vendor_gapps/README.md

vendor_gapps

GApps for android devices

Build standalone zips

You can compile your GApps package with GNU make

make distclean

• Remove output directory

make gapps_arm

• compile signed flashable GApps for arm

make gapps_arm64

• compile signed flashable GApps for arm64

make gapps_x86

• compile signed flashable GApps for x86

Build inline with Android

1. Sync this repo to $GAPPS_PATH where $GAPPS_PATH is the path to this repo
2. Include $GAPPS_PATH/$ARCH/$ARCH-vendor.mk where $ARCH is arm, arm64, or x86 depending on the device's architecture

Explanation of pinned blobs

NOTE: All arch specific blobs not specifically explained here are pinned for the sake of being able to extract independently of the architecture of the source device.

AndroidMigratePrebuilt.apk

• This is from a marlin factory image to avoid crashes with the one found in the walleye factory images.

GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk

• This is no longer included in Google system images and is required for syncing Google Calendar accounts with AOSP Calendar.

PrebuiltExchange3Google.apk

• This is no longer included in Google system images and is required for using Exchange accounts in the Gmail app.

PrebuiltGmsCore.apk

• This is a nodpi apk so that it works properly on all devices and updates to the appropriate one. This is generally from APKMirror and is not usually updated between major version updates.

SetupWizard.apk

• This is a non-pixel SetupWizard for better UX and less pixel-specific references.

default-permissions.xml and privapp-permissions-google.xml

• These do not always contain all the necessary permissions for apks which are not from the corresponding factory image, so they must be modified to avoid permission related crashes.

libjni_latinimegoogle.so

• This lib is no longer included in Google system images and is required for swype typing with AOSP LatinIME.

Thanks and Credits

cdesai

• Reminding me that /proc/meminfo is a thing

ciwrl

• Catching a few spelling errors in this file

gmrt

• Initial list for gapps

harryyoud

• Thorough testing and Jenkins setup

flex1911, raymanfx, deadman96385, jrior001, haggertk, arco

• Thorough testing

jrizzoli

• Initial build scripts and build system

luca020400

• Fixing my makefiles

mikeioannina

• The name for MindTheGapps

razorloves, raymanfx

• Helping maintain this repo

syphyr

• Showing me how to repack libs in PrebuiltGmsCore