Navigation intent that would work with maps and waze

Question

I'm trying to start a navigation activity with an intent from my app. I want it to start navigation from my location to a point that I provide. I've tried this way

String uri = "geo: "+String.valueOf(latitude) + "," + String.valueOf(longitude);
context.startActivity(new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                            Uri.parse(uri)));

It works great when I choose to navigate with Waze (it starts with the "start navigation" dialog right away), but doesnt work with maps (only shows the point, not the navigation option)

If I use this way

Intent intent = 
            new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                    Uri.parse("http://maps.google.com/maps?"  + 
                            "&daddr=" + String.valueOf(latitude) + "," 
                             + String.valueOf(longitude)));
context.startActivity(intent);

Its the opposite, starting the navigation with maps and only showing the point with Waze

Thanks!

Answer 1

I've done this myself and have had no issues using it the following way:

intent.setData(Uri.parse("geo:" + getLatitude() + "," +      getLongitude() + "?q=" + getStreet() + "+" +      getHousenumber() + "+" + getPostalcode() + "+" +      getCity())); 

The difference is that I use "&q=" for the query as stated by Google.

See: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Maps

Answer 2

This is a simple way and works on both of them:

Java

String uri = "geo: latitude,longtitude ?q= latitude,longtitude";
startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(uri)));

Kotlin

val uri = "geo: $latitude,$longtitude ?q= $latitude,$longtitude"
startActivity(Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(uri)))

I hope this will be useful