Is it possible to use Google Maps Android library in my app in a way, that the app can be installed even on phones without Google Maps? On phones without Google Maps, the maps feature would be disabled.
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Is it possible to use Google Maps Android library in my app in a way, that the app can be installed even on phones without Google Maps? On phones without Google Maps, the maps feature would be disabled.
There is an undocumented
android:required="false"flag you can put on the<uses-library>element. I am hopeful that they will document this in a future release. With that set tofalse, you would need to use reflection to see if Google Maps is loaded (e.g., try to find theMapViewclass) — if not, disable whatever would lead the user to a map.