I think it depdnds on the URL you pass, and it's a bit pedantic about it

This might help:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/iPhoneURLScheme_Reference/Articles/MapLinks.html



On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Chris_M <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I have a button in my app that is the intended to launch a specific location
> (GPS coordinates) in the Google Maps app (I know, later I'll change it to
> launch Apple Maps, but my stakeholders are insistent on doing it this way
> for now). I wrote some code that puts together an appropriate Google Maps
> URL and then uses the NSUrl methodology to launch Google Maps with the
> correct location pinned. It works great, except that what happens is that
> when you tap the map button, Safari starts to launch and *then* the Google
> Maps app launches.
>
> I think this makes sense. I'm passing a url to NSUrl, so naturally Safari
> starts to launch, and then Safari's default behavior when passed a Google
> Maps address is to launch the Google Maps app. I don't think it's a big
> deal, but the split second where Safari almost launches bothers my
> stakeholders.
>
> Is there a way I can launch Google Maps and pass it GPS coordinates from
> within my app *without* having Safari try to launch first?
>
>
> --Chris
>
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