I'm using Google Cardboard with the Street View App. I want to be able to create a link that sends users directly into the Street View App to view a specific location.
Within the Street View App I can create a link from a location, if it's a featured location within the app, the link it generates works perfectly and looks something like this:
http://www.google.com/maps/streetview/#us-highlights/faneuil-hall-boston
If it's not a featured location, the URL it generates is different and opens in google maps, rather than the Street View app, looking something like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s7lx0Oz8OSTwIweRXw7eNiA!2e0
Is it possible to create a URL that opens in the Street View App that isn't a featured location. If so, what's the process/format?
You can launch the Google Maps for iOS application in street view mode with the comgooglemaps
URL Scheme by setting the mapmode parameter to streetview.
Objective c
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"comgooglemaps://"]]) {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"comgooglemaps://?center=46.414382,10.013988&mapmode=streetview"]]];
}
Swift 4
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(URL(string: "comgooglemaps://")!) {
guard let url = URL(string: "comgooglemaps://?center=46.414382,10.013988&mapmode=streetview") else {
return //be safe
}
if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
UIApplication.shared.open(url, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
} else {
UIApplication.shared.openURL(url)
}
}
& more details here on Google Streetview.