Android: Launch Google Maps App

Question

I saw in another Stack Overflow post you can open the Google maps application from your application by passing two address as parameters in the URL.

String url = "http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=some+address&daddr=another+Address"
Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW,  Uri.parse(url));

How can you start the Google maps application from your app and get directions from your current location to an address?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '11 at 02:40

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Absolutely, but you'll have to grab your location via GPS coordinates first. Or, just set the position of the second location and let the user tap it and find directions from their current position using Maps itself.

answered May 01 '11 at 02:40

Haphazard

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So I use the google api to find coordinates then pass the coordinates as a parameter? How is this done? – zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz May 01 '11 at 02:44
I used google to find this instructional guide: http://www.firstdroid.com/2010/04/29/android-development-using-gps-to-get-current-location-2/ – Haphazard May 01 '11 at 02:47

Android: Launch Google Maps App

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