Compatibility Issue: Unable to Run google_maps_navigation with google_maps_flutter

[OrKahilaPumba]

Environment details

2. OS type and version - IOS

Steps to reproduce

1. Add both google_maps_flutter and google_maps_navigation to pubspec.yaml.
2. Run flutter pub get to install dependencies.
3. Navigate to the ios folder and run pod install.
4. Observe the error regarding incompatible GoogleMaps versions.

example

CocoaPods could not find compatible versions for pod "GoogleMaps":
In Podfile:
google_maps_flutter_ios (from .symlinks/plugins/google_maps_flutter_ios/ios) was resolved to 0.0.1, which depends on
GoogleMaps (< 10.0, >= 8.4)

google_maps_navigation (from `.symlinks/plugins/google_maps_navigation/ios`) was resolved to 0.0.1, which depends on
  GoogleNavigation (= 5.3.1) was resolved to 5.3.1, which depends on
    GoogleMaps (= 8.3.1)

Expected Behavior: I should be able to use both google_maps_navigation and google_maps_flutter together in the same Flutter project without any dependency conflicts.

Proposed Solutions:

1. Update the google_maps_navigation package to support newer versions of the GoogleMaps pod.
2. Provide a workaround to allow both packages to coexist in the same project.

Thanks!

[jokerttu]

Hi @OrKahilaPumba,

The conflict arises because both google_maps_flutter and flutter_navigation_sdk depend on the GoogleMaps SDK. Since the Navigation SDKs for Android and iOS have their own GoogleMaps SDK dependencies, this leads to the incompatibility you're encountering.

Note that the flutter_navigation_sdk includes ways to control the map itself, similar to what google_maps_flutter offers.

Could you let us know which specific features of google_maps_flutter you're looking to use that are missing from the flutter_navigation_sdk? This will help us better support your use case. If there are essential features you're missing, we can consider adding them to the flutter_navigation_sdk.

We're also planning to document this incompatibility in the README to help prevent confusion for other users.

Thanks for your feedback!

[OrKahilaPumba]

Hello Joonas, thanks for looking into this Our app helps users to find parking on the street, and we use google maps on our main screen. The user has a button to start search for parkings, when he does, it displays on the map all available parking spots around his destination. The user can choose to navigate to a certain parking spot, and thats where we want to use the navigation sdk. I'm also attaching some screenshots to help you understand our use. Thanks for your help!

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On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 9:58 AM Joonas Kerttula ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @OrKahilaPumba <https://github.com/OrKahilaPumba>, The conflict arises because both google_maps_flutter and flutter_navigation_sdk depend on the GoogleMaps SDK. Since the Navigation SDKs for Android and iOS have their own GoogleMaps SDK dependencies, this leads to the incompatibility you're encountering. Could you let us know which specific features of google_maps_flutter you're looking to use that are missing from the flutter_navigation_sdk? This will help us better support your use case. If there are essential features you're missing, we can consider adding them to the flutter_navigation_sdk. We're also planning to document this incompatibility in the README to help prevent confusion for other users. Thanks for your feedback! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#148 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BCRU56KY36LCHCB5NE6HFGDZU2VPTAVCNFSM6AAAAABNRRMXFOVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDGMRYGA3DIOBWGY> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[hkm5558]

Hi @OrKahilaPumba,

The conflict arises because both google_maps_flutter and flutter_navigation_sdk depend on the GoogleMaps SDK. Since the Navigation SDKs for Android and iOS have their own GoogleMaps SDK dependencies, this leads to the incompatibility you're encountering.

Note that the flutter_navigation_sdk includes ways to control the map itself, similar to what google_maps_flutter offers.

Could you let us know which specific features of google_maps_flutter you're looking to use that are missing from the flutter_navigation_sdk? This will help us better support your use case. If there are essential features you're missing, we can consider adding them to the flutter_navigation_sdk.

We're also planning to document this incompatibility in the README to help prevent confusion for other users.

Thanks for your feedback!

There is no takeSnapshot method，How should I get screenshots from the Map sdk in the current sdk?

[reubendeekay]

This issue has not been fixed. I cannot be able to use this package with the default google_map_flutter package

[jokerttu]

Hi @reubendeekay ,

This issue was closed as documentation explaining this was added to README.md file.

The conflict arises because both google_maps_flutter and flutter_navigation_sdk depend on the GoogleMaps SDK. Since the Navigation SDKs for Android and iOS have their own GoogleMaps SDK dependencies, this leads to the incompatibility you're encountering.

As this package is a wrapper for the native Navigation SDKs, it cannot resolve this issue directly. You have a couple of options:

1. Use only the navigation package, which also supports the classic map view.
2. Force dependency resolution in your Gradle code and iOS implementation. However, this approach will only work if you use package versions of google_maps_flutter and flutter_navigation_sdk that depend on the same version of the underlying GoogleMaps SDK.

[v62win]

@OrKahilaPumba how did u fix this issue can u help me

[OrKahilaPumba]

@OrKahilaPumba how did u fix this issue can u help me

Sorry man, we didn't find a solution for the problem, we just stopped using google_maps_flutter

[jokerttu]

@v62win The issue is explained here:
https://github.com/googlemaps/flutter-navigation-sdk?tab=readme-ov-file#compatibility-with-other-libraries