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Dzianis Fileyeu
Dzianis Fileyeu

Reputation: 717

How can I make Siri redirect routing requests into my navigation app?

The iOS app I'm working on is correctly configured as a routing app according to documentation. It is displayed in the Apple Maps' Routing Apps section and receives MKDirectionsRequest in its application:openURL:options: when a user asks the Maps app for directions and chooses my app.

I want the user to be able to ask Siri invoke navigation in my app by saying something like "Start navigation in my_app_name to some_address".

What I observe is such thing is possible with e.g. Google Maps, Waze and several other apps:

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However, for many routing apps on my device (including the one I'm developing) it does not work:

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Is it possible to make it work for my app?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 202

Answers (1)

Gleb A.
Gleb A.

Reputation: 1180

AFAIK the feature still exists in the form of ad hoc integrations with some specific apps and doesn't expose any public API in iOS SDK.

First time it was briefly mentioned in WWDC 2019 keynote and has never received any more detail in other sessions or developer documentation since then.

WWDC20 is coming in June, so we can of course look for updates this year — and if there are none you should still be able to "engage with Apple engineers" directly, as they mention on the website.

Upvotes: 0

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