Hi all,
Does anyone know of a way to access the bookmarks of the "Maps" application programmatically through the SDK? I'd like to read and write bookmarks if possible. Ideas?
Thanks!
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A:
I am pretty sure the answer is no. I considered two possible solutions:
- Can you access the data persisted by the Maps app directly
There isn't a generic way of sharing data between apps, so a no for this approach.
- Can you access the bookmarks through the new 3.0 MapKit Framework.
No. Unless I have missed it. It doesn't look like the MapKit exposes this functionality.
Cannonade
2009-06-24 04:26:31
You're completely right, the answer is a big "no". (As a side note, Apple doesn't even allow the programatic setting of the users' wallpaper. Access is limited for "security reasons", I would assume the same here. A possible exploit is looking for a bookmark named "Home" and storing that location on a server, then selling that information.)
mclaughlinj
2009-06-24 05:17:48