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Resizable image

Add a resizable image with cap insets to a style.
ResizableImageExample.swift
import Foundation
import UIKit
import MapboxMaps

/// An example showcasing of adding a resizable image to the style
/// and demonstrating how the image is stretched
final class ViewController: UIViewController {
private static let center = CLLocationCoordinate2DMake(55.70651, 12.554729)
private static let layerId = "layer_id"
private static let textBase = "Hi! "

private lazy var mapView: MapView = {
let mapInitOptions = MapInitOptions(cameraOptions: CameraOptions(center: Self.center, zoom: 9))
let mapView = MapView(frame: view.bounds, mapInitOptions: mapInitOptions)
mapView.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
return mapView
}()
private var cancelables = Set<AnyCancelable>()

private var appendTextCounter = 1
private weak var timer: Timer? {
didSet { oldValue?.invalidate() }
}

// MARK: - Lifecycle

override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()

view.addSubview(mapView)

mapView.mapboxMap.onMapLoaded.observeNext { [weak self] _ in
self?.setupExample()
self?.startUpdatingIconText()
}.store(in: &cancelables)
}



override func didMove(toParent parent: UIViewController?) {
super.didMove(toParent: parent)

if parent == nil {
timer = nil
}
}

// MARK: - Private

private func setupExample() {
let geoJSONSourceId = "source_id"

// create an image of a circle and specify the corners that should remain unchanged
let image = UIImage(named: "circle")!
.resizableImage(withCapInsets: UIEdgeInsets(top: 12, left: 12, bottom: 12, right: 12))
try? mapView.mapboxMap.addImage(image, id: "circle")

// add a GeoJSON source with a single point to the style
var source = GeoJSONSource(id: geoJSONSourceId)
source.data = .feature(Feature(geometry: Point(Self.center)))

try? mapView.mapboxMap.addSource(source)

// add a symbol layer with the resizable icon image
var symbolLayer = SymbolLayer(id: Self.layerId, source: geoJSONSourceId)
symbolLayer.iconImage = .constant(.name("circle"))
// make sure the icon image is stretched both vertically and horizontally
symbolLayer.iconTextFit = .constant(.both)
symbolLayer.iconTextFitPadding = .constant([10, 10, 10, 10])
symbolLayer.textField = .constant(Self.textBase)

try? mapView.mapboxMap.addLayer(symbolLayer, layerPosition: .default)
}

private func startUpdatingIconText() {
timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(withTimeInterval: 1.5, repeats: true) { [weak self] _ in
self?.updateIconText()
}
}

// Append some text to the layer's textField, stretching the icon image in both X and Y axes
private func updateIconText() {
guard mapView.mapboxMap.isStyleLoaded else {
return
}

let layer = try? mapView.mapboxMap.layer(withId: Self.layerId, type: SymbolLayer.self)

guard case .expression(let expression) = layer?.textField else {
return
}

appendTextCounter += 1

guard let textLabel = expression.arguments.first?.description
.appending(Self.textBase)
.appending(appendTextCounter % 3 == 0 ? "\n" : "") else {
return
}

try? mapView.mapboxMap.updateLayer(withId: Self.layerId, type: SymbolLayer.self) { layer in
layer.textField = .constant(textLabel)
}
}
}
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