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If an app shows maps, it usually won’t run on a ROM like LineageOS that lacks Google Play Services. This is because the API that app developers overwhelmingly u
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
If an app shows maps, it usually won’t run on a ROM like LineageOS that lacks Google Play Services. This is because the API that app developers overwhelmingly use to show maps is the Play Services one, not the vanilla AOSP one. (I’m not even sure if AOSP has a map API.)
LineageOS with MicroG will run some of these apps and show a map using OpenStreetMap tiles provided by MapBox, but the functionality may still be broken because the MicroG’s maps support is not a full replacement.
- tomatocracy 3y agoIn this case this isn't about lack of Play Services maps etc - the app looks for root and refuses to run if it sees it.