Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> I've been exporting some agenda files to iCalendar, then uploading them
> to my server and getting them into the calendar app on my Android
> tablet, by means of Radicale and DAVDroid. It all works fine, though I
> wish I were able to get org-caldav working for two-way syncing.
>
> I recently put a LOCATION property on one of my events, and was very
> pleased to see that, in the google calendar app, the location was made
> clickable and I was given the option of opening the location in OSMand.
> I've wanted this for a long time! The only problem now is that I have no
> idea how to format the LOCATION property value so that it's recognized
> as a valid link. I assume I'd have to get the GPS coordinates and put
> them in there... but how?
>
> I guess this is what they call an "intent" in Android land, but I found
> it surprisingly difficult to google an answer.
>
> I know this is verging on OT, but if anyone knows how to do this, please
> let me know! It would be nice to make a few custom functions for
> inputting this kind of information.

Nevermind, I'm an idiot! It looks like it's supposed to be
"geo:<latitude>,<longitude>", which matches up nicely with Org link
formats.

I'll go experiment for a bit.

https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Maps

E


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