Waze - open waze.to links in app and start navigation,

Issue

I would like to open the Waze app from a web browser but the links I have in my db are in this format:

• http://waze.to/li/hsv9hc540y
• https://waze.to/li/hsv8v8wv81

When I click on these links from my mobile web browser they open the app but the navigation doesn't begin, it's only opens the app and that's it.

After reading the updated waze api I haven't found a way to navigate using the encrypted string
hsv9hc540y
only by latitude and longitude which I don't have.

How can I convert those waze.to links to the new deep links api using the encrypted string I have so it will open the app and init navigation?

Solution

Your deep links are not correct. To make them work, they need to look like this:

• https://waze.com/ul/hsv9hc540y
• https://waze.com/ul/hsv8v8wv81

For more info, check this link: https://developers.google.com/waze/deeplinks/

Answered By - Gil Moshayof