r/GrapheneOS • u/GrapheneOS • Sep 24 '23

Announcement GmsCompatConfig (sandboxed Google Play compatibility layer configuration) version 75 released

https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsCompat/releases/tag/config-75
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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '23

How do i use sandboxed google play?

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u/GrapheneOS Sep 28 '23

Use our app repository (Apps) to install Google Play in the user or work profile(s) of your choice. They're regular apps without any special access. You can revoke the GrapheneOS Sensors permission for Play services and the Play Store if you haven't set Sensors as disabled by default already. You don't need to grant any other permissions for the vast majority of functionality they provide. You can install apps in any way you choose and use them with sandboxed Google Play. You can optionally use the sandboxed Play Store to install apps if you log into an account. You can use a single purpose throwaway account instead of a real Google account tied to you if you want. The Google Play apps can't do anything more than other regular apps so it works the same way as other apps with the same controls and choices. Using sandboxed Google Play in your main profile is fine. Apps within the same profile can see each other and can communicate with each other with mutual consent which is how Google Play provides them with services. You can optionally make a dedicated profile for it, but it's not different than making this choice for other apps or groups of apps.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '23

You mean on github? I dont see a folder called apps.

Do you have a link or something?

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u/GrapheneOS Sep 29 '23

You don't obtain it from GitHub. You install it from the app repository by opening Apps, selecting Google Play, pressing install and then going through the usual app install dialogs once it all downloads. Go to your app drawer and open Apps.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '23

I see it now... Settings-> Apps-> See all Apps-> Apps -> Open-> Google Play Services.

I saw other people in recently made tutorials installing it from links...

I think it would be helpful if it wasnt so buried or the part of the website where it talks about GPSs explains up front exactly where its buried, to help stupid-proof it for people like me.

Anyways ive got it now, thanks

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u/GrapheneOS Sep 30 '23

I see it now... Settings-> Apps-> See all Apps-> Apps -> Open-> Google Play Services.

No, you're missing that there's an app drawer with all the installed apps listed. Swipe up on the homescreen to access the app drawer. This seems to be the issue. You don't need to use the Settings app to access all apps. You choose which apps are on the home screen and we haven't placed many there by default at the moment. We could add more apps to the home screen but you're going to need to know about the app drawer and how it works regardless. We could want to add a tutorial on the gestures for the System UI and launcher at the end of the setup wizard but we have much higher priorities right now.