1027811 - Define WebActivity to show a location in a Map application

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia, defect)

Description

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

To allow apps to open a location in a map application we should document a well-defined WebActivity that Map apps are asked to implement and that apps then can facilitate.

Example documentation
Google uses intents: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Maps
Apple uses links: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference/MapLinks/MapLinks.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40007894-SW1

Comment 1

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

This is one of many activities apps would benefit from and that needs to be "standardized" or at least documented.

Comment 2

[(no longer active)]

(In reply to Harald Kirschner :digitarald from comment #1)
> This is one of many activities apps would benefit from and that needs to be
> "standardized" or at least documented.

Makes sense.

Comment 3

[Kamil Leszczuk [:kamituel]]

It would be good if we could follow the pattern set by Android for this - use "geo:" URI: https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Maps.

Comment 4

[Jonas Sicking (:sicking) No longer reading bugmail consistently]

Ehsan has been looking at WebActivities.

Comment 5

[Edoardo Putti [:edoput]]

https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/cartes has already implemented a show map webactivity, https://github.com/moimael/openmaps/issues/1

Comment 6

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on