MGLUserLocationAnnotationView subclass does not take the pitch perspective of the camera

Question

I have styled the user location icon according to these docs:
https://docs.mapbox.com/ios/maps/examples/user-location-annotation/
It works, but although I worked with camera and pitch, it is displayed in two dimensions. How can i make it that it is in the right perspective of the camera and the pitch effect works?

I added MGLMapCamera with this code:
func mapViewDidFinishLoadingMap(_ mapView: MGLMapView) {
       // Wait for the map to load before initiating the first camera movement.

mapView.camera = MGLMapCamera(lookingAtCenter: mapView.centerCoordinate, altitude: 200, pitch: 50, heading: 0)
              
}

Isn't there a camera option mode like gps for Android?
https://docs.mapbox.com/android/maps/examples/location-component-camera-options/

desmeit · Answer

I found a solution.
As far as I can see, there is no way to set this with an option. So I solved it manually:
First, I create an image:
private func setupLayers() {

if arrow == nil {
           arrow = CALayer()
           let myImage = UIImage(named: "arrow")?.cgImage
           arrow.bounds = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size, height: size)
           
           arrow.contents = myImage
        
           layer.addSublayer(arrow)
     }
}

Then I use MGLRadiansFromDegrees to convert from radians to degrees and transform the image with every update:
override func update() {
       // Convert Optional to Double
       let camerapitch = Double(mapView?.camera.pitch ?? 0)
        
       let pitch: CGFloat = MGLRadiansFromDegrees(camerapitch)
        
       layer.transform = CATransform3DMakeRotation(pitch, 1, 0, 0)
}

invaderzizim · Answer

If you want the annotation view to tilt with the map view, you can use the MGLAnnotationView:scalesWithViewingDistance property. This determines whether the annotation view grows and shrinks as the distance between the viewpoint and the annotation view changes on a tilted map.
When the value of this property is YES and the map is tilted, the annotation view appears smaller if it is towards the top of the view (closer to the horizon) and larger if it is towards the bottom of the view (closer to the viewpoint).

MGLUserLocationAnnotationView subclass does not take the pitch perspective of the camera

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