How to use routes you find on your desktop and use them on your smartphone
There are several ways to quickly access (or have accessed) on smartphone or tablet a route you have prepared on desktop.
- Via the QR code
The QR code is probably the most convenient way to activate a route on your smartphone.
Read more about QR codes on RouteYou here.
- Via the unique RouteYou-code
If you don't like QR codes or don't have a QR reader then this is a handy alternative.
Read more about the unique RouteYou code here.
You will now be able to view the route.
There are two possibilities, both of which have very similar functions:
- The route opens in a browser on your smartphone. You can now see the RouteYou website on your mobile phone. The website works in the same way as the RouteYou application, but within the browser of your phone. You can now navigate the route (for more information, click here).
- If you have already installed the RouteYou application, your device will detect the installed application and open the route in the app. To find out more, click here. Consult the FAQ if you have already installed the RouteYou application, but the route does not open in the app.
Click on the map and click ‘Start’ to navigate. Read more here.
Frequently Asked Questions
I have installed the RouteYou application, but the route still opens in the browser. How can I solve this problem?
Normally, if you have installed the RouteYou application (find out how to do this here) then a route will open on it automatically. You then need to click on a route link on your smartphone (e.g. via e-mail, Facebook post, QR code, ...).
However, there are exceptions (Safari/Apple like to do things a bit differently from Google Chrome). Sometimes the route is opened via the RouteYou website on your smartphone and not via the RouteYou application. This is not a problem in itself, as the functionality is quite similar in both environments.
How do we solve this problem?
Method 1: Via ‘Last viewed’
- Click again on the link for the route in question.
- If you are not logged in, please log in first using the login button in the top right-hand corner. Then click on the route link again so that the route appears in your list of viewed routes.
- Now open the RouteYou application on your smartphone.
- If you are not yet logged in to the app, log in first using the login button in the top right-hand corner.
- Open the main menu at the top left and select the option ‘Last viewed’. You will see that the route you have just viewed on the website will also appear here. Click on this route.
Method 2: Via the route code
- If you see the route on the RouteYou site via your smartphone's browser, click on ‘Download / Most used / Open in RouteYou app’.
- You will find the route code under the QR code. You can easily copy it using the ‘Copy’ button.
- Now open the RouteYou application on your smartphone.
- Open the main menu in the top left corner and enter (or copy-paste) the code below in the search bar.