Introduction

NikGapps provides custom GApps packages tailored to individual needs, offering full configurability to install exactly the set of Google apps you want. Available in six variants, NikGapps is a unique GApps solution built from scratch to meet the needs of Android users.

Features

Android Go Support: Ideal for low-end devices, ensuring smooth performance.
Custom Architecture: Installs GApps in /product and /system_ext partitions, with fallback to /system if space is limited.
Full Control: Use nikgapps.config for installation preferences and debloater.config to remove unwanted components.
Compatibility: Dirty flash support, and can be installed over ROMs with GApps (excluding Pixel-flavored ROMs).
Addons: Includes useful addon packages, so you don't have to flash the entire GApps package for a single app.
Addon.d Support: Custom addon.d script allows selective backup and restore of apps during dirty flashes.
Battery Optimization: Optimize Google Play Services by turning off "Find My Device" (requires ROM support).
Privileged Permissions: Ensures privileged apps get necessary permissions without disabling Privileged Permission Whitelisting.

Build NikGapps Yourself

Prerequisites

Ensure you have the following tools installed:

Linux/MacOS: sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 python3-pip aapt git git-lfs apktool
Windows: Python3, Git, and AAPT.

Steps

Configure git user name and email to make Git LFS to work

git config --global user.name "Example"
git config --global user.email "example@example.com"

Set Up the Environment:
```
mkdir nikgapps
cd nikgapps
```
Create a virtual environment

Use python on Linux/MacOS and python3 on Windows (you can figure out which command works for you by running python --version or python3 --version in cmd line)
- On Linux/MacOS:
```
python3 -m venv myvenv
source myvenv\Scripts\activate
```
- On Windows:
```
python -m venv myvenv
myvenv\Scripts\activate
```
Install builder from pip
```
python3 -m pip install NikGapps
```
You can now build given gapps variant

nikgapps --androidVersion (Android Version) --packageList (gapps variant)

Example:
```
nikgapps --androidVersion 13 --packageList basic
```