Intents on Android

[StefanSarzio]

Starting Waze from Tasker now works fine.

Unfortunately killing apps doesn't work any more with FroYo (Android 2.2). So I really need a new means of ending Waze at the end of the trip.

Could you please provide an intent for this (prefered), or at least detect the undock event from the car dock?

Supporting intents to specify the destination would still be nice, of course.

[jaos1]

I have noticed that the source code for Waze is available here. Could somebody look into it and find out what needs to be changes, so that it supports Intents? I tried to look at it, but it's too complex. Also it seems that most of it is written in C, so I am not quite sure how is it actually compiled on android.

[rapido]

talking about intents: In the contacts list on my android phone, there is a "navigate to" next to a person's address. The link obviously opens Google Navigation, but if Waze would register to the correct intent I could select whether to open it with Waze or with Google Navigation. That would be great.

[mlangen]

I am bumping this thread again because I really REALLY want to be able to stop Waze using an Intent on my android device. Guys, this shouldn't be a difficult thing to do and would make a lot of us in the Android automation crowd (I personally use Tasker) very happy.

[Ribs85]

I am bumping this thread again because I really REALLY want to be able to stop Waze using an Intent on my android device. Guys, this shouldn't be a difficult thing to do and would make a lot of us in the Android automation crowd (I personally use Tasker) very happy.

Hi,

I stumbled across this old thread during a google search. I'm looking for intents that Waze supports, and I've ended up downloading the source to find the answer.

Waze only supports it's own "waze" (the widget uses this) intent, and the geo intent. There is no way to instruct waze to quit at the current time, other than by killing it. There is no technical reason the waze guys and gals cannot add this feature, however.

[andyqp]

I don't know if it would make any difference, but you can vote for this feature here:

http://waze.uservoice.com/forums/59223-client-how-can-we-improve-waze-on-your-phone-/suggestions/807975-intents

[mpawlicki]

I also don't have an answer to your question on how to stop the app properly.
I use AutomateIt with manual triggers. I press a button on my phone and it sets brightness, starts waze, sets volumes, turns off wifi, etc.
When I leave the car I press another button that sets screen brightness and volume, and turn wifi back on, but I turn waze off manually. That's 2 clicks, not a big deal.
My phone also supports NFC. I will get into that soon, but basically I will be able to place a programmed NFC sticker in my car and swipe my phone over it to start the above triggers.
As I mentioned I use AutomateIt, the Pro version, and looking over it I see how to create a task that start an app, but I don't even see an option to turn an app off.

[dmcconachie]

Yeah I do the same using Tasker which does it all automatically after it detects my car's BT connection. Still can't kill waze cleanly though!

[HerbCSO]

Ugh - no love on intents from Waze? Shame... I'd love to be able to start it with the address already given (and while we're at it, add a stop as well... ;] ).

How does the "Navigate" action do it from the address book? It pops up, lets you choose Waze (or even make it the default) - maybe we can tap into that with Tasker?

[dmcconachie]

As far as I'm aware the navigate intent doesn't yet trigger waze - though they will be adding it in one of the next releases.

The intent in contacts is just the map one.