Question

I have two variables – Destination and Source – and, using Phonegap, I’m trying to use jQuery to open the external iPhone Apple Maps app with directions.

The code I’m using looks like this:

var url = 'http://maps.apple.com/?q=daddr='+destination+'&saddr='+source;
window.location = url;

Whenever I click the relevant button however, it opens a new view in-app with Google directions as a webview, and I cannot return to the original app.

How can link be opened instead with the iOS default map application?

Answer 1

Changing http://maps.apple.com/?q= to just maps: did the trick.

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NB: make sure you write maps: and not map: as, while the latter will run the correct app, it will crash immediately after opening (thanks jprofitt)