Add flag to exclude Google Maps SDK in iOS

[jakobjohansson]

Summary

Add $LuggMapsGoogleEnabled Podfile flag to opt out of the Google Maps iOS SDK. Apps that only use provider="apple" currently still link GoogleMaps.xcframework (~36 MB arm64 slice, ~10 MB shipped). Setting $LuggMapsGoogleEnabled = false before pod install drops the dependency and excludes the Google provider sources; LuggMapView.mm guards the Google branches with __has_include and falls back to Apple Maps with a warning if provider="google" is requested anyway. Default behaviour is unchanged.

Type of Change

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Breaking change
• Documentation update

Test Plan

pod install with the flag set in a bare RN 0.86 / Expo 57 app: GoogleMaps removed from Podfile.lock, project compiles and Apple Maps renders. Without the flag: unchanged lock file.

Screenshots / Videos

N/A

Checklist

• I tested on iOS
• I tested on Android
• I tested on Web
• I updated the documentation (if needed)

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[lodev09]

Thanks @jakobjohansson. Can we also add this to our expo config plugin for apps built with expo?

[jakobjohansson]

Thanks @jakobjohansson. Can we also add this to our expo config plugin for apps built with expo?

Sure 👍 Should be working now

[lodev09]

Pushed two commits on top:

fix: handle iOS Google Maps exclusion consistently

• Podspec now defines LUGG_GOOGLE_MAPS_ENABLED via pod_target_xcconfig instead of relying on __has_include — the Google sources are excluded from the pod, so the header check was ambiguous across build setups.
• reload checks [_provider isKindOfClass:[AppleMapProvider class]] instead of _providerType, so the Apple fallback also gets the inset-corrected camera move.
• Plugin: googleEnabled: false now also strips GMSApiKey from Info.plist and removes import GoogleMaps / GMSServices.provideAPIKey(...) from AppDelegate.swift, so toggling back and forth is idempotent.
• Added plugin/__tests__/withLuggMapsIOS.test.ts covering default, fresh disable, disable/re-enable of an existing project, and repeat runs.

chore: log when iOS Google Maps SDK is disabled

• pod install and expo prebuild print [LuggMaps] Google Maps SDK is disabled, Apple Maps only. so it is obvious the SDK was dropped.

Verified on example/expo with iosGoogleMapsEnabled: false and expo prebuild --clean: no GoogleMaps in Podfile.lock, no GMSApiKey, clean AppDelegate.swift, Apple Maps renders.

Heads up: the PR description still mentions __has_include — worth updating. Thanks @jakobjohansson!

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated
lugg-maps	Ready	Preview	Sep 12, 2026 12:26am UTC