MapKit & CoreLocation (iOS)

SwiftUI-first mapping, user location, geofencing, search, routing, and geocoding. Grounded in Apple's MapKit and CoreLocation frameworks. SwiftUI Map content builder, MapCameraPosition, MapReader, and Look Around are iOS 17+; the async CLLocationUpdate / CLMonitor APIs are iOS 17+ (with iOS 18 service-session changes); MKGeocodingRequest and cycling directions are iOS 26.

• KMP boundary: map UI is native iOS — put the Map inside a SwiftUI screen, not shared Compose. Expose only data (coordinates, a location stream) from commonMain via an interface, bound to a CoreLocation actual in iosMain; see expect-actual and kmp-ios-integration.
• Privacy first (fintech): location is sensitive. Request the narrowest authorization that works (WhenInUse over Always), support reduced accuracy, and never log or transmit coordinates without a clear user-facing reason. Purpose strings and privacy-manifest details: app-store-review.

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