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these kind of things are limiting because of developer buy-in. As anyone who has built android apps would know - everyone uses "Play Services". Right from maps,
by sandGorgon 6y ago
these kind of things are limiting because of developer buy-in.
As anyone who has built android apps would know - everyone uses "Play Services". Right from maps, to ads to everything in between.
Many of the apps i have built, wont even work on phones without play services. And I suspect that's the case with most developers.
- kop316 6y agoI run GrapheneOS without google play services nor MicroG, and install almost all of my apps from Fdroid. I do not have any issues with Apps from Fdroid (I think they are compiled without any google play dependencies). When I get packages from Auroua (Google Play), it varies from the app working as expected (sans notifications), to I get a notification that it needs Google Play (but then works), to the same notification then the app quits.
- older 6y agoMicroG solves exactly this problem. It is replacement of play services for apps which require it. Many of google's own apps work with MicroG.
- scns 6y agoNot exactly. Coded an App myself, used WorkManager to execute tasks (on the phone, for the App) once a day, did not work.