3rd party apps won't load maps from the google api's

[LunaEros]

Huawei Mediapad stock ICS 4.0.3
Only real mod done Xposed Framework but no modules are active.

Any 3rd party app I try that uses the Google maps for it's map function won't show any maps in it.
Yet Google maps itself does. the Google is at version 6.6.
I know there's a newer version but when I update to that, when I try to open Google maps it shows a screen
that has a button "accept & continue". When I click it it shows a notification saying it can't connect to network yet everything else CAN connect to the network.

I don't really care whether the google maps works or not but I need it to work for where I do use it in the 3rd party apps.

Has anyone heard of this problem? Or has any kind of idea of what to do?

 

[Golfdriver97]

Have you emailed the developer? It may be an issue with the app accessing Google maps.

From a Liquid Nexus 5

 

[LunaEros]

Thanks for replying.
I'm 99% sure it's not the apps because every single app I try that uses Google's map api service has the same problem.
They go to the map part of the app but none actually show a map. Just the Google shadow logo in the bottom left.
Yet the Google map app itself works perfectly except for the fact that when I go into Play store it shows there's an upgrade from the v6.6 I have but when I try the upgrade and open it it gives a screen with 'accept & continue' button that when I try to select it I get a dialog that it can't connect to the network.
So I uninstalled the upgrade and it works again. The Google app that is.

 

[B. Diddy]

Try going to Settings/Apps/All, select Maps, and Clear Cache & Data. Try this for both the preinstalled version and the update version.

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[B. Diddy]

No idea of this will help, but also consider clearing the cache and data for Google Play Services, then rebooting.

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[LunaEros]

That's something that didn't occur to me.
Thanks. I will try that to see if it works and get back.

 

[LunaEros]

Well I tried those things....
Same damn problem.

I wonder if I find the google apps package that you install when you install a custom rom would overwrite any problem and fix it?
I don't even know if that works on a stock rom.

 

[B. Diddy]

Is it mostly browsers where you're seeing this, or other apps like Yelp?

If browsers, then how many different browsers have you tried?

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[LunaEros]

I don't have a problem with browsers.

It's 3rd party apps that directly access the map api.
Example:
Intellicast Weather app
Cell Mapper app.
Things like that.

I did uninstall the T-Mobile installed Telenav app but I didn't think it would be a problem since it was 3rd party and the navigation function of Google Maps still works.

 

[B. Diddy]

Also low yield, but try resetting all app preferences/defaults.

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[LunaEros]

You mean go into each app's preference there's a problem with and reset to defaults?

I never changed the default settings on those apps. Nor the main Maps app either.

 

[B. Diddy]

In the main Settings/Apps menu, if you tap the menu button, you should see an option to Reset App Preferences, which clears every app default. (It'll also enable any disabled app.). As I mentioned, it's low yield, but might still be worth trying.

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