Tutorial: Share Your Current Location From Your iOS Device in Real-Time With PubNub

1.bash

$ pod init
$ {your favorite editor} Podfile

10.swift

self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest
self.locationManager.startUpdatingLocation()

11.swift

func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager!, didFailWithError error: NSError!) {
        println("didFailWithError: \(error.description)")
        let errorAlert = UIAlertView(title: "Error", message: "Failed to Get Your Location", delegate: nil, cancelButtonTitle: "Ok")
        errorAlert.show()
    }

12.swift

func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager!, didUpdateLocations locations: [AnyObject]!) {
        let newLocation = locations.last as CLLocation
        println("current position: \(newLocation.coordinate.longitude) , \(newLocation.coordinate.latitude)")
    }

13.swift

private var config = PNConfiguration(forOrigin:"your.company.com", publishKey: "publish_key", subscribeKey: "subscribe_key", secretKey:nil)
private var channel = PNChannel()

14.swift

PubNub.setDelegate(self)
PubNub.setConfiguration(self.config)
PubNub.connect()
self.channel = PNChannel.channelWithName("Channel-Name", shouldObservePresence: false) as PNChannel
PubNub.subscribeOnChannel(self.channel)

15.swift

class YourViewController: UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate, PNDelegate {

16.swift

func locationManager(manager: CLLocationManager!, didUpdateLocations locations: [AnyObject]!) {
    let newLocation = locations.last as CLLocation
    println("current position: \(newLocation.coordinate.longitude) , \(newLocation.coordinate.latitude)")
    let message = "{\"lat\":\(newLocation.coordinate.latitude),\"lng\":\(newLocation.coordinate.longitude), \"alt\": \(newLocation.altitude)}"
    PubNub.sendMessage(message, toChannel: self.channel, compressed: true)
}

2.bash

platform :ios, "8.0"
target "YourProject" do
pod 'PubNub', '3.7.2'
end
target "YourProjectTests" do
end

3.bash

$ pod install

4.c

#ifdef __OBJC__
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "PNImports.h"
#endif

5.swift

import UIKit
import CoreLocation

6.swift

private var locationManager = CLLocationManager()

7.swift

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    self.locationManager.delegate = self
    self.locationManager.requestAlwaysAuthorization()

8.swift

class YourViewController: UIViewController, CLLocationManagerDelegate {

9.xml

<key>NSLocationAlwaysUsageDescription</key>
<string>This application needs access to your location information</string>
<key>NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription</key>
<string>This application needs access to your location information</string>