How to get Apple Maps App (not MapKit) to add an annotation?

Question

It\'s quite easy to add an annotation to a MapKit view which is inside your app.

theMap: MKMapView!

let pa = MKPointAnnotation()
pa.title = \"         


        

Answer 1

I think openInMaps limits you only to the five possible launch options. But I wonder if you could get Apple Maps to open in the original way, openURL and maps.apple.com/maps, as shown in this SO question. With the newest iOS versions, though, it seems you also need to register the URL you're using in your info.plist under "URL Types ... URL Schemes" or "LSApplicationQueriesSchemes". You might be able to pass an annotation as a parameter with the URL.