Support "Send location" feature

[D4nte]

Hi,

This app is great and I'd love to replace normal sms and whatsapp with that. The only feature which is missing is the "Send location" feature. I know the first aim is to replace sms but I must say with such feature I could just throw away whatsapp :)

[bassmaster187]

i really don't want textsecure is able to know where i am. why don't you search an app that can share your location with all (textsecure) chatapps.

[cramu]

Location sharing is a basic feature, most people would expect from a messenger.
Could be otional though.

[jhartwig]

maybe its enough just to show a button which opens another maps app and from there you can share back to textsecure... would implement that little buttonstuff..

[bassmaster187]

i would also suggest what jhartwig said. open a map app with share back to textsecure, so you don't have to grant gps access during installation and you can be sure, textsecure won't be able to track your position.

[HorayNarea]

I don't see the problem with TextSecure being allowed to position the user when it's totally fine with other apps…

Please add this feature (maybe with a global (de-)activate button or another TextSecure package for the more paranoid :D)

[repat]

Is there any progress on this topic?

[D4nte]

Well there are indeed other way to share your location so I almost want to close it.

[ximex]

If this feature should show the position on a map, please use openstreetmap and not google maps!

[mikeazo]

Looks like they are making progress on this 1a7ab63

Not sure how much I like the thought of it though.

[generalmanager]

Well as long as it's privacy friendly (no google maps, TLS, etc.) and doesn't just randomly send your location to anyone this is certainly a feature users are looking for. If you don't like it you don't have to use it.

[cherryasphalt]

Maybe look at https://github.com/mapzen/LOST/ as a replacement for the closed source FusedLocationProviderApi that's in Google Play Services? I've heard Mapbox is considering/already using it in their raster tile Android SDK and their vector tile Android SDK (which are both also pretty rad and worth considering).

[sedrubal]

👍

[ximex]

Could we change Form Google maps to OpenStreetMap?

[mcginty]

closing since it's in 3.9.0