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New Android Maps API around the corner?

• symlinkr 14y ago
  Fancy. Looks like a response, sort of, to Apple Maps. I wonder if this api will debut in updated maps apps for both Android and iOS? One can only dream.
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• lutusp 14y ago
  > Decompiling Field Trip reveals some secrets about the new Maps API. The application tag in the app manifest references “com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY” ... I can't believe this person didn't realize the key he published in his blog (the part I didn't copy) is a particular developer's unique API key for Google Maps access -- and now it's been made public. Requiring a developer-specific API key to access Google maps is hardly a "secret". And now there's one more non-secret.
  • truebecomefalse 14y ago
    The Field Trip app belongs to Google right? So that would be google's api key then?
  • datahoarder 14y ago
    The key is linked to the signing key of the app. So even if they have the key they still need the signing key to use it.
    • lutusp 14y ago
      My point is there's a reason for the key's presence in the app, and making it public undermines its purpose. In the general case (not necessarily for Android), having a Google Maps API key is enough to gain access for anyone's online use of GM. The keys can be gotten easily enough, but each has a traffic cap and a few other constraints. Publishing a key undermines the system.
  • saurik 14y ago
    If the key is distributed in the app, it is already public and certainly cannot be secret.
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