Twinklekitkat 7 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 Recently I was made aware of this feature which I hadn't been using - View on Geocaching.com. Yesterday I tried to use it but instead of opening Geocaching.com it opened the app. I wanted to view the page on the web site, not the app. Any ideas why this doesn't work or how I can make it work? It also happened when trying to view a trackables information. I wanted to see who the owner was as well as where/when it originated because Cachly doesn't provide that info. And one more thing, when a cache owner/placed date is longer than 45 characters it gets cut off at the end with ... Can a second line be added so all information can be viewed? Example: GC597B Just as an aside, these are minor annoyances (to me) that do not in anyway diminish my opinion of this fabulous app. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 When iOS opens the app from a link, there is a button in the very upper right of the screen that is a shortcut to open it in safari. See if selecting that gets you where you wanr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twinklekitkat 7 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 I used to have this option but it no longer exists and I am stuck with it opening in the app with no way to turn it off. iOS 11.4.1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 Looks like it got moved under Share in the Geocaching.com app. If you open the Geocaching.com app and have a cache selected, tap ... and it should show Share as an option. Select Share and there you should see Open in Safari. Does that work for you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twinklekitkat 7 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 That works but I'd like to skip the step of opening the geocaching.com app and go right to Safari from Cachly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolling 99 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 You can't. Apple controls that. The URL is owned by geocaching.com and they've locked it in with Apple to open the app if it is installed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 It works for me from Cachly. When I have a cache selected in Cachly and ask it to open in Geocaching.com, it does open in the browser and not the app. I thought after you told it to open in Safari it would continue. Let me see if I can find the steps. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolling 99 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 For me it works on my iPad since I don't have the official app installed there but on my phone it opens the official app. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Team DEMP 120 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 If it doesn't work on subsequent caches after you did the above, I'm not sure if it's possible now. I have the official app on my iPhone and the web page opens for me and not the app. But it could be that I did it before Groundspeak changed it and it's just persistent from that. Maybe someone else knows a trick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolling 99 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 In email I can bypass the official app. I have Spark app for email and set the default browser fire the app as Firefox so it seems to bypass the app overtake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rragan 200 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 If you manage to switch it from the app to the website, future opens always use the website. Since you don't always get the teensy font in the upper right of the app that says geocaching.com or coord.info you are frustrated. To force seeing that click a coord.info link to a cache from an email (use a new cache notification or just mail yourself such a URL). When it opens in the app, you will see coord.info in the upper right corner. Tap that and it opens on the web page and will open on the web page from then on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twinklekitkat 7 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 12 minutes ago, rragan said: If you manage to switch it from the app to the website, future opens always use the website. Since you don't always get the teensy font in the upper right of the app that says geocaching.com or coord.info you are frustrated. To force seeing that click a coord.info link to a cache from an email (use a new cache notification or just mail yourself such a URL). When it opens in the app, you will see coord.info in the upper right corner. Tap that and it opens on the web page and will open on the web page from then on. Sorry, but it does not work that way. It used to but no longer does. Currently to open a notification from GC.com I can lightly press the link to get the website. If I hard press the link I will get the app. At least that is how it is currently working for me. I no longer get the words in the top right hand corner about opening in gc.com (coord info) if it opened in the app. I'm fine with that since I know how to open either way from a link in an e-mail. My issue is using the View on Geocaching.com feature from within Cachly. I want it to open a browser, not the app and there seems to be no way to make it stop opening the app. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rragan 200 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 Hmm, device, iOS level, apps up to date? I am on iOS 10 so that may matter vs 11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rragan 200 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 iOS 10, up to date with apps. Press lightly on link in mail and get a choice. Choose the app and see coord.info in upper right. Tap that and default changes to web site for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACME WildCachers 15 Report post Posted August 13, 2018 OK, I think I may be able to finish connecting the dots. Cachly's View on Geocaching.com option will match the global iOS behavior for handling geocaching.com or coord.info links. I'm pretty sure when you initially install the Geocaching app, it makes itself the handler of those links because they have the power to do that as owners of those domains (or maybe there's an option right afterward that no one remembers). But I was able to change my preference between Safari or the Geocaching app by long pressing on a hyperlink like @rragan showed in the previous post and then choosing to open in Safari. For me, that option is sticky and iOS uses whatever I last selected globally (including in Cachly when using View on Geocaching.com). Before I started playing around today, my cache links would always open in Safari. After going to an email and then choosing to open in Geocaching app, Cachly started launching the app instead of Safari. And I was able to change it back the same way. Hopefully this works for you, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolling 99 Report post Posted August 14, 2018 Thanks @ACME WildCachers That solution appears to have worked for me. I stand corrected in my initial response to @Twinklekitkat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twinklekitkat 7 Report post Posted August 14, 2018 18 hours ago, ACME WildCachers said: OK, I think I may be able to finish connecting the dots. Cachly's View on Geocaching.com option will match the global iOS behavior for handling geocaching.com or coord.info links. I'm pretty sure when you initially install the Geocaching app, it makes itself the handler of those links because they have the power to do that as owners of those domains (or maybe there's an option right afterward that no one remembers). But I was able to change my preference between Safari or the Geocaching app by long pressing on a hyperlink like @rragan showed in the previous post and then choosing to open in Safari. For me, that option is sticky and iOS uses whatever I last selected globally (including in Cachly when using View on Geocaching.com). Before I started playing around today, my cache links would always open in Safari. After going to an email and then choosing to open in Geocaching app, Cachly started launching the app instead of Safari. And I was able to change it back the same way. Hopefully this works for you, too. Not trying to be obstinate but I do not get the options shown in the screen shot by @rragan. Must be iOS version related. I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 11.4.1 and DO NOT get these options. I did in previous versions. I am able to have links in e-mails open in geocaching.com but it is not "sticky". Cachly always opens the app with no way to change it. So as not to beat a dead horse I will drop it and just learn to live with it I guess. @Bolling what version iOS are you running? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACME WildCachers 15 Report post Posted August 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, Twinklekitkat said: Not trying to be obstinate but I do not get the options shown in the screen shot by @rragan. Must be iOS version related. I have an iPhone 7 running iOS 11.4.1 and DO NOT get these options. I did in previous versions. I am able to have links in e-mails open in geocaching.com but it is not "sticky". Cachly always opens the app with no way to change it. So as not to beat a dead horse I will drop it and just learn to live with it I guess. @Bolling what version iOS are you running? For what it's worth, I am running the same version of iOS that you are (though on an iPhone X), so I don't think OS version is the issue. Something else must be going on. Try uninstalling the Geocaching app temporarily. Cachly can't launch it if it's not on your phone. You can reinstall it later, but maybe that will allow you to reset this behavior. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rragan 200 Report post Posted August 14, 2018 The other thing that can be a problem is if you have Safari stuck in Private mode. Doesn't sound that way as the symptom is needing to login every time you open a cache from email. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolling 99 Report post Posted August 14, 2018 @Twinklekitkat I am also on 11.4.1. I agree, I did not get the coord link as @rragan showed. I followed the instructions that @ACME WildCachers posted. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
