microg / microg/GmsCore

How to use the user flavour

Open
#2,568 5 comments 3 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

question
Dominant language
Java
Stars
14.6k
Forks
3.2k
Avg merge
12d 11h
Merged PRs (30d)
4

Description

As I understand, the user flavor of GmsCore uses a different package name so that a user can install it following an existing installation of GMS. Applications can then use the libraries instead of relying on Google and their services.

From my experience, GmsCore was conflicting with GMS when installed side by side with a different package name, so my question is, does the user flavor handle such cases? In the past, GmsCore has also allowed package signatures, such as those of Google. Does the user flavor turn that off? Say I want to access libraries only intended for Google apps.

GmsCore now also has a package override feature. When should the request to override be made? On first launch?

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No file, test, or entry point is named in the issue. Start by locating the user flavor and package override documentation or entry points, then verify side-by-side installation, package-signature behavior, and when an override request is made. Done means documenting clear answers for each scenario.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.