React-native-geolocation-service: Is it not possible to use this library for mobile phones without google play service?

[ShaoGongBra]

Most of China does not have google play service

[Agontuk]

Unfortunately no, this library currently depends on the google-play-service-location package.

[kasbah]

Would it be possible to fall back to using AOSP location if Play Services aren't installed?

[Agontuk]

Would it be possible to fall back to using AOSP location if Play Services aren't installed?

It's possible, but that's not implemented yet. It's kind of a big change, so it may take some time.

[Agontuk]

This currently a work in progress, you can track the progress here

[TommyLeong]

Hi @Agontuk, can I assume the AOSP location is not depending on Play Services as @kasbah mentioned? Pretty new to Android, kindly correct if I've understood wrongly.

Hence your work here is actually creating ...

1. A provider using FusedLocationProviderClient (which user in China won't be able to user)

2. Another provider using android.location.LocationManager which is a fallback solution to user in China? - which is the AOSP?

Have I understand that correctly?

[Agontuk]

@TommyLeong , yes that's correct. This implementation will check if google play service is available on device, then use the correct provider based on that. Here's the relevant code
https://github.com/Agontuk/react-native-geolocation-service/blob/android-rewrite/android/src/main/java/com/agontuk/RNFusedLocation/RNFusedLocationModule.java#L105-L113

[Agontuk]

The implementation is done, you can try using the android-rewrite branch to test it out.