I don't know whether this is a problem or not. I myself am living in Tokyo and MKLocalSearch returns mapItems in Tokyo, say Apple Shinjuku, Apple Omotesando, Apple Ginza and so on, on a live preview as well as on a real iOS device. I also ran the code I downloaded from your server and I got the same result. Irrespective of the region set by the code, MKLocalSearch seems to search places where my Mac or iOS device actually exists, in my case, it is Tokyo. After having googled, I finally got the same result as you explained in your lesson if I set the region again by repeating the following code instead of "request.region = mapView.region", let centerCoordinate = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 37.76666, longitude: -122.427290) let span = MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 0.1, longitudeDelta: 0.1) let region = MKCoordinateRegion(center: centerCoordinate, span: span) request.region = region Anyway, I'm enjoying this new course!!

To avoid the repetition of the code, I added a return value like " fileprivate func setupRegionForMap() -> MKCoordinateRegion{ .... return region}".

Enjoying your course so far Brian. Thank you. I found by accident "placemark.title" renders a properly formatted address already...any reasons not to use that if it fits address requirements?

Another great course!! I refactored the code to get the address string with the following function: fileprivate func displayAddress(from placemark: MKPlacemark) -> String { var addressString = "" if let number = placemark.subThoroughfare, let street = placemark.thoroughfare, let zip = placemark.postalCode, let city = placemark.locality, let state = placemark.administrativeArea { addressString = "\(number) \(street),\(city),\(state) \(zip)" } return addressString } Usage: let address = self.displayAddress(from: mapItem.placemark) print(address)

I am using Xcode 11.3.1 and having issues with MkLocalSearch localsearch.start changing my region to my local region. prior to this: let localSearch = MKLocalSearch(request: request) my mapview.region is: ▿ MKCoordinateRegion ▿ center : CLLocationCoordinate2D - latitude : 37.334599999999995 - longitude : -122.00919999999999 ▿ span : MKCoordinateSpan - latitudeDelta : 90.0 - longitudeDelta : 180.0 after executing localSearch.start { (resp, err) and within the mapItems.forEach I get this: 2020-01-30 15:37:35.009308-0500 MapDirectionsGooglePlaces_LBTA[18329:1683505] libMobileGestalt MobileGestalt.c:1647: Could not retrieve region info and po resp ▿ Optional<MKLocalSearchResponse> - some : <MKLocalSearchResponse: 0x600000a98000> { boundingRegion = "<center:+34.01132621, -84.27239180 span:+0.33391947, +0.58232912>"; mapItems = ( "<MKMapItem: 0x600003081f80> {\n isCurrentLocation = 0;\n name = \"Apple Avalon\";\n phoneNumber = \"\\U202d+1 (770) 510-1670\\U202c\";\n placemark = \"Apple Avalon, 8130 Avalon Blvd, Alpharetta, GA 30009, United States @ ... I've spend quite a bit of time searching for a reason without finding anything. Thanks

Hey Brian, In my project when search for "airport", I get airports in Tampa even tho my region is set to SF. I downloaded the project file and ran your project and I am getting the same results. I can't figure out why it isn't searching for airports in SF.

Hey Everyone. Ok, so if I wanted to add a fixed array of Strings that I wanted the users to search how can I do that? Like if I wanted to them to only be able to search for a fix array, like [doctor, nurse, clearner, admin] and only these terms... Does anyone know if that's possible?

Brian: This may be a variation on questions already answered, but when I run the app, the debug panel shows the following: 2021-05-04 07:13:59.647223-0400 maps[62817:3466197] Metal API Validation Enabled 2021-05-04 07:13:59.851746-0400 maps[62817:3466197] libMobileGestalt MobileGestalt.c:1647: Could not retrieve region info Apple World Trade Center Apple West 14th Street Apple SoHo Apple Short Hills Apple Upper West Side Apple Grand Central Apple Staten Island Apple Fifth Avenue Apple Downtown Brooklyn Apple Upper East Side The pins cannot be placed because the query is yielding NY rather than SF stores. How do I change that?

To follow up on the previous post, I checked the code against the reference code. It is now identical. Now when the app is tested, the area shown flios between the New York City area bd the Philadelphia area where I live.