

Here is a list of backends for geolocation and (reverse) geocoding available:ĪppleWifiNlpBackend - backend that uses Apple's service to resolve wifi locations. UnifiedNlp alone does not provide any features, but acts as a One of them being the open source Location API that is implemented by UnifiedNlp, the other one is the proprietary Play Services Location API. GsfProxy complements the core with Google Cloud Messaging for other appsįakeStore or alternatively Blank Store or even native PlaystoreĬurrently, Android has two APIs for geolocating. GmsCore more or less corresponds to the Google Services These components are also summarised in 3 parts as:

Play services includes more or less all newer proprietary Android features. The service component used by this library. The client library play-services, that is injected into applications by their developers and GmsCore , This is mainly two components these days, both called Play Services : Proprietary parts by Google injected into the Android ecosystem. The main idea of this project was to build a free replacement for all This project is now continued under the name µg Of applications and frameworks with the goal to fill the gap of MaR-V-iN started developing what he named the NOGAPPS package - a set Μg Project (Brilliantly described by Izzy on his website)
