Google Maps link is read incompletely by some SMS apps

[c00ller]

After testing with several friends, I have determined that apparently, different messaging apps turn urls into links differently when parentheses are present in the url.

Currently urls are formatted as such:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=41.8500,+-87.6500+(Current+phone+location)

-HTC Messaging is unable to read correctly: the ending ) is not included (see image below). This results in a useless Google Maps search (see image below).

-MightyText web interface is unable to read correctly: everything beginning with ( is ignored (see mtext below). The link still works, but obviously the "Current phone location" bit is missing.

-AOSP/CM and Touchwiz Messaging are able to read the entire url correctly.

It appears that adding a "&" at the end of the url is a quick hack to make it compatible, at least with the HTC Messaging app (see htc1 above), but not in MightyText. MightyText seems to be a lost cause as it just refuses to read anything past the opening parenthesis.