0
307
ViewsGeo Intent Label not showing in Google Maps App
Since my Google Maps app updated recently, now version 10.11.1, the following code does not show the label as expected, documented, and previously working:
val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("geo:38.8951,100.0364?q=38.8951,100.0364(foo)")).setPackage("com.google.android.apps.maps")
if (intent.resolveActivity(packageManager) == null) {
intent.setPackage(null)
}
startActivity(intent)
And neither does this version (with 0,0 immediately after geo:):
val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("geo:0,0?q=38.8951,100.0364(foo)")).setPackage("com.google.android.apps.maps")
if (intent.resolveActivity(packageManager) == null) {
intent.setPackage(null)
}
startActivity(intent)
Neither does the example code in the official documentation show a label:
// Display a label at the location of Google's Sydney office
Uri gmmIntentUri = Uri.parse("geo:0,0?q=-33.8666,151.1957(Google+Sydney)");
Intent mapIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, gmmIntentUri);
mapIntent.setPackage("com.google.android.apps.maps");
startActivity(mapIntent);
3 answers
Answer question0
Update: Scheduled to be fixed in v11.12 perhaps before the end of January 2022.
No solution still even with latest map update 10.12.1 the label still does not show even if the documentation still says it should I've created an issue on Google's Issue tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/129726279
hopefully we'll have some information shortly.
0
Per Google, it's a bug in the Google Maps app. It's fixed in version 11.12.
0
I think we are going about it the wrong way here. If I was Google, I would also feel insecure about allowing developers to post directions with an abstract destination label, I am sure they never plan to fix this.
I recommend the following solution according to Google's new standards. https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/urls/android-intents:
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=LATITUDE,LONGITUDE
If you look at most apps these days, including the ones I have built, this allows us to post a LAT/LONG for the user to go to with Google's own Address values built in as the destination label.
To actually launch the Google Maps application, simply launch a web intent, I use the application context in this case.
fun startGoogleMaps(context: Context, lat: Double, long: Double) {
startWebBrowser(
context,
Uri.parse("https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=$lat,$long")
)
}
fun startWebBrowser(context: Context, link: Uri?) {
if (link != null) {
val webIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, link).apply {
addFlags(FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK)
}
if (webIntent.resolveActivity(context.packageManager) != null) {
context.startActivity(webIntent)
}
}
}