When typing a new location into the Google Maps search bar, the map no longer shifts (flies?) to the new location. It seems to zoom out and fly partially there before freezing with the new location not displayed. I must at this point pan the rest of the way myself and pinch to zoom in. This seemed to start with the second last Maps update. Anyone else?
smacman said:
When typing a new location into the Google Maps search bar, the map no longer shifts (flies?) to the new location. It seems to zoom out and fly partially there before freezing with the new location not displayed. I must at this point pan the rest of the way myself and pinch to zoom in. This seemed to start with the second last Maps update. Anyone else?
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Disregard. I figured out the problem. In Developer Settings I had Animations set to 2.0X. Reverting back to 1.0X fixed this.
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This seems pretty cool. Basically it lets you search for a contact or (anything else) on your phone by writing the letter on the screen but it lets you access the "Gesture Search" by flipping your phone away and then back. I have installed it and it's indexing my contact list but in my preliminary messing around it seems to work. Check it out.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/08/flipping-for-gesture-search.html
EDIT: Ok... The actual "flip" to start the program doesn't seem to work for me but the Gesture Search is still cool (starting it with the icon). Maybe they will fix it up for the Vibrant soon.
When I'm in portrait mode in the google navigation app, select 'type destination' and type a number, a road, a town, etc, the drop down list of places that normally appears which is linked to what I type, doesn't appear. And there's nothing to click on to begin the route calculation, so what I typed just sits there doing nothing. There's only a 'go' button in landscape mode.
But if I go to the google maps app and type a destination, the drop down box appears no problem. Then if I go back to the navigation app and start typing again, now the drop down box appears there too. Weird. I shouldn't have to go to maps app first then navigation app to get my search working in navigation, so can I fix it?
Anyone please?
I'm sure I've had that issue before and after entering a destination I had to tap the search symbol iirc. I dont have the issue now so I'm guessing it could be a mismatch of maps and nav versions or maybe something else but an update must've fixed it.
Are both maps and nav updated?
Edit: just realised nav is part of maps perhaps try reinstalling.
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m1keyb said:
I'm sure I've had that issue before and after entering a destination I had to tap the search symbol iirc. I dont have the issue now so I'm guessing it could be a mismatch of maps and nav versions or maybe something else but an update must've fixed it.
Are both maps and nav updated?
Edit: just realised nav is part of maps perhaps try reinstalling.
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The search symbol disappears once I start typing. Well I found maps on google play. I then disabled maps on the phone which made navigation disappear from my apps drawer. I then installed maps from google play. This turns out to be a later version of maps and it's updated the navigation, because now there's a black UI to it which looks nicer than the white UI. In fact, the first time I ever installed ICS via my carrier's android 4.0.3 update, navigation had the black UI but after my first factory reset, navigation had gone back to the white UI.
But still the same issue is there. The search boxes in both maps and navigation are the same, so I don't get why the drop down box only works when first using maps before going to navigation. There's definitely something not right. I wish there was a way to completely uninstall maps and navigation and reinstall.
I've already factory reset this phone (with ICS) three times so I'm not sure if going through it all again will fix it. When I was on gingerbread this problem didn't occur. I like various features of ICS, but it's given me issues, not just the satnav, that I never had with gingerbread.
Don't know what may be causing the issue with your go button sorry. The search drop down doesn't work for me either as you described. If you open maps and then change it to navigation using the drop down on the top left the search works, I guess they're working towards having everything accessible from the maps app and the navigation shortcut will be removed.
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m1keyb said:
Don't know what may be causing the issue with your go button sorry. The search drop down doesn't work for me either as you described. If you open maps and then change it to navigation using the drop down on the top left the search works, I guess they're working towards having everything accessible from the maps app and the navigation shortcut will be removed.
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That works great, thank you. I didn't notice the tab in maps that drops that box down. Search works perfectly from there when it takes me to navigation.
What I'm going to try and do now is replace the boring maps icon in my go launcher dock with the navigation blue arrow. I've got launcher pro still installed which has the blue arrow icon in the apps drawer. (In go launcher, it's changed and looks like the maps icon). If I use desk migrate app, can I import that blue arrow from the apps drawer to go launcher?
No problem, sorry I can't help with the desk migrate app but here's the nav icons from the app if it makes it any easier for you.
http://db.tt/Z415P6U5
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m1keyb said:
No problem, sorry I can't help with the desk migrate app but here's the nav icons from the app if it makes it any easier for you.
http://db.tt/Z415P6U5
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That's great, I can save those and use as a custom icon to replace mine. Thanks!
Every single time i open navigation I've got to start the gps or start it before hand. Many links I click take me to navigation then I need to click another window to enable gps. It'd be much easier if it was possible to create something like this that is semi automated.
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Why not have GPS always on?
In my past phone experiences it really sucked the battery dry quickly, is that not the case w/ this one?
I normally keep mine off. When I want to turn it on, I pull down the notification window and enable GPS via Power Toggles.
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TT_Vert said:
In my past phone experiences it really sucked the battery dry quickly, is that not the case w/ this one?
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I don't use GPS so I can't answer that just throwing it out there
Buy Tasker (pricey app, but you'll find so many uses for it that you'll feel like it's completely worth it).
Set up a task that consists of turning on GPS and then opening Navigation (or Maps, whichever you want). Then add a shortcut to that task to your homescreen. You can make the icon the Navigation icon and name it "Navigation" - it'll look identical to the original icon, but it will execute the program (GPS on, open Navigation) when you tap it.
In the case of apps that link to Maps or Navigation, you can create a Tasker profile where, if the Maps or Navigation apps are opened, GPS is turned on. The only downside to this arrangement is that if you're linking directly to Navigation from another app, Tasker needs the Navigation app to open before it enables GPS. The result is that you'll get the "show location settings" window when it first opens Navigation (it likely won't recognize that GPS is on when you get that pop-up).
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Buy Tasker (pricey app, but you'll find so many uses for it that you'll feel like it's completely worth it).
Set up a task that consists of turning on GPS and then opening Navigation (or Maps, whichever you want). Then add a shortcut to that task to your homescreen. You can make the icon the Navigation icon and name it "Navigation" - it'll look identical to the original icon, but it will execute the program (GPS on, open Navigation) when you tap it.
In the case of apps that link to Maps or Navigation, you can create a Tasker profile where, if the Maps or Navigation apps are opened, GPS is turned on. The only downside to this arrangement is that if you're linking directly to Navigation from another app, Tasker needs the Navigation app to open before it enables GPS. The result is that you'll get the "show location settings" window when it first opens Navigation (it likely won't recognize that GPS is on when you get that pop-up).
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+1...this is how I have mine setup, works like a charm. Tasker is awesome, there are tons of things you can do with it. You'll need to install Secure Settings from the play store (free) also if you want to be able to toggle gps.
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I use AutomateIt and have it set to start GPS when maps or nav opens. It automatically shuts off GPS when going to a different app.
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premo15 said:
+1...this is how I have mine setup, works like a charm. Tasker is awesome, there are tons of things you can do with it. You'll need to install Secure Settings from the play store (free) also if you want to be able to toggle gps.
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Good call on Secure Settings - forgot about that.
I am amazed and disappointing that I even have to start a thread about this. That being said, 75% of my use of Maps Navigation is viewing the map in navigation mode. In the old version it was as simple as clicking the view map icon. I have tried searching and only found how to do offline maps. If anyone has some insight it would be appreciated.
Using the older versions of Google Maps Navigation, it used to be possible to start up the navigation UI directly from a shortcut. There's nothing worse than having a great feature removed in an update. That ability has been removed from the latest versions, and you must now go through the normal maps app to reach the navigation UI. It's an annoying extra step, and apparently there are workarounds. But that's not my real major concern.
My big concern is that it now seems completely impossible to open the navigation style map display without entering a destination. That is often my preferred way to use the navigation. If I know where I'm going, then I have no interest in any of the turn-by-turn or other related functions. But I still want to have my navigation screen open, so I can see upcoming traffic, or just be able to quickly glance to see where I am and/or what's around me.
The standard map interface does those things, but it is useless while driving. It shows text way too small to see at a glance, and never positions the dot properly, and never even gets the direction of travel correct. The navigation interface is designed to be viewed while driving, and it does the job extremely well.
So does anyone know any way to see the navigation display without entering a destination? I've been searching the app and searching online for hours with no luck.