AirGoogleMaps about expo HOT 12 CLOSED

Support for AirGoogleMaps was included in today's iOS release, v1.13.1. This will work in SDK 14 projects, there is no new SDK version.

When developing in the Exponent app, this should just work if you add provider="google" to your map components. For standalone apps, exp.json now supports ios.config.googleMapsApiKey to provide your own key.

Furthermore, it recently came to my attention that Apple's MapKit has a bunch of nasty memory leaks. So I definitely recommend switching over to Google Maps.

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same thought with @sonaye. i also want exponent to add google maps.

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We ran into some Exponent-specific complications getting this running well, so it's going to miss the initial SDK 14 release next week. The tentative plan is to get it working in one of the subsequent minor updates (so you don't have to wait all the way until SDK 15).

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we have decided for the moment to not include this. if there is enough demand we will reconsider!

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Any particular reasons? Google Maps are way much better and more mature than Apple's (especially outside the US). I was actually waiting for the support to drop with SDK 12, i mean .. isn't it a straightforward integration?

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it is simple but it adds to the app size for everybody. i hadn't considered that google maps works much better outside of north america, that's a good point. cc @terribleben @ide

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@brentvatne wondering how big of a margin are we talking about in terms of the added size? and yes, google maps are much wide spread, apple maps have practically zero data in my region.

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I have to have it. Should we just use react-native-maps directly?

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Lack of ability to do this is the main reason I can't use Exponent. My design requires that I have custom styles for the map tiles, which is possible with Google Maps, but not Apple Maps.

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@brentvatne did you revisit this? any chance of getting our hands on it with sdk 14? we are almost ready to ship and this is one of the very few areas where there is an inadequacy, switching to google maps within a web view is just bad.

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Great, thank you!!

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