Is there a way to programmatically detect that MicroG is installed instead of Google Location Services?

[biodranik]

What is the correct way to implement in Java or Kotlin:

if (IsMicroGInstalled())
   // …
else
   // …

?

Context: To disable the use of Google Fused Provider in Organic Maps when MicroG is installed, because MicroG, for some reason (not being installed with a system permission?), doesn't handle it properly.

Related issues:

• LineageOS 22.2 update - Location (GNSS) active tracking suffers significant delay #2961
• GoogleApiAvailability.isGooglePlayServicesAvailable(Context context) always return SUCCESS #2309
• Location is not found. organicmaps/organicmaps#10133
• [android] Disable Google Play Services in Google build on Graphene OS organicmaps/organicmaps#8510
• No location can be found organicmaps/organicmaps#4540

P.S. Sorry for creating the issue. I did not find any other way to contact MicroG contributors (Discussions are disabled).

[ale5000-git]

Hi,
in my opinion that would defeat the purpose of microG because then many apps (I'm not talking about yours) may choose to refuse to run if microG is detected.

I think it would be better if users take time to do proper bug reports to microG to fix the problem.

[rmh2022]

for some reason (not being installed with a system permission?)

Just a quick note, in the test I reported here I was running microG with system permission (the one that came preinstalled with "LineageOS for microG" ROM), and the problem appeared anyway.