# When do I use the overlay view and when do I use the overlay renderer?

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**Category:** iOS\
**Created:** [January 5, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/when-do-i-use-the-overlay-view-and-when-do-i-use-the-overlay-renderer/38292 "2018-01-05T04:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![brower](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/brower/32/102075_2.png) [@brower](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/brower)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/when-do-i-use-the-overlay-view-and-when-do-i-use-the-overlay-renderer/38292/1 "2018-01-05T04:47:15Z")

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Why is there both an overlay view class and an overlay renderer class in MapKit? Can I only use one or the other at a time? How do I decide which one to use?

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**Author:** ![loufranco](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/loufranco/32/73879_2.png) [@loufranco](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/loufranco)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/when-do-i-use-the-overlay-view-and-when-do-i-use-the-overlay-renderer/38292/2 "2018-01-14T15:58:11Z")

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Can you be more specific? Are you talking about MapKit? What exact classes are asking about?

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**Author:** ![brower](https://assets.chunter.kodeco.com/user_avatar/forums.kodeco.com/brower/32/102075_2.png) [@brower](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/brower)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/when-do-i-use-the-overlay-view-and-when-do-i-use-the-overlay-renderer/38292/3 "2018-01-15T06:17:53Z")

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Yes. It’s about MapKit.

I figured out the answer. MKOverlayView is older technology.

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**Author:** ![system](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.raywenderlich.com/community/forum-assets/noun-game-ghost-878668.png) [@system](https://forums.kodeco.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.kodeco.com/t/when-do-i-use-the-overlay-view-and-when-do-i-use-the-overlay-renderer/38292/4 "2018-06-20T20:54:56Z")

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Closed on June 20, 2018, 8:54pm UTC

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