Detect Google Play Services requirement

[julianfairfax]

It would be nice if Exodus could detect if an app requires Google Play Services or not, for privacy reasons

[Jean-BaptisteC]

Some links:
https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/gplayapi
https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/aurora/store/view/epoxy/views/details/AppDependentView.kt

On Android, we can check this requirements in AndroidManifest.xml.
Some examples:

• StreetComplete Google AR Core
• Yubico Authenticator Google Play Services
• Organic Maps Google Play Services

This information can be get on Play Store with API.
This information don't tell developpers want collect data, but developpers want use API available by Google Play Services and Google AR Core.
I don't know if other dependencies can be declared in manifest (Example: Facebook, Amazon,...)

@pnu-s can you give me your point of view about this idea ?

[julianfairfax]

Some links: https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/gplayapi https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/blob/master/app/src/main/java/com/aurora/store/view/epoxy/views/details/AppDependentView.kt

On Android, we can check this requirements in AndroidManifest.xml. Some examples:

* [StreetComplete](https://github.com/streetcomplete/StreetComplete/blob/4948768e25d982f30c546f803d1be58af757f71f/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml#L41) Google AR Core

* [Yubico Authenticator](https://github.com/Yubico/yubioath-android/blob/8fbb3b1fadaae2a40429e2cd78be80bd5adcb1a8/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml#L25) Google Play Services

* [Organic Maps](https://github.com/organicmaps/organicmaps/blob/eca232021ce5ac52fa59e3e4a9085bbc11ffe62d/android/flavors/gms-enabled/AndroidManifest.xml#L4) Google Play Services

If you get it from AndroidManifest.xml, be careful with how you're attributing this dependency to what apps. For your Organic Maps example, that dependency is only for the gms-enabled flavour. So it would be false to say that the F-Droid version depends on Google Play Services for example

This information can be get on Play Store with API. This information don't tell developpers want collect data, but developpers want use API available by Google Play Services and Google AR Core. I don't know if other dependencies can be declared in manifest (Example: Facebook, Amazon,...)

@pnu-s can you give me your point of view about this idea ?