iOS Question Unable to open Maps in iOS 26

[ginsh]

Hi,

The maps are not opening in iOS 26. It was working fine till previous version. I am using the below code to call the maps. I am getting the option to select Google/Waze, but on clicking the options the map is not opening. Please let me know what the issue could be. Thanks

 Select Item
                            Case "Google Maps"
        
                                'If App.CanOpenUrl("Google Maps//") Then
    
                                App.OpenUrl("https://maps.google.com/maps?q=" &DBA.Lat& "," &DBA.Longt)
        
                                
                                'End If
        
    
                            Case "Waze"
                                'If App.CanOpenUrl("Waze//") Then
    
                                App.OpenUrl("waze://?ll="&DBA.Lat&","&DBA.Longt&"navigate=yes")
                
                                'End If
                        End Select

 

[Erel]

I've tested this code on an iPhone running iOS 26.0.1 and it works:

App.OpenURL("https://www.google.com/maps/@42.585444,13.007813,6z")

Google Maps URL Scheme for iOS | Maps URLs | Google for Developers

developers.google.com

 

[mcqueccu]

I am sure his B4i version is not 8.90

App.openURL does not work with lower versions of B4i and latest iOS versions

 

[ginsh]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. My B4i version is 7.80. Any other work around or alternative.

 

[JordiCP]

Add this to your code and replace any call to App.OpenURL(...) with App_OpenURL(...)

Sub App_OpenURL(theURL As String)
    Me.as(NativeObject).RunMethod("openScheme:", Array(theURL))
End Sub

#If OBJC   
- (void)openScheme:(NSString *)scheme {   
    UIApplication *application = [UIApplication sharedApplication];   
    NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:scheme];   
    
    if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(openURL:options:completionHandler:)]) {   
        [application openURL:URL options:@{}   
        completionHandler:^(BOOL success) {   
            NSLog(@"Open %@: %d",scheme,success);   
        }];   
    } else {   
        BOOL success = [application openURL:URL];   
        NSLog(@"Open %@: %d",scheme,success);   
    }   
}   
#End If

It is based on some B4X forum posts (credits to the original authors) that I found when facing the same problem with an old B4I version

 

[ginsh]

@JordiCP

Thank you so much for the help. it worked perfectly.