[Feature request]: Support/Guidance for using Google Maps provider on iOS alongside @googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk (custom marker tracking, AirMaps errors)

[FardeenNiyaziHM]

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• I have searched the existing issues

Use case

🚀 Feature Request: Official Support for Google Maps Provider on iOS with @googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk

Summary

We are building a multi-rider tracking feature with custom markers.

On Android, this works with a small patch, but on iOS:

• provider={PROVIDER_GOOGLE} falls back to Apple Maps, or
• Enabling Google provider leads to AirMaps/AirGoogleMaps build/runtime errors.

We also need compatibility with the latest versions:
Current Version for librarires workaround with patch

• react-native-maps: 1.14.0
• @googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk: 0.9.3

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What We Need

1. Official, documented support path for using Google provider on iOS without manual Xcode steps (dragging AirGoogleMaps).
2. Compatibility guidance between:
   • react-native-maps (Google provider on iOS)
   • @googlemaps/react-native-navigation-sdk
   • Required Pods (GoogleMaps, Google-Maps-iOS-Utils, GoogleNavigation)
3. Reference sample app (Podfile + RN config) that works out of the box.
4. Performance best practices for smooth custom marker updates (10–100 riders, 1–2s updates) on iOS.

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Current Behavior

• iOS renders Apple Maps instead of Google Maps even with provider={PROVIDER_GOOGLE}.
• Adding AirGoogleMaps manually causes linker errors:

Proposal

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Is it possible to have a feature similar to react native maps in Google Navigation SDK MapView for custom markers and multiple riders tracking dynamically

[jokerttu]

@FardeenNiyaziHM
Thank you for creating this feature request!

The missing ability to use custom marker icons is definitely an important feature to implement.

Can you open up a bit more on your request to be able to track multiple riders dynamically? Is this something that the Driver SDK could provide?

Note that the compatibility issue you are facing with other libraries is a known issue.