Question

I’m trying to do a pretty straightforward google maps feature for my mobile web app.
after some searching i found that just opening a href to maps.google.com?q=query in webview would show a very decent map.
The mobile version of google.maps has a “current location” feature which i cant get to work. so i’m thinking it might need some permission, but i find so little information about it. Does anyone know how to get this function working? when i click the button, nothing really happens.

in my manifest i have this :

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-configuration android:reqKeyboardType="undefined" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_GPS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_ASSISTED_GPS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION" />

And the entire thing loads in webview. Any pointers greatly appreciated 🙂

Answer 1

Turns up that my webview just simply wouldnt allow me to do what i wanted.
I ended up solving it by handling google.maps url’s through device browser\maps application within “shouldoverrideurlloading”. Like so :

    if (url != null && url.startsWith("http://maps.google.com")) {
                mWebView.getContext().startActivity(
                    new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)));
                return true;
            } else {
                view.loadUrl(url);
                return false;        
}

And adding the intent to androidmanifest:

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
    <data android:scheme="helloworld" />
</intent-filter>