One app displaying and functioning inside another

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While using the Uber driver app and Google maps, the Uber app will show inside the maps app identical to the real app and fully functional as well. This is a bit difficult to explain. The apps do work together, but only so far as the Uber app giving maps a coordinate at the push of a button. I'll start a trip, hit "navigate", then use maps to drive to the destination. Once I'm at the destination, I close maps which then shows the Uber app, and I end the trip. Except that I didn't end the trip inside the Uber app, but inside the maps app. When I hit the carousel button, it will withdraw with maps centered when it should have been Uber and with the maps icon over the "Uber app". It's like a ghost of an app. Once I close out maps again, it will jump over to the real Uber app, which will have read that I did end the trip and is currently looking for more trips.

The problem is that ending the trip in the fake Uber app doesn't read fully on their end and even though it looks like it's looking for trips, it's not and I have to clear everything, uninstall the app, restart my phone, and reinstall it just to keep getting work coming in. Sometimes multiple times.

I can work around this somewhat by closing the map app as I near my destination and making sure I'm in the real Uber app when I end the trip, but this means I'm losing my directions in the last few blocks (if I close it too close, I have the same issue) and having to both remember every time and fiddle with my phone while I'm driving. It's not a real workaround. Uber does have their own navigation but it's too slow and laggy to use reliably. This is costing me a considerable amount of money every day. Any idea what could be causing this or a possible fix? I can't imagine the coding to pull a coordinate from one app to another being so complex as to cause the entire app to display fully functional inside the other. It's just pulling a tiny string of data. Help?

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! I have absolutely no direct experience with the Uber Driver app, so I don't know if this will be accurate -- but can you check the app's settings and make sure Uber Navigation is set to "Stay In This App"? https://www.wikihow.com/Change-Your... in navigation,a constant switch between apps. It sounds like you might have Google Maps set instead, and that might causing the glitch. My understanding is that Uber Navigation uses the Google Maps API anyway.

 

[steffi]

clear cache by Open the Settings app on the device.
Tap Apps & notifications to see all apps.
Scroll down and tap Google Play Store.
Tap Storage Clear Cache.
Next, tap Clear Data.
Reopen the Play Store & try downloading again.
another method
Force the closing of the uber app.
Restart your mobile phone.
Update the Uber app.
Update your navigation apps.
Make sure you have the Wifi on your phone turned on (Settings> Wireless).
Make sure you have the GPS of your phone turned on (Settings> Privacy> Location Services).