I have an app that claims to monitor the physical activity of the phone user. After experimenting, it seems that not only does it require Google Play Services, but also for Play Services to use it's own location (ie, I cannot reroute via GOS).
- Is this expected? As a related aside I also notice some issues with GMaps unless I disable rerouting, so I guess the actual question is: is rerouting via GOS supposed to be transparent to Play/apps?
- Is there any way to use this method of evaluating physical activity with Play Services, while rerouting location via GOS?
- Is there a way to evaluate physical activity without Play Services at all?