I want to be able to use Google maps and open a destination with a third party sat nav like Tom Tom instead of using the Google navigation. You used to be able to choose which app you wanted to open but now you can't, i'm curious if this is something that wouldn't take too much time or not. I did look into doing this myself but I'm no developer. If anyone has any suggestions on how to achieve this it would be greatly appreciated. For clarification on what I'm looking for there is a Cydia tweak called navigate from maps which does what I want.
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So after reading through some threads there is a few that mentioned that 'CAR HOME' or 'Google Navigation' is not part of the Captivate. Other rumours also speculate that once you open google maps and click on 'Navigate' it will open the google navigation software.
I would really hate if ATT cripped that function. Can someone confirm if the navigation software is already on the phone or can be possibly downloaded from the market?
Thanks!!
Yes, once you hit navigate, it prompts you to accept the google nav beta agreement and then opens google nav.
Open google maps, type in your destination and select navigate. Google navigation comes up. It says you have to install voice guidance support from the marketplace to get voice guidance.
Lucke said:
Yes, once you hit navigate, it prompts you to accept the google nav beta agreement and then opens google nav.
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mesasone said:
Open google maps, type in your destination and select navigate. Google navigation comes up. It says you have to install voice guidance support from the marketplace to get voice guidance.
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Yippeee. The other post scared me for a moment. I would have had a really hard time switching from my N1 if the nav app was crippled by ATT.
Thanks guys!!
Got my Captivate today ,i can to confirm Google maps and navigation working no problem.
Yea I got it today and its there. I haven't tired it yet though.
I got text to speech app and tried it out and it worked perfectly
The app is nice. It works well with goggle maps. Now I need dock foe my car.
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GPS Question: I know there is the paid AT&T navigator and also google maps. My question is, on google maps can you get voice guided turn my burn for free to avoid the $9.99 monlthy navigator subscription? If not is there any other free voiced guided turn by turn solutions in the android market for download?
App Quest: I heard that you only have "x" amount of memory to downald apps REGUARDLESS of the amount of memory you have on the phone or added by a memory card. Can someone shed some light on this for me.
Yes you can. Go to the market and download the update that's available for Google Maps. Then once in Google Maps go Navigate and it will tell you to download and install text-to-voice. AFter doing that, you get a "Navigation" icon in the applications folder, use that one instead of the AT&T Navigation one.
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Yes you can. Go to the market and download the update that's available for Google Maps. Then once in Google Maps go Navigate and it will tell you to download and install text-to-voice. AFter doing that, you get a "Navigation" icon in the applications folder, use that one instead of the AT&T Navigation one.
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Yep, Just tested it out today (after removing the ATT nav app), and it works great. Took a while to pick up a GPS lock since its cloudy out today, but once that was sorted out, it worked just fine.
Hey,
Wish google maps wouldn't require INTERNET connection and would work offline.
Since this is currently a fact...
I'm writing an application on Android and looking for Map Lib SDK that will enable me to display objects(layer) on top of a map in OFFLINE mode.
Having problems find one. Will appreciate your help.
I doubt Google will add offline feature ever. I have modded Google Maps app and added maps caching (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737119), but you need something for Maps API. I want to mod Maps API as well, but I have many more important things to do right now, so maybe in the future.
Thanks for the reply.
It sounds too good. I'm going to try that.
From you description, I just need to copy the zip folder to SD card.
I'm new to Android, but shouldn't I install any *.apk?
Appreciate your elaboration on installation method.
Another question.
Once it'll be installed, how to store maps in SD card and make google load them offline. When phone connected to the internet, will it take the map offline or from web?
Thanks
Ohh, I had mistaken. I wanted to give you this link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630887
But as I said: this is an app with caching, not Maps API library, so it doesn't give you possibility to cache maps in your own app.
Hello everyone,
I've got a pretty simple question which I sadly couldn't find an answer for and I was hoping someone could maybe help?
I am going on holiday soon and I've created a map on Google Maps on my laptop which is saved to my google account. Is it possible to load this on my Google Maps app on my phone so that I can use it (offline if possible) when I am away? It is just a map with some places I want to visit rather than a route etc.
I tried playing around with the app but could seem to get it working.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello everyone,
I've got a pretty simple question which I sadly couldn't find an answer for and I was hoping someone could maybe help?
I am going on holiday soon and I've created a map on Google Maps on my laptop which is saved to my google account. Is it possible to load this on my Google Maps app on my phone so that I can use it (offline if possible) when I am away? It is just a map with some places I want to visit rather than a route etc.
I tried playing around with the app but could seem to get it working.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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At this case i don't know if it's possible, but if you use google labs from maps at your device, you can cache maps you need offline.
There is no possiblity to calculate routs with this offline version, but you can search for places.
Check it, with opening maps -> Settings -> google labs -> check cache map (i don't know what it's real name in english, sry, but i'm sure you will find it^^) -> go back to normal mapview -> choose the middle of the map you want to cache -> open this point and at the bottom should stand something like save map to cache or so.
With this method you can save 16x16km area around the point you chosen. Up to 10 cached maps are possible and they can overlap if you want to.
Zooming and stuff like this is possible like everytime routes calculation is not possible.
Many thanks Tectas, that is a big help. I just tried now as I hadn't seen this function before.
OK it doesn't import the presaved map but it's still a very useful offline solution.
Much appreciated!
Huawei Mediapad stock ICS 4.0.3
Only real mod done Xposed Framework but no modules are active.
Any 3rd party app I try that uses the Google maps for it's map function won't show any maps in it.
Yet Google maps itself does. the Google is at version 6.6.
I know there's a newer version but when I update to that, when I try to open Google maps it shows a screen
that has a button "accept & continue". When I click it it shows a notification saying it can't connect to network yet everything else CAN connect to the network.
I don't really care whether the google maps works or not but I need it to work for where I do use it in the 3rd party apps.
Has anyone heard of this problem? Or has any kind of idea of what to do?
LunaEros said:
Huawei Mediapad stock ICS 4.0.3
Only real mod done Xposed Framework but no modules are active.
Any 3rd party app I try that uses the Google maps for it's map function won't show any maps in it.
Yet Google maps itself does. the Google is at version 6.6.
I know there's a newer version but when I update to that, when I try to open Google maps it shows a screen
that has a button "accept & continue". When I click it it shows a notification saying it can't connect to network yet everything else CAN connect to the network.
I don't really care whether the google maps works or not but I need it to work for where I do use it in the 3rd party apps.
Has anyone heard of this problem? Or has any kind of idea of what to do?
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Just use "OSM" you ca download it using the F-Froid store. In my opinion google the maps ap is really crappy. OSM provides online + offline maps so you wont need a internet connection after downlaoding the maps you needs.
The app I use the most that uses maps is Waze and that has it's own map system but I do like to use other apps that use the google map service.
How would that F-Droid help? It looks like it uses some other kind of system. The other apps I use look like they call the google service.
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The app I use the most that uses maps is Waze and that has it's own map system but I do like to use other apps that use the google map service.
How would that F-Droid help? It looks like it uses some other kind of system. The other apps I use look like they call the google service.
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OSM uses free "open source maps" that means O.S.M.
I can't seem to find this OSM or openstreetmap (which I see other apps referring to) on there anywhere to even try it.
Have you downloaded F-Droid app and installed it on your phone?
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Oh, ok. So it works like the Xposed Framework.
Some apps are only available through this F-Droid interface itself then, correct?
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Oh, ok. So it works like the Xposed Framework.
Some apps are only available through this F-Droid interface itself then, correct?
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You have to try it as I use another phone, but i install it always in that way no matter which phone.
I think I'll save that for a last resort
I haven't been having much luck getting things back to the way they were after I try something new.
If I can't find ANY other way to fix google's map service then I might try that.
Thanks.
Anyone else?
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I think I'll save that for a last resort
I haven't been having much luck getting things back to the way they were after I try something new.
If I can't find ANY other way to fix google's map service then I might try that.
Thanks.
Anyone else?
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That means u use google's maps by choice? :crying:
I'm only using the google maps in the apps that call on google's service.
Waze it what I use most and it has it's own map system.
I want to save it as a last resort because I'm afraid of breaking anything else and not being able to get back.
Well I uninstalled the Xposed Framework and tested to see if that was what was doing it but it isn't.
So I put it back in.
Comeon! Someone has to have an idea on what could be causing it and how I can make the Google maps work right in other apps again.
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That means u use google's maps by choice? :crying:
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Ok LS.xD, I did a little more looking at FDroid and from what I've seen it looks like it's kind of a separate market for apps.
If I were to install it would I still be able to use Play store?
And if I install it and find tha open street maps will that replace the ggogle map api service for 3rd party apps?
If it does and I eventually find a fix for the google api and decide I'd rather go back to that will uninstalling it return control back to Google?
I tried installing the gapps package for ics hoping that would overwrite whatever the problem is to no avail.
I've had over 150 views on this and no-one can give me any ideas?
What would you try if it were your device?