Intent for Google Maps 7.0.0 with location

Question

At first I know that there are several similar questions on StackOverflow. Curriently I use the geo scheme for addressing points which can be handled by other apps.

Like in the example of the Android documentation ^{_{(by the way it seems to be outdated the RFC it out!)}} I tried to use something like this:

geo:50.95144,6.98725?q=50.95144,6.98725%20(Disneyland)

So I get a intent chooser where I can select an App which showed me in case of Google Maps Disneyland with a marker on it. Now it seems that an update was installed which removes that support. I just get the message that this place cannot been found.

I tried to understand the RFC 5870 which defines the 'geo' URI Scheme. I don't get it exactly. It is correct that it is not possible at all to define a lable?

How can I link now a position to Google Maps?

Answer 1

The WhatsApp intent is:

START u0 {act=android.intent.action.VIEW cat=[android.intent.category.BROWSABLE] dat=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:lat,lng+(You)&rlz=1Y1TXLS_enDE543DE543 flg=0x3000000 cmp=com.android.browser/.BrowserActivity (has extras)} from pid 2115

So if you use the following intent URI:

String geoUri = "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:" + lat + "," + lng + " (" + mTitle + ")";

...it should behave like WhatsApp. Furthermore it seems that some other geo apps trigger on this intent too. But it doesn't work for all geo apps!