderio]

I'll soon check this plugin for compatibility with NS 3.0, maybe then
this could probably be resolved by a postinstall hook that does what is being described here https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/blob/master/Swift.md and here googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils#23 (comment)

[elvismercado]

Nice. At east it's known what needs to happen for it to work.

[elvismercado]

@naderio have you had any chance to work on ios marker clustering?

[naderio]

@elvismercado I didn't and probably wont work on iOS: I don't have a macos device at my disposal anymore, and probably won't use google maps anywhere soon.
give it a try yourself if you will.

[elvismercado]

@naderio I would like to help develop this part. But i am not sure of how to start updating your code. I would appreciate some help with this.
There is enough code in the Maps SDK for iOS that could essentially copy pasted in the setupMarkerCluster function for ios. But i am unsure of how to make a hook which would do what you stated before here https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/blob/master/Swift.md

[naderio]

@elvismercado

first, you need to manually test the approach recommended in https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-ios-utils/blob/master/Swift.md .. you know you have succeeded when, for instance, you have GMUClusterManager anything but undefined.
later, you could attempt to make an npm postinstall script (bash or javascript) that automates the manual work .. if possible

anyhow, it is possible as last resort to write the nativescript ios part and require the plugin user to install google-maps-ios-utils manually

[elvismercado]

@naderio I have tried the manual approach without succes. I also didn't check for GMUClusterManager.
I have also implemented adding/removing individual markers from clustermanager on android. When i have more time i'll try to update it here in the plugin.

[naderio]

@elvismercado I've tried the manual approach, no success, most probably unscriptable ...