XPost: comp.mobile.android, sci.geo.satellite-nav   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Frankie  wrote:   
   > On 25/9/2023, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >   
   > >   I.e. without an origin or a destination, there is no route, so no "Add   
   > > Home screen" function.   
   > >   
   > >   You found the same in your experiments: As soon as both the start   
   > > location and the destination had been set, the three-vertical-dots icon   
   > > appears and you can select ""Add route to Home screen" from that menu.   
   >   
   > I see now that you need a completed route and not just a one-ended address.   
   >   
   > Since I tend to operate with all the permissions turned off, I found you   
   > can keep the GPS + Wi-Fi scanning + Precise location switches off and still   
   > be able to "Add route to Home screen" if you arbitrarily choose a location   
   > on the Google map for the starting point after you type in the destination.   
   >   
   > In that situation of choosing the starting point for the route on the map,   
   > you don't get a blue "Start" button but a blue "Preview" button instead.   
   >   
   > With either the "Start" or "Preview" button you get the three dots that   
   > leads to the "Add route to Home screen" menu you & Char Jackson spoke of.   
   >   
   > I just added my dentist where I did an images.google.com to get icons for   
   > dentistry so that I don't have to read the wording below the route icon.   
   >   
   > Do you think these home screen shortcuts can be copied to my wife's phone?   
      
     The menu which has the 'Add route to Home screen' function, also has   
   a 'Share directions' function, so you can share the directions via one   
   of the many sharing/communication methods it presents.   
      
     I did a share to myself using WhatsApp. In WhatsApp I received a   
   maps.app.goo.gl link. If I click on that link, the Maps app opens with   
   the route and I can do 'Add route to Home screen'.   
      
     I shared the directions - via WhatsApp - to myself, but I could of   
   course also share it - via WhatsApp or some other sharing/communication   
   method - to someone else. So you could share the directions with/to your   
   wife's phone.   
      
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