I'd like to, but I don't think Zood Location meets the policy requirements for inclusion in F-Droid. Blockers are:
* Usage of the Google Maps SDK - the service needs revenue to be able to support running and maintaining it's own tile server
* Usage of push messages via Firebase - the zood server has no problem with a socket remaining open all the time with the Android app, I'm simply not sure what the impact would be on the battery.
* Usage of the FusedLocationProvider API - a code path needs to be added that would simply use the platform provided GPS access. It wouldn't be too difficult, but it would hurt accuracy and battery life.
* Usage of locationiq.com API - similar to the need for a Zood tile server, I would need to stand up my own reverse geocoding API somewhere so F-Droid wouldn't need an API key for locationiq
That all said, I do think it's a worthwhile endeavor to make the app F-Droid compatible. I just can't provide any guarantees about when that would be.
Regarding locationiq, you could provide an option when sharing to disable geocoding. There are many cases (eg: when hiking in the wild) where it provides little value.
This could be done in a querystring argument in the shared URL hash: &geocoding=false
* Usage of the Google Maps SDK - the service needs revenue to be able to support running and maintaining it's own tile server
* Usage of push messages via Firebase - the zood server has no problem with a socket remaining open all the time with the Android app, I'm simply not sure what the impact would be on the battery.
* Usage of the FusedLocationProvider API - a code path needs to be added that would simply use the platform provided GPS access. It wouldn't be too difficult, but it would hurt accuracy and battery life.
* Usage of locationiq.com API - similar to the need for a Zood tile server, I would need to stand up my own reverse geocoding API somewhere so F-Droid wouldn't need an API key for locationiq
That all said, I do think it's a worthwhile endeavor to make the app F-Droid compatible. I just can't provide any guarantees about when that would be.