Google Maps on iOS Simulator?

Question

I'm building an iOS app that I want to interact with the Native maps application that comes on iPhone & iPad. No maps application seems to be installed on either of the simulators.

How can I test this functionality on the iOS simulator?

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When I let Google Maps website take over with the following url

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.785834,-122.406417

This happens

Answer 1

Use this documentation from Apple: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference/Articles/MapLinks.html

As it says there:

If the Maps application is not installed on the device, opening a map URL forwards the request to the Google Maps website.

So you can test this in the simulator, but it will open in Safari instead.

Answer 2

[someUIApplication openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://maps.google.com/maps?q=London"]]

This will open the maps app from apple.

NOTE: THIS ONLY WORKS ON THE DEVICE ITSELF. NOT IN THE SIMULATOR.

It's one of the "missing" features of the simulator.

Like Woz said, it will open on safari, not in the native app.