Very nice. Thanks for the update!
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I'd really like to try GOS on my 7 but may local bank app is failing to load. As per github, it is the bank's dev to make it compatible with gos
This is common with bank apps. They basically use google as their security instead of programming their own. That's typically why people run a secondary profile with play services enabled.
I havent tried gos yet, but afaik users can enable play services in a sandbox without using a different profile. Are you saying there's another way to fully run play services so sensitive bank apps will work?
GOS play services are sandboxed by default, it's how they implement it. The sandbox just keeps it from having full system root integration so its not in everything by default like normal android. It still is full play services though.
What I'm saying is that if you don't want that on your phone but you do want to use apps that rely on it then you can set up a secondary profile. On the second profile install play services and any apps that need it. That way its segregated from your main activity. Other profiles are essentially viewed as their own phone installation so they dont talk to each other.
Oh ok. But just to be clear (IIUC) if the app uses or requires Play Integrity api, it won't work in GOS even if I use a 2nd profile for play services?
Correct, if the profiles are separate. They only share key hardware aspects (like WiFi and Bluetooth settings). The profiles can not talk to each other.
So if the first profile does not have google services it can't run anything that relies on it even if a second profile has google services installed. For all intents, they are "separate phones".
Yes, bank would need to add compatibility. They may follow these instructions to do so.
I'd also recommend you read this, if not already done: https://grapheneos.org/usage#banking-apps
Gos needs to let us put on our desktop the private space apps, so we can quick launch them. Its a huge pain in the arse to scroll all the way down to unlock the space then to click on chosen app.
This is fantastic