Develop Android extension for Waze

[niekfct]

I'd like to develop an extension for Waze, which uses other apps to set a navigation point for Waze.
So, for example, I use Google Places to get some coordinates, and I'd like to start Waze with an intent containing those coordinates, allowing the user to quick-navigate to this destination.

Is this possible yet? If so, how, if not, who should I contact about this?

[bgodette]

I'd like to develop an extension for Waze, which uses other apps to set a navigation point for Waze.
So, for example, I use Google Places to get some coordinates, and I'd like to start Waze with an intent containing those coordinates, allowing the user to quick-navigate to this destination.

Is this possible yet? If so, how, if not, who should I contact about this?

There's nothing to do here, it's all a matter of Waze registering, and handling, the various Android Intents that the other apps use for passing off their "navigate to" buttons.

[fvbommel]

If all you want is to send Waze a destination (starting it if necessary), you can simply open a "geo:" URI. Waze registers to handle these.
Note that e.g. Google Maps will register for this intent too, so if you want to ensure Waze handles it you need to send it to the "com.waze" package.

So that makes it an intent with these parameters:
Action: "android.intent.action.VIEW" (aka android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
Package: "com.waze"
Data: "geo:<latitude>,<longitude>" / "geo:?q=some+address" or even "geo:?q=name+of+location" (but that last one tends to require the user to manually select e.g. Google search results if it's not a location Waze knows "natively")
(Start as an activity)

This post also hints at a "waze" intent that the widget uses, but I don't know the syntax of that one.

As an aside, I've found this quite handy when combined with an automation app like Llama (there are also Tasker, Locale and probably others) that can send arbitrary intents when predefined condtions are met.
(For example: something like "if the bluetooth device in my car connects on $days_of_week between $times, start Waze with $destination" is quite handy before Waze has learned your regular routine)
Bonus: you can have the same condition enable GPS and mobile data so you don't have to have them on all the time.

[khaytsus]

Last I tried waze uses this data as a search and often fails to find the geo: uri data...

[fvbommel]

Last I tried waze uses this data as a search and often fails to find the geo: uri data...

If you use the version with direct GPS coordinates it just navigates there, AFAICT.
If you use the "?q=" variant instead it does indeed use it as a search. This works pretty well for me if the parameter specifies an address. (At least, it seems to work the same as just entering the address manually)
When looking for a place by name (i.e. when the parameter is not simply an address) it hasn't found much of what I've tried yet, but if you manually press the "Google" tab it works pretty well in my experience.

[guri211]

Action: "android.intent.action.VIEW" (aka android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
Package: "com.waze"

As an aside, I've found this quite handy when combined with an automation app like Llama (there are also Tasker, Locale and probably others) that can send arbitrary intents when predefined condtions are met.

Is there any option to cleanly exit Waze automatically using Llama? I.e. on bluetooth disconnect, turn off Waze. I have tried to set the kill and root kill rule, but it has two problems: 1. Waze icon stays in the notification bar, and 2. On the next app start, waze will ask to send the crash log.

[fvbommel]

Is there any option to cleanly exit Waze automatically using Llama? I.e. on bluetooth disconnect, turn off Waze. I have tried to set the kill and root kill rule, but it has two problems: 1. Waze icon stays in the notification bar, and 2. On the next app start, waze will ask to send the crash log.

Not that I've found . (And I've tried)

[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

[HerbCSO]

Sweet! That intent was exactly what I was looking for - thanks so much, @fvbommel!

[Superfraggle]

Is there any option to cleanly exit Waze automatically using Llama? I.e. on bluetooth disconnect, turn off Waze. I have tried to set the kill and root kill rule, but it has two problems: 1. Waze icon stays in the notification bar, and 2. On the next app start, waze will ask to send the crash log.

Not that I've found . (And I've tried)

There is an intent to close waze since the last version, have you managed to get this working yet, I have been using it for a while with no issues.