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Selecting Google Maps starts Uber on Android

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Hi,

when calling showLocationlike so on Android using "react-native-map-link": "^2.7.19",

     showLocation({
      latitude: data!.location.lat,
      longitude: data!.location.lng,
      title: 'Some TItle'
      googleForceLatLon: true,
      dialogTitle: 'Open in Maps'
      dialogMessage:  'Which app would you like to use?',
      cancelText: 'Cancel'
      appsWhiteList: undefined,
    });

I receive the following dialog:

WhatsApp Image 2020-12-16 at 20 55 12

When selecting Google Maps it opens Uber always:

WhatsApp Image 2020-12-16 at 20 55 12 (1)

This also happens when calling showLocation like so:

 showLocation({
      latitude: data!.location.lat,
      longitude: data!.location.lng,
      title: 'Some TItle'
      googleForceLatLon: true,
      dialogTitle: 'Open in Maps'
      dialogMessage:  'Which app would you like to use?',
      cancelText: 'Cancel'
      appsWhiteList: ['google-maps'],
    });

or

     showLocation({
      latitude: data!.location.lat,
      longitude: data!.location.lng,
      title: 'Some TItle'
      googleForceLatLon: true,
      dialogTitle: 'Open in Maps'
      dialogMessage:  'Which app would you like to use?',
      cancelText: 'Cancel'
      appsWhiteList: ['google-maps'],
      app: 'google-maps'
    });

Any hint what I’m doing wrong?

React-Native info:

user$ npx react-native info
info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
    OS: macOS 11.0.1
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 251.82 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 3.2.57 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 14.12.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.5 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 6.14.8 - /usr/local/bin/npm
    Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
  Managers:
    CocoaPods: 1.9.3 - /usr/local/bin/pod
  SDKs:
    iOS SDK:
      Platforms: iOS 14.0, DriverKit 20.0, macOS 11.0, tvOS 14.0, watchOS 7.0
    Android SDK:
      API Levels: 28, 29, 30
      Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.0
      System Images: android-28 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-28 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom
      Android NDK: Not Found
  IDEs:
    Android Studio: 4.0 AI-193.6911.18.40.6514223
    Xcode: 12.0/12A8169g - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
  Languages:
    Java: 1.8.0_261 - /usr/bin/javac
    Python: 2.7.16 - /usr/bin/python
  npmPackages:
    @react-native-community/cli: Not Found
    react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 
    react-native: 0.63.3 => 0.63.3 
    react-native-macos: Not Found
  npmGlobalPackages:
    *react-native*: Not Found

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Reactions:3
  • Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)

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tschoffelencommented, Dec 18, 2020

Unfortunately the Uber app on Android hijacks the maps.google.com URL. Unlike on iOS, where you need to verify your app belongs to a certain domain by uploading a apple-app-site-association file to the server, on Android anyone can claim a certain domain belongs to their app.

So there’s not much we can do about this unfortunately… Hopefully Google fixes this at some point, seems like a big security problem.

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tschoffelencommented, Dec 18, 2020

Solved by #158

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