Select platform: [Android](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/android-sdk/intents.md.txt "View this page for the Android platform docs.") [iOS](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios-sdk/urlscheme.md.txt "View this page for the iOS platform docs.")

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You have a couple of options available to launch Google Maps.
Follow the links below to learn more.

[Maps URLs](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/urls/guide) (recommended)

:   Using Maps URLs, you can build a universal, cross-platform
    URL to launch Google Maps and perform searches, get directions and
    navigation, and display map views and panoramic images. These universal
    URLs allow for broader handling of the maps requests no matter which
    platform the user is on.

[Google Maps URL Scheme for iOS / Universal Links](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/urls/ios-urlscheme.md.txt)

:   You can use the Google Maps URL scheme to launch the
    Google Maps app for iOS and perform searches, get direction requests, and
    display map views. On a device running iOS 9 and later, you can use Universal
    Links to launch Google Maps when you have a
    Google Maps URL.

If you want to embed a map in your app, please refer to the
Maps SDK for iOS [guide to getting started](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/ios-sdk/config.md.txt).