Q:
How do I automatically deselect the current drawing object? Currently it is still active and users have to then hide drawing tools on mobile or select pan again to pan around. I think it would be better to automatically go back to pan as soon as they have placed the object and only draw another object by selecting it again.
A:
You can deselect an annotation programmatically by switching back to the pan tool. This can be done via the tool manager, eg. [self.toolManager changeTool:[PanTool class]];