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Change the position of a layer

Insert a specific layer above or below other layers.
LayerPositionExample.swift
import UIKit
import MapboxMaps

final class ViewController: UIViewController {
private var mapView: MapView!
private var sourceIdentifier = "ploygon-geojson-source"
private var source: GeoJSONSource!
private var layer: FillLayer!
private var cancelables = Set<AnyCancelable>()

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

// Center the map over the United States.
let centerCoordinate = CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 40.58058466412761,
longitude: -97.734375)
let options = MapInitOptions(cameraOptions: CameraOptions(center: centerCoordinate, zoom: 3), styleURI: .streets)

mapView = MapView(frame: view.bounds, mapInitOptions: options)
mapView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
view.addSubview(mapView)

try! mapView.mapboxMap.setProjection(StyleProjection(name: .mercator))

// Allows the view controller to receive information about map events.
mapView.mapboxMap.onMapLoaded.observeNext { [weak self] _ in
self?.setupExample()
}.store(in: &cancelables)

// Add a button to change the position of layer
addLayerPostionChangeButton()
}

private func addLayerPostionChangeButton() {
// Set up layer postion change button
let button = UIButton(type: .system)
button.setTitle("Change Layer Position", for: .normal)
button.setTitleColor(.white, for: .normal)
button.backgroundColor = #colorLiteral(red: 0, green: 0.4784313725, blue: 0.9882352941, alpha: 1)
button.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
button.layer.cornerRadius = 20
button.clipsToBounds = true
button.addTarget(self, action: #selector(onChangeButtonPress(sender:)), for: .touchUpInside)
view.addSubview(button)
// Set button location
let horizontalConstraint = button.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.safeAreaLayoutGuide.bottomAnchor,
constant: -24)
let verticalConstraint = button.centerXAnchor.constraint(equalTo: view.centerXAnchor)
let widthConstraint = button.widthAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 200)
let heightConstraint = button.heightAnchor.constraint(equalToConstant: 40)
NSLayoutConstraint.activate([horizontalConstraint, verticalConstraint, widthConstraint, heightConstraint])
}

@objc private func onChangeButtonPress(sender: UIButton) {
let alert = UIAlertController(title: "Polygon Layer",
message: "Please select the position of polygon layer.",
preferredStyle: .actionSheet)
alert.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = sender

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Above state label", style: .default, handler: { [weak self] _ in
guard let self = self else { return }
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.removeLayer(withId: self.layer.id)
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(self.layer,
layerPosition: .above("state-label"))
}))

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Below state label", style: .default, handler: { [weak self] _ in
guard let self = self else { return }
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.removeLayer(withId: self.layer.id)
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(self.layer,
layerPosition: .below("state-label"))
}))

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Above all", style: .default, handler: { [weak self] _ in
guard let self = self else { return }
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.removeLayer(withId: self.layer.id)
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(self.layer,
layerPosition: nil)
}))

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Below all", style: .default, handler: { [weak self] _ in
guard let self = self else { return }
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.removeLayer(withId: self.layer.id)
try? self.mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(self.layer,
layerPosition: .at(0))
}))

alert.addAction(UIAlertAction(title: "Cancel", style: .cancel))

present(alert, animated: true)
}

// Wait for the style to load before adding data to it.
func setupExample() {
layer = FillLayer(id: "polygon-layer", source: sourceIdentifier)
// Apply basic styling to the fill layer.
layer.fillColor = .constant(StyleColor(#colorLiteral(red: 0.9764705896, green: 0.850980401, blue: 0.5490196347, alpha: 1)))
layer.fillOutlineColor = .constant(StyleColor(#colorLiteral(red: 0.8039215803, green: 0.8039215803, blue: 0.8039215803, alpha: 1)))

// Create a new GeoJSON data source which gets its data from a polygon.
source = GeoJSONSource(id: sourceIdentifier)
source.data = .geometry(.polygon(.init([[
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(32.91648534731439, -114.43359375),
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(32.91648534731439, -81.298828125),
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(48.16608541901253, -81.298828125),
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(48.16608541901253, -114.43359375),
CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(32.91648534731439, -114.43359375)
]])))

try! mapView.mapboxMap.addSource(source)

// If a layer position is not supplied, the layer is added above all other layers by default.
try! mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(layer, layerPosition: nil)



}
}
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