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Search contacts' addresses? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz
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Is there a way to make CoMaps on iOS find contacts’ addresses on search?

That is, if I enter “John Doe” in the search bar it should show John’s address as entered in my iPhone contacts.

I feel like this must be there but somehow I can’t find it.

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[–] [S] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Hm that sounds cool but on iPhone tapping an address from contacts seems to only go to Apple Maps. Apple permits options for different default apps for a couple different functions (mail, browser, etc) but not for maps :(

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago*

    Apple does permit to appoint non-apple default apps for maps and navigation(settings > apps > default apps > navigation) or something. Also CoMaps can be selected there. Doesn’t work in combination with the contacts app though 🤬

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Yeah selecting an adress in Android works like a shortcut, you first click 'open in maps' or something and then you choose an app, you can choose to automatically open in a app of your choice. Similar to when you open a file and it asks you what app to use or indeed a url, or an email. But I feel Google is jealous of Apple's monopoly. There is a lot of bad to be said about Google but I like how they never closed it down like Apple did from the start.

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