Interact with points of interest

When a user taps a point of interest (POI) on a Map, the Maps 3D SDK for iOS (GoogleMaps3DKit) displays a Places widget for that POI. You can listen for tap events and control whether this widget is displayed using onTap(_:), onPlaceTap(_:), and placeInformationEnabled(_:).

Note: By default, the Places UI widget shows when a point of interest is tapped in GoogleMaps3DKit. Use placeInformationEnabled(false) or onPlaceTap(_:) to suppress the widget in your app.

Listen for tap events

To listen for tap events on a Map, apply the onTap(_:) modifier.

When a user taps the map, the closure receives a MapTapInfo object containing the following properties:

• location: The LatLngAltitude representing the geographic coordinates and altitude of the tap.
• content: The MapTapInfo.Content value indicating what was tapped:
  • MapTapInfo.Content.map: The tap hit the base map.
  • MapTapInfo.Content.place(id:): The tap hit a place, providing its unique place ID (String).

Control the Places UI widget

To control whether the built-in Places UI widget is displayed when a place is tapped, apply onPlaceTap(_:) to Map. The closure receives the tapped placeId (String) and returns a PlaceTapAction:

• Return .default: Shows the built-in Places UI widget.
• Return .none: Suppresses the built-in Places UI widget.

The following example listens for tap events and suppresses the default Places UI widget:

import GoogleMaps3DKit
import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
  @State private var camera = Camera(center: .init(latitude: 37.7749, longitude: -122.4194))

  var body: some View {
    Map(camera: $camera, mode: .hybrid)
      .onPlaceTap { placeId in
        // Suppress the built-in Places UI widget
        .none
      }
      .onTap { tapInfo in
        switch tapInfo.content {
        case .map:
          print("Tapped map at \(tapInfo.location)")
        case .place(let placeId):
          print("Tapped place \(placeId) at \(tapInfo.location)")
        }
      }
  }
}

To disable the built-in place information card for all POI taps on a Map, pass false to placeInformationEnabled(_:):

import GoogleMaps3DKit
import SwiftUI

struct ContentView: View {
  var body: some View {
    Map(mode: .hybrid)
      .placeInformationEnabled(false)
  }
}