GmsCore VS NanoDroid

Is anyone here daily-driving microg and can share their experiences? https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Implementation-Status does not exactly inspire confidence.

...will need to be rewritten to avoid Google Play Services.

Not true.

All that needs to happen is for open source developers to "re-implement Google’s proprietary Android user space apps and libraries".

https://microg.org/

microG itself connects directly to Google: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Google-Network-Connec...

No shit, of course they do.

>In general, we obviously try to minimize the connections to Google, but some services strictly rely on them and would just not work without.

What exactly do you think they should do instead?

MicroG

In release notes for GmsCore v0.2.29.233013 (https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/tag/v0.2.29.233013), I also see:

Yes, the Xposed module is one way. There are also other ways

Which one should I use? Is this MicroG's official website right? (https://microg.org/)

Have a look into https://microg.org/ . Revanced yt uses a fork of GmsCore for its non-root install, though you still have to log in with a google account.

Went to the provided Deodex instructions, and read in the VDEX steps that I need to "get latest vdexExtractor".

Full Doc: https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/-/blob/master/README.md

If you only have LOS nothing else, than you can try to patch your rom with nanodroid patcher: https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/-/blob/master/doc/DeodexServices.md

You can change which apps to install with nanodroid, and you can configure a lot steps with config files. Read the manual: https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/-/blob/master/doc/AlterInstallation.md

but people also recommend using NanoDroid

Yes, only foss and built-in aosp things, but nanodroid adds some more apps: https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/-/blob/master/doc/Applications.md

Stock roms don't have signature spoofing, so you have to patch your rom. Nanodroid contains a patcher wich can do this for you: https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid/

https://gitlab.com/Nanolx/NanoDroid#supported-android-versions

There is a way to get a hacked Google Play store using NanoDroid (and possibly through other means but I'm not sure) that allows you to do in-app purchases, which might make your on-phone experience a little closer to using the stock google play store, but keep in mind that since many back-end services are replaced, not everything might work all the time. But as far as I know, things work pretty well all things considered (which is a huge testament to the quality of work put into this by the devs).