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RooksStrife
RooksStrife

Reputation: 1747

Can you use Apple's mapkit for a hybrid application?

This web application is for Web and Android. I looked into others like Google, but they have limits.

If you can use it can anyone point me to the documentation for it.

Thanks.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3973

Answers (2)

John Wickham
John Wickham

Reputation: 647

2019 Update:

Apple now has a first-party JavaScript framework for using Apple Maps on the web: MapKit JS documentation.

Original Answer:

There is no officially supported way to use Apple Maps or MapKit on any platform but except iOS and macOS.

That said, here is the JS source for implementing Apple Maps on the web. Some people have been able to create working map views using it (see fruitymaps.com)

Upvotes: 4

Daniel Saidi
Daniel Saidi

Reputation: 6187

If you with a hybrid app means one that is built with a html/js-based framework like Ionic or a hybrid framework like Xamarin or React Native, which will all run in a native app and note solely in a browser, you could absolutely create a plugin that lets you use native map views in the hybrid view.

However, you'd probably have to do some heavy work to get the plugin to cover a basic set of features that it would then translate into equivalent MKMapView and Google Maps operations. Also, if you use a html/js-based framework like Ionic, you would have to present the map in a native view.

If you are just out for something better looking than the Google Maps web map, you could have a look at MapBox (https://www.mapbox.com/). They have a bunch of different styles and ways to incorporate their maps into apps of various types.

Upvotes: 0

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