How to create a map with MapKit that can show the satellite view

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Created Mar ’21

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I want to Use the new Method of integrating maps as of summer 2020, but all I can find online is ways of doing it the old way (with UIViewRepresentable). I can't seem to figure out how to make it work without relying on UIViewRepresentable, which comes from the previous version of Swift. I've looked through the documentation but I cannot see anything built in that would allow me to change the type of the map to satellite. Any info on it would be appreciated.

Here is what I have now:

Code Block Swiftimport SwiftUI
import MapKit
struct ContentView: View {
  @State private var coordinateRegion = MKCoordinateRegion(center: CLLocationCoordinate2D(latitude: 40.7, longitude: -73.9), span: MKCoordinateSpan(latitudeDelta: 100.0, longitudeDelta: 100.0))
   
   
  @ViewBuilder var body: some View {
    Map(coordinateRegion: $coordinateRegion)
    
  }
}

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Mar ’21

MKMapView through UIViewRepresentable is still the way to go here, as Map supports only a few common needs, and satellite view is not one of them. We'd love to hear what your needs are with Map, so please use Feedback Assistant to let us know what they are.

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