I integrated Waze into my Swift app, but when I click on the button, Waze opens but nothing happens with the navigation. I juste see the app and that's all, instead of launching the navigation.
Here is the code:
@IBAction func openWazeAction(_ sender: Any) {
// open waze
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(URL(string: "waze://")!) {
let urlStr = String(format: "waze://ul?ll=%f,%f&navigate=yes", (selectedBorne?.location?.x)!, (selectedBorne?.location?.y)!)
print(urlStr)
UIApplication.shared.open(URL(string: urlStr)!)
} else {
UIApplication.shared.open(URL(string: "http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id323229106")!)
}
}
The print(urlStr)
returns the right URL: waze://ul?ll=48.792914,2.366290&navigate=yes
, but nothing happens in the Waze app.
(I put the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes in the Info.plist file.)
What is wrong here?
I fixed the problem. The Waze documentation gives wrong information because their iOS example doesn't open the Waze app as it should be. It opens Safari on mobile and then we need to click on a link to open Waze.
The correct link is:
waze://?ll={latitude},{longitude}&navigate=yes
I needed to remove ul
in the URL.
func navigateTo(latitude: Double, longitude: Double) {
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(URL(string: "waze://")!) {
// Waze is installed. Launch Waze and start navigation
let urlStr = String(format: "waze://?ll=%f,%f&navigate=yes", latitude, longitude)
UIApplication.shared.open(URL(string: urlStr)!)
} else {
// Waze is not installed. Launch AppStore to install Waze app
UIApplication.shared.open(URL(string: "http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id323229106")!)
}
}
(void) navigateToLatitude:(double)latitude longitude:(double)longitude
{
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication]
canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"waze://"]]) {
// Waze is installed. Launch Waze and start navigation
NSString *urlStr =
[NSString stringWithFormat:@"waze://?ll=%f,%f&navigate=yes",
latitude, longitude];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:urlStr]];
} else {
// Waze is not installed. Launch AppStore to install Waze app
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL
URLWithString:@"http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id323229106"]];
}
}
That's great, but what if I want to navigate by search term and not long/lat?
You should encode your search term (like here) and then pass it like that in your URL:
waze://?q=
your search term.Trying this
"waze://?q=19+Hatzfira+st,+Jerusalem,+Israel"
, opens Waze but without navigation.You should convert your search term into latitude and longitude using GeoCode
You can try this:
query = 'gas station Israel'
waze://?q=query
it's work for me, and if if the user doesn't have waze on the device you can open on browser like this:https://waze.com/ul?q=${query}