MKPinAnnotationView: Are there more than three colors available?

Question

According to the Apple docs, MKPinAnnotationView's pin color is available in red, green and purple. Is there any way to get other colors also? I've found nothing in the docs.

Answer 1

If it's not in the docs then most probably not, you cAn use mkannotationview and have ur own image if u wish though

Answer 2

You might find the following images useful:

and the code to use them in viewForAnnotation:

- (MKAnnotationView *) mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>) annotation
{   
    // ... get the annotation delegate and allocate the MKAnnotationView (annView)
    if ([annotationDelegate.type localizedCaseInsensitiveCompare:@"NeedsBluePin"] == NSOrderedSame)
    {
        UIImage * image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"blue_pin.png"];
        UIImageView *imageView = [[[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:image] autorelease];
        [annView addSubview:imageView];
    }
    // ...

Answer 3

I like Yonel's Answer but just a heads up, when you create a custom MKAnnotationView, you'll have to manually assign the offset. For the images Yonel provided: (you can leave out the calloutButton stuff if you don't need one of those)

#pragma mark MKMapViewDelegate
- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)aMapView viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation
{
    if(![annotation isKindOfClass:[MyAnnotation class]]) // Don't mess user location
        return nil;

    MKAnnotationView *annotationView = [aMapView dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:@"spot"];
    if(!annotationView)
    {
        annotationView = [[MKAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:@"spot"];
        annotationView.rightCalloutAccessoryView = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeDetailDisclosure];
        [(UIButton *)annotationView.rightCalloutAccessoryView addTarget:self action:@selector(openSpot:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
        annotationView.enabled = YES;
        annotationView.canShowCallout = YES;
        annotationView.centerOffset = CGPointMake(7,-15);
        annotationView.calloutOffset = CGPointMake(-8,0);
    }

    // Setup annotation view
    annotationView.image = [UIImage imageNamed:@"pinYellow.png"]; // Or whatever

    return annotationView;
}