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Add raster imagery

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ViewController
import Mapbox

class ViewController: UIViewController, MGLMapViewDelegate {
var mapView: MGLMapView!
var rasterLayer: MGLRasterStyleLayer?

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

mapView = MGLMapView(frame: view.bounds)
mapView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]

mapView.setCenter(CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 45.5188, longitude: -122.6748), zoomLevel: 13, animated: false)

mapView.delegate = self

view.addSubview(mapView)

// Add a UISlider that will control the raster layer’s opacity.
addSlider()
}

func mapView(_ mapView: MGLMapView, didFinishLoading style: MGLStyle) {
// Add a new raster source and layer.
let source = MGLRasterTileSource(identifier: "stamen-watercolor", tileURLTemplates: ["https://stamen-tiles.a.ssl.fastly.net/watercolor/{z}/{x}/{y}.jpg"], options: [ .tileSize: 256 ])
let rasterLayer = MGLRasterStyleLayer(identifier: "stamen-watercolor", source: source)

style.addSource(source)
style.addLayer(rasterLayer)

self.rasterLayer = rasterLayer
}

@objc func updateLayerOpacity(_ sender: UISlider) {
rasterLayer?.rasterOpacity = NSExpression(forConstantValue: sender.value as NSNumber)
}

func addSlider() {
let padding: CGFloat = 10
let slider = UISlider(frame: CGRect(x: padding, y: self.view.frame.size.height - 44 - 30, width: self.view.frame.size.width - padding * 2, height: 44))
slider.minimumValue = 0
slider.maximumValue = 1
slider.value = 1
slider.isContinuous = false
slider.addTarget(self, action: #selector(updateLayerOpacity), for: .valueChanged)
view.insertSubview(slider, aboveSubview: mapView)
if #available(iOS 11.0, *) {
let safeArea = view.safeAreaLayoutGuide
slider.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
let constraints = [
slider.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.bottomAnchor, constant: -mapView.logoView.bounds.height - 10),
slider.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: self.view.frame.size.width - padding * 2),
slider.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: safeArea.centerXAnchor)
]

NSLayoutConstraint.activate(constraints)
} else {
slider.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleTopMargin, .flexibleLeftMargin, .flexibleRightMargin]
}
}
}