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schlubbi
schlubbi

Reputation: 1623

How to invoke native android maps app from a normal link <a>?

I want to invoke the native device maps app to show some directions between the current position of a user and another location.

In iOS 6 it's working this way:

<a href="http://maps.apple.com/maps?daddr=lon,lat&saddr=lon,lat"></a>

But how is this working on other platforms e.g. on android?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1382

Answers (1)

Heiko Rupp
Heiko Rupp

Reputation: 30974

In Android, you can use a geo: url to achieve this.
Have a look at the Android documentation for the parameters.

Basically it goes

<a href="geo:lat,lon">My place</a>

It may be that this fires the application selector on the user's device, as the user may have installed more than "maps" kind of app.

Upvotes: 2

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