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D-eptdeveloper
D-eptdeveloper

Reputation: 2430

Map app not working

Have a look at the below code it's working properly

NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=%f,%f&saddr=%f,%f", 23.0300, 72.5800, 22.3000, 70.7833];    
NSString *escapedString = [urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];    
NSURL *url=[NSURL URLWithString:escapedString];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]openURL:url];

but it opens map in safari browser.

after that i've tried below code

NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://maps.apple.com/maps?daddr=%f,%f&saddr=%f,%f", 23.0300, 72.5800, 22.3000, 70.7833];    
NSString *escapedString = [urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];    
NSURL *url=[NSURL URLWithString:escapedString];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]openURL:url];

it open map app as i desired but not giving me the directional result with route or the same result that above google map gives how can i achieve the result as first code in map app?

please help!!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 312

Answers (1)

rckoenes
rckoenes

Reputation: 69499

Apple's map does not have the same API as google maps, thus you URL will not work. With iOS 6 apple introduced the MKMapItem which allows developers to interact with the maps.app.

If you want to keep using the the maps via http then you should change you url:

NSString *urlString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://maps.apple.com/?daddr=%f,%f&saddr=%f,%f", 23.0300, 72.5800, 22.3000, 70.7833];    
NSString *escapedString = [urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];    
NSURL *url=[NSURL URLWithString:escapedString];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication]openURL:url];

As stated in the Apple URL Scheme Reference you should not add the /maps/ path.

URLs that contain no path parameters or that contain specific map paths are opened in Safari and displayed there. For example, URLs based on the paths http://maps.apple.com/, http://maps.apple.com/maps, http://maps.apple.com/local, and http://maps.apple.com/m are all opened in Safari. To open a URL in the Maps app, the path must be of the form http://maps.apple.com/?q.

The rules for creating a valid map link are as follows:

  • The domain must be maps.apple.com.
  • The path cannot be /maps/*.
  • A parameter cannot be q=* if the value is a URL (so KML is not picked up).
  • The parameters cannot include view=text or dirflg=r

Upvotes: 2

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