XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: frankie@nospam.usa   
      
   On 24/9/2023, Wally J wrote:   
      
   >>>Illustration:    
   >>   
   >> Isn't that functionality already built in?   
   >> If I understand what you're doing, I   
   >> open Google Maps, enter the destination, (starting location defaults to   
   "Your   
   >> location", which is perfect), then under the 3 dots there's an option called   
   >> "Add route to home screen." That's it.   
   >   
   > That works also.   
      
   Not so fast. I tried this for an hour. Until I gave up on the Google Maps   
   three dots approach (as simple as it seemed to be described above).   
      
   It took that long to figure out that the three dots don't always exist.   
      
   You don't get those three dots if you don't have a Google account.   
   At least I didn't get those three dots no matter how hard I tried.   
      
   Clicking around I found this was my situation.   
      
   1. Start Google Maps (with all three radios turned on that it needs).   
      GPS Location + Wi-Fi scanning + Google Location Accuracy   
      
   2. Search for "100 Main Street, Houston, Texas" and you will see   
      a "Directions" button in blue at the bottom but no three dots anywhere.   
      
   3. When you tap that big blue "Directions" button, you'll get a request   
      to "Choose start location" but no three dots anywhere.   
      
   4. If you click around though, you can tap the circle-person default   
      avatar at the top right and then you'll see these six options   
      Your profile   
      Your Timeline   
      Location sharing   
      Offline maps   
      Settings   
      Help & feedback   
      
   5. If you tap "Location sharing" then you do get the three dots at   
      the top right of the screen. Tapping the three dots gets you a   
      four-part menu.   
      Blocked users   
      Help   
      Send feedback   
      Add to Home screen   
      
   6. But when I added the icon to the home screen, tapping it brings   
      me to the "Location sharing" page which won't work without   
      a Google login.   
      
   So I'm not sure how to consistently get the three dots you speak of   
   because when I run a search, the microphone icon is in the place where   
   you'd expect the three dots to be.   
      
   And if you back up, you get the circle-person default avatar at the   
   top right - but there are no three dots anywhere to be found.   
      
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