Urgent, COVID-19 tracking app not working - Google Play Services not updated
Hi to all!
I am opening this issue which is a pretty important one in my opinion. The italian government is finally rolling a test of the so called "Immuni" app, which should (theoretically) be in conformity with the European PEPP-PT project for COVID tracing apps. Its source is available here and this is the official webpage. I have downloaded it today and it has an issue with microg, it says Play Services is not updated and thus the app will not work, and it doesn't let me start the app and do whatsoever.
I know this is not your fault and I am very very angry at the developers of the app and my government to make it dependant on Play Services, which I honestly don't get why, if not they simply got "lobbied" by tech giants so that the app would be dependant on their stupid frameworks. On the website it says they are working to make it working on Huawuei phones too, but I guess this wouldn't solve the issue, since the app would need the Huawei Mobile Services framework, which (luckily) is not present on our e.phones.
Now, is there any way to fis this? In my opinion a simple update of microg version to match the new Play Services one could work, I guess the app just checks the version and there is no real new "function" which the app needs, but I am no expert and have no clue of how to check this. If someone could guide me on how to do it I could even try it myself.
I will of course open the issue on their github page too, I am really buffed on how stupid this issue is, I can't believe they made such a fundamental app dependant on proprietary frameworks. Weeks ago I installed the Norwegian tracking app just to try and have a look at it, and it worked flowlessly, so it's not a problem of technology, is a problem of politics.
BTW thanks for your amazing work, I really appreciate it!