Pixel Camera (Gcam) Best way to implement within GrapheneOS?

GemStater

matchboxbananasynergy Okay, to test it out, I went ahead and uninstalled Gcam-Services-Provider. Google Camera and Google Photos works fine without crashing. Since I don't like bloating my phone with unneeded apps, this has been a great finding. Thanks everyone!

DeletedUser233

GemStater Hello, please, how do you download & update Pixel Camera without Google play services? Via Aurora store, from Apkpure or somewhere else? Thank you.

User2288

matchboxbananasynergy
Does this include google photos as well?

Will google photos work without any of the 3 google components now?

doublefree

User2288 The local usage as gallery and photo editing works fine without them. For network based features sync/backup to you G-Account or Lens or ... you will need them I guess.

GemStater

User2288 Yes.

chock-a-block

matchboxbananasynergy does this mean I can install an esim without Google Services as well?

GlytchMeister

chock-a-block

I did not need to "install" google services on mine. I did have to enable ESIM functionality. GOS ships with this, but it is turned off by default, because it is proprietary/non-FOSS code owned by Google (?).

I don't actually know if it's okay to turn that option off once the ESIM itself has been installed. I... Have not been having a good time with my ESIMS but I am by all accounts an exception, not the rule, and it doesn't revolve around GOS functionality regardless... Anyway, hopefully someone else can fill us both in regarding this detail.

GemStater

DeletedUser233 I downloaded Google Camera and Google Photos from Aurora Store.

User2288

doublefree
GemStater

I should have clarified more. In particular one problem is that when you take a photo with Gcam and you click on the picture to access it in gallery this didn't work. Im wondering does this aspect work as well now without gsf?

doublefree

User2288 This never required GSF IIRC. However Pcam/Gcam always opens in Google Photos. If it is not installed, it will fail. The capture and redirect to your gallery feature of one gcam service provider flavours is a different story. If you want that it opens AOSP Gallery/Aves/Simple Gallery/..., you still need gcam service provider and will continue to do so until google decides to change that.

RemoverFan

User2288 You can use a shim, "fake" Google Photos stub app to modify this behavior and have Pixel Camera open your gallery of choice instead.

https://github.com/CaramelFur/GPhotosShim

Edit: to clarify, I don't think needs the Services Provider app to work. So if you like minimalism, all you may need is this and the Pixel Camera app, sans any other dependencies.

User2288

GemStater
doublefree

Thank you for this.

I had been wanting to set these two apps on my phone to use them. Its great to hear that now they can be setup without requiring any google elements any more.

GemStater

...or install Google Photos. It works offline, not signed into account and can be restricted from network privileges.

Onlyfun

P8 simple install from Aurora, only strictly necessary permissions allowed. Tried a couple times, looks a viable improvement on top of GOS camera. Crashed once on switch to video. Planning to do a field comparison to Sam20.

Onlyfun

Onlyfun so comparison to s20 has different results to me. Night photo obviously won by P8, S20 has only some glowing points on black background. But not in the day, here s20 stands strong still. Plus a side observation stock GOS cam is way ahead of Pixel Cam when doing macro photo. So both are to be kept for full feature availability.