How to quickly get directions to any address on your iPhone<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/workflow-powerful-automation/id915249334?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Workflow[/url], you can quickly get directions to any address from your clipboard. Friend didn't format their address in a way iOS can parse? Don't want to go through the hassle of copying and pasting an address from one place to your Maps app of choice, waiting for directions to load, and so on? This fixes all that.</p> <!--break--> <p>To use this trick, you'll have to have the <a href="
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/workflow-powerful-automation/id915249334?mt=8&at=10l3Vy&ct=d_im" title="" rel="nofollow">Workflow[/url] app installed. Trust me: It's just $2 and will pay for itself a million times over.</p> <p>The workflow itself is pretty simple: It gets the content of your clipboard, gets directions for that address, and opens it in the Maps app of your choice. (I have Google Maps selected.)</p> <p><a href='
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from the Workflow website on your iOS device; after you do, here's how you can use it.</p> <h2>Option A: Use an action extension</h2> <p>By default, the workflow is set up as an option whenever you tap the Share button in a program. So, in Safari for instance, all you have to do is copy the address you want, tap the <strong>Share</strong> button, tap <strong>Run Workflow</strong>, and select the <strong>Open In Maps</strong> workflow.</p> <p><a href='
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http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/01/workflow-extension-screenshot.jpg?itok=Okw6zKrs' />[/url]</p> <h2>Option B: Use a home screen web app</h2> <p>If you're using an app that doesn't have the share sheet — like Messages, for example — you can also add the workflow to your Home Screen, where you can launch it as a regular app. To do so, just follow these steps.</p> <ol><li>Open the <strong>Workflow</strong> app, and under My Workflows, tap the <strong>Open in Maps</strong> workflow.</li> <li>Tap the <strong>Settings icon</strong> in the upper right corner.
<a href='
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http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/01/workflow-maps-settings-screenshot.jpg?itok=YTXv4ca2' />[/url]</li> <li>Tap <strong>Add to Home Screen.</strong></li> <li>Choose the color and glyph you want to see on your home screen.</li> <li>After Workflow sends you to Safari, tap the <strong>Share</strong> icon.
<a href='
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http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large/public/field/image/2015/01/workflow-add-to-home-screen-screenshot.jpg?itok=SeVx071j' />[/url]</li> <li>Tap the <strong>Add to Home Screen</strong> icon in the Extensions list.</li> </ol><p>You'll then have a home screen icon for that workflow that you can tap at any time after you've copied an address to have it run.</p> <h2>In short...</h2> <p>I really love this trick, and I've made a bunch more workflows to address similar tiny gaps in iOS's infrastructure. Anyone else played around with Workflow and made anything cool? Let us know in the comments.</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-29688"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='
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