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Geo intent points to 0,0 instead of linked address

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When I click an address in another app (eg. a text from a friend, contacts link, web page), Android offers an app picker to navigate to that destination with Google Maps, Waze, OsmAnd, or, of course, ABRP!

But when I choose ABRP from the list, ABRP ignores the address I've clicked and instead tries to help me drive to a dropped pin somewhere in the eastern Atlantic:

https://i.imgur.com/ylZeee7.png

There are no chargers for the last several thousand miles of that route, I don't have that much range or water-fording ability!

If I manually copy-paste the address in the “Where do you want to go?” search bar, it comes up with no ambiguity.

Behind the scenes, it's an implicit intent link like geo:0,0?q=<address or lat,lng> that tells whatever app you've chosen - including ABRP - to start navigating to that address or latitude,longitude pair. For some reason, it appears ABRP has chosen to use the 0,0 as the destination, not the query string, and every app I’ve tried ignores that 0,0 even if you’ve clicked a latitude,longitude pair.

Running Android 16 (on a Motorola, basically raw AOSP) and ABRP 7.1.4.

Where does this happen?
ABRP version number (found at bottom of settings menu)
Posted by ABRP User #2919551 ·
Status: Completed5 comments

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  • Katya S. changed status to Awaiting Clarification
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    Jul 29

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    Hi @ABRP User #2919551,

    What app(s) are you attempting to share coordinates from?

    • ABRP User #2919551

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      Jul 29

      Several apps, but especially Google Messages:

      It tries to turn anything that looks like an address into a clickable link - not a https://maps.google.com/stuff URL but a geo intent. Clicking that link shows an app picker:

      But selecting ABRP sends me to the Gulf of Guinea instead of the address in the message:

  • ABRP User #3165928

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    Oct 11

    See the same from different apps on Android.

  • Matt (ABRP)

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    Jul 29

    Thank you for reporting! We are currently working on the fix, so this should be working fine in our next release.

    • ABRP User #2919551

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      Jul 29

      Thank you! Responded up-thread to Katya’s request for clarification with a few screenshots of the process from Google Messages, but it sounds like you get the idea.