Google Maps Android API V2 Check if Google Maps app is disabled

Question

This question talks about checking if Google Maps is installed on the device and the answer works fine. In newer versions of Android, we can only disable the Google Maps app not uninstall it so the above answer does not completely work for me.

When I was testing my app in a phone with Google Play services 9.2.x installed, it does not work when Google Maps app is disabled which is weird because it works fine without it in devices with Google Play services >= 9.4.x.

Is there a way to check if Google Maps app is disabled or not? (Please note that app is still installed just disabled.)

Gaurav Sarma · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-07T07:14:14.543

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You can check this by using the package name as follows

String packageName = "com.google.android.gms.maps";
int flag = 0;
ApplicationInfo appInfo = getActivity().getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo(packageName,flag);
boolean isAppDisabled = appInfo.enabled;

Read here for more details. You can also set different flag constant based on your requirement as described in the documentation link.

edited Sep 07 '16 at 07:14

answered Sep 07 '16 at 06:42

Gaurav Sarma

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@RioMarieA.Callos please accept this as the answer. – Gaurav Sarma Sep 07 '16 at 06:47
Thanks. Glad i was able to help. – Gaurav Sarma Sep 07 '16 at 06:49
@GauravSarma big 10x I just had to change the package to `com.google.android.apps.maps` because with `...gms.maps` was throwing error – Jocky Doe Mar 20 '18 at 19:06
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@JockyDoe glad I was able to help :) – Gaurav Sarma Mar 20 '18 at 20:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '18 at 20:01

Try this, for example, to display a map of San Francisco, you can use the following code:

Uri gmmIntentUri = Uri.parse("geo:37.7749,-122.4194");
Intent mapIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, gmmIntentUri);
mapIntent.setPackage("com.google.android.apps.maps");

and now comes the important part:

if (mapIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivity(mapIntent);
}

As you can see, if is NOT null start that activity. Of course you can include an ELSE statement with a message for the user to announce him that Google Maps is not installed on his/her device.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 19 '19 at 10:20

Connecting non-working solution of @GauravSarma and string from @CristianBabarusi I also got non-working solution. It returns true on API 19 emulator without Google Play Services.

private fun isMapsAvailable() : Boolean {
    val packageName = "com.google.android.apps.maps"
    val flag = 0
    return try {
        val appInfo = activity?.packageManager?.getApplicationInfo(packageName, flag)
        appInfo?.enabled == true
    } catch (e: PackageManager.NameNotFoundException) {
        false
    }
}

Google Maps Android API V2 Check if Google Maps app is disabled

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