Opening native Maps with Cordova on Android

Asked Jun 24 '15 at 08:06

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I'm trying to redirect user to the native Maps app on Android in Cordova. Here's a related answer that I found which is supposed to work on Android. However, when I use it in my Cordova app, ie,

location.href = "geo:" + lat +"," + lon;

it simply alerts,

Application Error

net::ERR_UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME (geo:numbers here,number here)

What is causing this error and what would be a possible solution to this issue?

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Jun 24 '15 at 08:06

Derek 朕會功夫

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Please take a look at [this post](http://community.phonegap.com/nitobi/topics/err-unknown-url-scheme-error-in-mailto-sms-and-tel-links) unless you already have. I hope it helps. – Alp Jun 24 '15 at 08:31
@Alp Mine is different because this link is not being opened in an in app browser. – Derek 朕會功夫 Jun 24 '15 at 17:08
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So you haven't tried whitelisting `geo:`? The [documentation](http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.6.0/guide_appdev_whitelist_index.md.html) doesn't seem to make a distinction between accessing a URL from an in app browser or your app. – not_a_bot Jun 25 '15 at 00:24
@not_a_bot I did whitelisted `geo:`. – Derek 朕會功夫 Jun 25 '15 at 00:26
can you provide the phonegap version you are using, and how did you whitelist the geo url? – jcesarmobile Jun 26 '15 at 08:07
@jcesarmobile I'm using Cordova 5.0.0 and I placed `` inside the `` tag in my config.xml. – Derek 朕會功夫 Jun 26 '15 at 17:07
Do you also have the Cordova whitelist [plugin](https://github.com/apache/cordova-plugin-whitelist) installed? – not_a_bot Jun 26 '15 at 18:05
@not_a_bot It is installed. `cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.0.0 "Whitelist"` – Derek 朕會功夫 Jun 26 '15 at 18:13
I even tried using `` with `window.open` but still no success. – Derek 朕會功夫 Jun 26 '15 at 18:20

Opening native Maps with Cordova on Android

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