Google Maps Possible?
salino2835
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Ive only seen old posts about this not being possible. I was just wondering if its possible now?
For example:
I want to find zoo's near me using current location.
Is it possible to do this within the app? or will i still have to have it redirect to safari?
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Gamesalad does not currently support Google Maps I'm afraid.
Thats what i figured, Thank you so much. So i guess id have to do a URL redirect?> @jamie_c said:
You can use a URL to open the browser on the device and do it that way I'm sure. But of course you're in a browser at that point and not the GS game.
I have used the URL behavior with Lat and Long points, but it just redirects to google maps and puts a pin where the Lat and Long are.
I am having this kind of issue where I want a map preview on a game. I think this could be sort of solved by me having a user type in the address of a location that saves to a table, then use a sample google maps link as a template: google.com/maps/search/123+main+st+portland+or+97351/
Make a button, on touch, OpenURL, use embedded browser so it opens in your game?? , and use the expression editor to replace the details in the url with items (street address, city, state, zip) pulled from the table. In the expression editor something like:
"http://maps.google.com/"..game.address.."+"..game.city.."+"..game.state.."+"..game.zip"/" or something like that.
I think I can use a generic map icon and get away with it since the phone would be too small to see anyways.