Starting navigation in Waze with Android's Intents

Question

I have a simple Android app which should be able to allow navigation between 2 GeoPoint's.

I can easily display a GeoPoint on Waze, writing this small piece of code:

String uri = "waze://?ll=40.761043, -73.980545&z=10";
startActivity(new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(uri)));

But, what I really need is a way to display navigation directions between 2 points. I've tried to locate the correct BroadcastReciever in the Waze source, but I stopped follow when it got to native calls (JNI) because I have no idea where the actual call is... I reached only to the URIHandler signature, with no success finding the implementation...

Any ideas?

Thanks.

score 16 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 16 '15 at 08:12

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Fix you uri to:

String uri = "waze://?ll=40.761043, -73.980545&navigate=yes";

(added navigate=yes) and you should be good.

answered Jun 16 '15 at 08:12

TalL

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Thanks for this! BTW, do you have any source? – Louis CAD Sep 23 '16 at 13:45
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I get you mean source code? It's pretty much the source code from Ami's answer, just replace the URI. If you have a more specific request, please specify. – TalL Sep 25 '16 at 08:09
I meant if there's any doc from Waze for this intent, I'd like to have the link – Louis CAD Sep 26 '16 at 07:24
New waze dev link is here https://developers.google.com/waze . It is stil unclear to me if it supports StartActivityForResult – Roman Gherta Jul 24 '19 at 11:25

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '12 at 13:24

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If this is still relevant you can use this:

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

answered Apr 25 '12 at 13:24

Ami

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Is there a way to filter this so it will only start Waze? Because when I try it it gives the user an option to go to Google Earth instead. Google earth won't offer navigation so it's a crappy experience. – Ankhwatcher Apr 17 '14 at 11:20
@Ankhwatcher .. Did you find the solution ? – Android is everything for me Feb 20 '18 at 08:31
For anyone wanting to filter Activities, you can use PackageManager.queryIntentActivities(...) to filter out the Activities you don't want. Search Google for more info. – TheIT Jan 15 '19 at 21:39
Does not work for Waze currently, Android 13 (API level 31 for app): https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74145009/android-generic-way-to-reliably-start-navigation-activity-using-default-app – Ted Oct 20 '22 at 19:15

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 06 '17 at 21:54

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Today's Waze base url is https://waze.com/ul so to navigate you have to use

https://waze.com/ul?ll=45.6906304,-120.810983&navigate=yes

answered Sep 06 '17 at 21:54

Claudio Redi

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 26 '18 at 15:08

You can do [kotlin]:

fun openWaze(latitude: Double, longitude: Double) {
    packageManager?.let {
        val url = "waze://?ll=$latitude,$longitude&navigate=yes"
        val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url))
        intent.resolveActivity(it)?.let {
            startActivity(intent)
        } ?: run {
            Toast.makeText(context, R.string.noWazeAppFound, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
        }
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 05 '19 at 10:16

According to Google doc about working with Waze you can use code below to open waze from your android app:

try {
    // Launch Waze to look for Hawaii:
    String url = "https://waze.com/ul?ll=40.761043,-73.980545&navigate=yes";
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url));
    startActivity(intent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
    // If Waze is not installed, open it in Google Play:
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.waze"));
    startActivity(intent);
}

Starting navigation in Waze with Android's Intents

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