Thread for discussing 3rd party app compatibility.

XL87LGV7W9EY7Y7A5Z9B3T7N6ZRX74 I'm having the same issue with the Merlin app. I agree, it is not a GPS or location problem, I believe the app uses some sort of Google location lookup API that Graphene does not support. For example, when I try to find species likely for my area, it asks for a location name, and the app won't find any besides the default "mountain view, ca". I have seen 'service not available' messages flash across the bottom at certain points.

I wonder if there is any workaround for this?

the_mask that sounds to me that you installed the beta version by accident. In F-Droid they are both named as Next loud.
But you can see the difference in the name and the version number

nr458h @MetropleX
I had just one version to choose at f-droid. But your post gave me the idea to delete the version from the f-droid store and install the one from Aurora. Now it works. thanx!

the_mask 🎉😄 glad to have found a resolution. Yeah F-Droid and Play apps don't just have the source as a differentiator. They normally entirely different due to the restrictions F-Droid have for publishing apps there. A lot of libraries etc can be stripped for example.

Looking to switch to a pixel 6pro with GrapheneOS, but I use my phone, a lot, for work. We use Duo, a dual authentication platform, and Microsoft office suite including onedrive. I presume all these will work within the sandbox?

HungryWhoman Yes I also use a lot of corporate apps like Duo, Okta Verify, MS Teams, OneDrive, etc and they all work within GrapheneOS using sandboxed Google Play.

XL87LGV7W9EY7Y7A5Z9B3T7N6ZRX74 I also tried using the graphene location toggle, but that did not work; I believe it briefly gave a different error, perhaps "service not available" when attempting a geolocation on the map. The map definitely looks like a Google Maps implementation, so I continue to wonder if graphene is not compatible with one of the Google geocoding APIs (Maps Javascript API client geocoder perhaps?)

See here for more:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/overview

A couple of observations about the Merlin app; I tested it in a factory reset Android 11 today to see its stock behavior. The geolocation lookup interface is really not great even in stock Android; for example, despite having all permissions and scanning enabled, it does not seem to use anything but GPS to get a location; if you are indoors it will simply spin. So when I tested graphene again I made sure to have a GPS lock, but no luck.

MetropleX Metroplex, I'm thinking of reaching out to the Merlin developers about this and I will ask about how they have implemented the geo-lookup functions to see if that presents a clue about the incompatibility with Graphene. Welcome any ideas on other things to ask them that may help troubleshoot.

I can't seem to get Lastpass working. Every time I log in, it instantly crashes. It would be a pain to have to swap to a new password manager.

Uber requires you to login to play services permissions and enable phone/SMS.

I haven't been able to get the Capital One bank app to launch on my GrapheneOS Pixel 6 w/sandboxed Google Play services installed. It asks for some permissions (phone and location) which I granted it, as well as I granted it all requested permissions in the app settings, but it still just crashes at the splash screen. Anyone else able to get it working, or know where I can start to figure out why it's crashing?

diablo2424 having checked https://akc3n.org/projects/banking/ and then the reports outstanding on the issue tracker I found this: https://github.com/akc3n/banking/issues/107

I would contact their support to see if their app is SafetyNet dependent and if it is whether it checks for both BasicIntegrity and ctsProfileMatch. If it requires the latter then unfortunately you are out of luck and will need to use their web portal as GrapheneOS doesn't spoof it, more info on that here: https://nitter.net/freechelmi/status/1553326311854276608#m

MetropleX Great, thank you for the links, I hadn't seen akc3n.org or the associated Github. I have since updated the Github issue, as well as added information about a bank that I also use here in the US that wasn't listed, but works without any issue on my Pixel 6 running GrapheneOS.

I'll have to see if I can get in contact with Capital One to find out if their app depends on SafetyNet. I wonder if there is any way to find that out from logcat or maybe running fiddler to see what the app is doing when loading for the few seconds it tries to load

Signal on Pixel 6A

When trying to send a GIF using Signal, it shows an error message from Signal saying "You are not connected to the internet"

Currently, Signal has the following permissions enabled:
Camera
Contacts
Files and media
Microphone
Network
Phone
Sensors
SMS

I have full wifi and mobile data.

Any idea how to resolve this?

Hey ! Do you plan adding support for Digital Wellbeing app ? That would be really cool ^^

MetropleX

Thank you for getting back to me.
I don't use a VPN or Orbot.