Although [mapView selectAnnotation:currentAnnotation animated:FALSE] is the solution, but there is a catch to get it work consistently:
the code
for (id currentAnnotation in mapView.annotations) {
if ([currentAnnotation isEqual:annotationToSelect]) { [mapView selectAnnotation:currentAnnotation animated:FALSE]; } }
should be called from - (void)mapViewDidFinishLoadingMap
MKMapView *)mapView, and nowhere else.
The underlying reason is a bit tricky:
The sequence in which the various methods like viewWillAppear, viewDidAppear of UIViewController and the - (void)mapViewDidFinishLoadingMap
MKMapView *)mapView is called is different between the first time the map is loaded with one particular location and the subsequent times the map is displayed with the same location.
