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In August 2025, Google announced that starting next year, it will no longer be possible to develop apps for the Android platform without first registering centrally with Google.

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Are there any alternatives to Google Maps (preferably open source) for Android that will let me adjust a recommended route for navigation, like Google Maps does?

In the web desktop version of Google Maps, if I set a start location and a destination, it gives me a recommended route. I can then grab the blue line that represents the recommended route to adjust it.

This is insanely helpful as no apps pick the best route for cycling on the Swedish countryside. This feature would allow me to plan my trips ahead and not fiddle with my phone when I’m out cycling (which would be wonderful).

If there are no Android solutions, what is the easiest way to create a route (GPX?) with a desktop Linux FOSS app that can later be used on my phone?

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