 <p>Here's how I did it for your reference, but for apple, I haven't found a way to start the navigation through url scheme.</p> <pre><code>+ (void)navigateToLocation:(CLLocation*)_navLocation { if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: [NSURL URLWithString:@"comgooglemaps://"]]) { NSString *string = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"comgooglemaps://?daddr=%f,%f&amp;directionsmode=driving",_navLocation.coordinate.latitude,_navLocation.coordinate.longitude]; [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:string]]; } else { NSString *string = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://maps.apple.com/?ll=%f,%f",_navLocation.coordinate.latitude,_navLocation.coordinate.longitude]; [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:string]]; } } </code></pre>