This is an API issue, not a protocol issue. Looking at the Android API docs, it looks like Google does not trust government apps and so provides only limited d

This is an API issue, not a protocol issue. Looking at the Android API docs, it looks like Google does not trust government apps and so provides only limited data and alerts the user with a popup when the app asks for information. It's not clear why Google doesn't provide the UI themselves, although maybe they intend to do so at a later time?