[RELEASE] Pinch Zoom for Google Maps

[djh816]

Tested under Bugless Beast .72
Works on 2.0.1 and 2.1

Bugs:
Seems to break Layar, possibly other apps that use Google Maps API.
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Instructions:

If you do not have Google maps included with your ROM as a System app, you will need to uninstall it before following this tutorial. Also if you are having the force close problem, try renaming /system/app/Maps.odex to /system/app/Maps.odex.bak. Also, you can ignore the moving of the old google maps apk in /system/app.

Get one of these:

Multitouch maps with + and - buttons:
Download
Alldroid mirror: http://www.alldroid.org/download/file.php?id=1503

Multitouch maps without buttons:
Download
Alldroid mirror: http://www.alldroid.org/download/file.php?id=1504

Then extract one of the zips and copy the system folder in there into a folder on your sdcard (I called it mtmaps)

Next, execute these commands (adjust for your folder name as needed):

su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/mtd/mtdblock4 /system
mv /system/app/Maps.apk /system/app/Maps.bak
mv /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.bak
cat /sdcard/mtmaps/system/app/Maps.apk > /system/app/Maps.apk
cat /sdcard/mtmaps/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar > /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar
mount -o remount,ro /dev/mtd/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot

Sorry if I made any mistakes on the code but just follow the same general idea if you have any issues: back up the old files, push the new ones. I used cat because I didn't have the cp command for whatever reason. I am currently running the multi-touch without buttons. Good luck! Credit to xda-dev for posting the multitouch for G1: XDA-Dev Thread

[agdaniels]

Good find, testing now

[agdaniels]

Good find, testing now

Works great, code was fine. Nice job

[hobby31]

Not working for me. I keep getting:

failed on /system/app/Maps.apk --no such file or directory

Can anybody help? I'm running bugless beast 0.7.3.

Thanks

[stanrc]

I think bugless beast moved all the apks to /system/data, not /system/app

[hobby31]

I think bugless beast moved all the apks to /system/data, not /system/app

I'll look into it. I think i'll PM pete and see. Maybe he'll include it in his next update. Thanks

[agdaniels]

I got that error when doing it from term emu, did it from adb shell and it worked fine

[dpraetorius]

Works great on regular 2.0.1. Awesome, thanks!

[hobby31]

I think bugless beast moved all the apks to /system/data, not /system/app

I tried that and got the same error. I'll try adb shell later on and repost.

[lippstuh]

pete moved it to /data/app i believe.