XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: frankie@nospam.usa   
      
   On 25/9/2023, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
      
   >   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.   
      
   Isn't "100 Main Street Houston Texas" the destination?   
      
   When you type that in, you see the following items in the destination field   
   (and at the same time, the map zooms into that destination with a red pin).   
      
   First you see a back arrow to the left of the destination field.   
   Then you see the address (truncated with ... at the end to fit).   
   Then you see an "x" to wipe it out in case you made a mistake.   
   And lastly you see the microphone icon at the far right.   
      
   There are no three dots in this "destination" field that I see.   
   You can hit "Directions" in the blue box at the bottom.   
   So maybe you mean to press the "Directions" button?   
      
   When you press the blue "Directions" button at the bottom a new screen   
   comes up with asks "Choose start location" and at the right of that is an   
   up/down arrow (which just reverses the start and destination locations).   
      
   When you tap on "Choose start location" you get the choice of   
   "Your location" (which is the blue-dot default) or "Choose on map."   
      
   When you tap on "Choose start location", my Google Maps asks "Allow Maps to   
   access this device's location" either "While using the app" or "Only this   
   time" or "Don't allow" where I always select "Only this time" (even though   
   I had already turned on all three radios, GPS location + GPS Location +   
   Wi-Fi scanning + Google Location Accuracy).   
      
   Oh. I see now. When I pressed "Only this time" it brought me up again to   
   the maps with "Your location" at the top and "100 Main Street" below it.   
      
   At the bottom, instead of blue "Directions" is a blue "Start" button.   
   Now I see the three dots at the top right you & Char Jackson spoke of!   
      
   When I tap those three dots in the "Start" screen, then I get this   
   Options   
   Add stop   
   Search along route   
   Set depart or arrive time   
   Add route to Home screen   
   Share directions   
   Share your location   
   About these results   
      
   When I tap the "Add route to Home screen", then it does what was said!   
      
   Thank you for explaining that it's not the "Directions" page that has the   
   three dots but the "Start" page that has those important three dots!   
      
   This is nice because it means that a map shortcut (for example, to the   
   local emergency room) can be put on everyone's phone in the house) without   
   having to install any extra software to create that directions shortcut.   
      
   It will only work with Google Maps but that's my only map program anyway.   
      
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