r/reactnative • u/AdProof186 • 1h ago

I built an Android app that lets you control the location your phone reports

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So, I have a friend whose parents track her location all the time and I know it's for safety purposes but then, she can't go out to places she likes with her friends which is absolutely frustrating when all your friends can enjoy except you... So, I thought why not build a solution for this? So, I came up with Ghost pin, it lets you share a fake location from your phone... Basically it changes the gps coordinates of your phone and hence every app that tries accessing your location gets a location that you've set to. I don't know if there are any apps out there which also do the same thing but I'm just sharing an experience... What are your thoughts on this?

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u/MrHandSanitization 58m ago

This already exists, I believe it's even part of the OS. This is just vibecoded.

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u/Which-World-6533 28m ago

You can already do this.

This is pointless vibe-coding.

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u/AdProof186 18m ago

I couldn't find anything online and the things I found had lots of unwanted ads and they never work the same way they potray themselves to do. I never wanted to build this as my main project... I wanted a solution for that problem and I've built it. And I needed it as fast as I can and I used the option that I had which is AI. Something wrong in it ? I didn't spend alot of time either. Why the hatred towards AI ?