loadview ONLY when I get my GPS location - iphone

Question

I have been stuck on this for days, and was wondering if anyone had any clues? Should be simple, but it has me stuck! I get my location, then continue. But I want to stay IN THAT METHOD - LOOPING - until I get a valid location. Then loadview. THANKS for any tips!
I am using the standard:
- (id)init
{
if (self = [super init])
{
self.locationManager = [[[CLLocationManager alloc] init] autorelease];
self.locationManager.delegate = self; // send loc updates to myself
self.locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyBest;
[self.locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
}
return self;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
// do my processing here ONLY when I get a valid location***************************
// and if I never get a valid location, then just go to my last location.
}
(void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
{
NSDate* eventDate = newLocation.timestamp;
NSTimeInterval howRecent = [eventDate timeIntervalSinceNow];
if (abs(howRecent) < 5.0)
{
[manager stopUpdatingLocation]
printf("latitude %+.6f, longitude %+.6f\n", newLocation.coordinate.latitude, newLocation.coordinate.longitude);
}
}

Answer 1

Rather than spinning in your viewDidLoad, how about putting up a temporary view until you have your GPS location?
// custom full-screen view class of your choice
// could just be a UIImageView if you wanted
SplashOverlay *splash;
- (void)viewDidLoad {
[super viewDidLoad];
splash = [[SplashOverlay alloc] initWithNibName:#"SplashOverlay" bundle:nil];
[self.view addSubview:splash.view];
}
// do this code to get rid of the view
- (void) doneWithSplashScreen {
[splash.view removeFromSuperview];
[splash release];
splash = nil;
}
your view will still be under the splash screen waiting, but nobody can interact with it until you're ready.