Properly read location pins received from iPhone users
Whenever one of my friends who has inferior phone choice "drops me a pin" of their location, it is received as a vCard in Textra, and the only options when clicking it are to import it as a contact...
I know this generally depends on the firmware, but is it not possible for Textra (or any SMS app that receives a vCard) to read the vCard for location information and, if it exists, display a map image or the location address/coordinates and have it open the location in Maps when clicked? This should be simple, right?
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Chris
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The same thing happened to me today! I was meeting up with one of my iPhone friends and they texted me their location. What does Textra show me? A vcard attachment (that I cannot do nothing with). It's 2017, and iPhone users have been able to share their location easily with each other for how long now? So instead of me simply tapping a text msg attachment and having the coordinates open in Google Maps... I STILL have to resort to calling people to figure out where they're at.
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Anonymous
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Some people believe that the iPhone is the inferior phone choice being over priced, outdated and under powered.