XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Frankie  wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
     Unless you have left out some step you did, you didn't give a   
   destination! Without a destination, there can't be a route (to a   
   destination). Without a route, there obviously can't be a "Add route to   
   Home screen" function.   
      
     So just *follow* Char Jackson's steps and you'll be fine:   
      
   [Rewind/repeat:]   
      
      
   > >> 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.   
      
      
     BTW, please don't snip attribution lines (in this case the one   
   pointing to Char Jackson's contribution).   
      
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