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[App] Marathon - [R] - 2010-10-20 - [U] - 2012-02-08 - [V] 3.1

Marathon
Marathon is an application designed primary to aid runners with their workout. It uses the phones built in GPS receiver to keep track of various statistics such as distance, speed, calories consumed and altitude change. Thanks to the voice announcement feature you'll know your progress without picking your phone out of the pocket. You can also compete against your previous recordings or setting a goal based on time and distance. Even though its primary designed for runners Marathon can be used with all kinds of outdoor activities.
Any suggestions/constructive feedback is welcome . The application is currently translated to: English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian and Swedish.
Key features:
• Records speed, distance, calories consumed, climb/decline, etc.
• Shows charts of speed and altitude change.
• Draws your route on a map.
• Share your results online, on your blog, Twitter or Facebook.
• Earn achievements for your training (Not related to Xbox LIVE achievements).
• Voice announcements with intervals based on either time or distance.
• Pause/resume recordings.
• Ability to cut off your results at the start or end.
• Inexpensive alternative to GPS watch.
• Ability to backup and restore all results.
• Export to kml, gpx and csv.
• Analyze parts of the result.
• Live Tracking - Let your friends follow your progress online in (almost) real time.
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Changelog:
http://www.marathon-mobile.net/Info/Changelog

Wow, it looks really good and seems to be very fingerfriendly.
I think it fits well into the Metro style.
Only thing to criticize: The touch input to raise and lower the weight for example (Video min: 1:33) could be done a bit nicer I think.
As example you could do it the same way it's done in the OS.
Here a video (min 7:21): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSoEhHV5BFU
Just one thing: In the beginning and the end you can see that the title of your app is Marahon and not Marathon. Just a little thing to fix
Regards
Sry for my english, hope you understand what I mean.

Looking good!
Although in some places the UI is a bit confusing, such as in the video at 0.26 where you have Goals Goals as the pivot and Open Open, why is this? as its not clear from the video. You also see this again later in the video with Edit Edit and Twitter twitter etc.
Also at 2.13 it's not clear that you can swipe to the right to see Calibration settings as its not hinted in the pivot
Other than that, I think it looks very cool
Dharms

DMAND said:
Looking good!
Although in some places the UI is a bit confusing, such as in the video at 0.26 where you have Goals Goals as the pivot and Open Open, why is this? as its not clear from the video. You also see this again later in the video with Edit Edit and Twitter twitter etc.
Also at 2.13 it's not clear that you can swipe to the right to see Calibration settings as its not hinted in the pivot
Other than that, I think it looks very cool
Dharms
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Yeah I agree with the Goals Goals and Open Open thing. Perhaps the second word can be grayed out shadow in the background isntead of looking like there is more.
Other than that it looks great, definately something I can use this fall when I start walking/jogging outside.

It looks great.
I'm currently using a similar application (RunSat) on WM, which has two features you might want to add. I personally love both of the listed features, so you could consider whether adding them is worth the effort.
Exporting results to excel / a spreadsheat is something I really like (showing three columns: time, speed, average speed. Could consider adding more). If you have multiple times on the same course, you could have column 1 trough 3 for your first, 5 trough 7 for your second, etc. so it's easy to compare your performance.
Another useful feature is auto-pausing the training when you're standing still (very useful if there's a bridge on the course). Not sure if you already support manual pausing, but that obviously can be useful too.
I'm already very familiar with the app I'm currently using, but I might consider switching to your WM6 app. For WP7 I'm pretty sure I'll get yours after seeing your demo!
Good luck with further development, I'm very happy to see another dev preparing for the WP7 launch

freeriders:
The numeric input panel you linked looks really sweet. I'll keep that in mind and see if I can make something similar .
DMAND/cyclical:
Sorry about the "Goals Goals" thing, I should have mentioned that it will not be there in the final release (it's there because I'm temporary using an open source Pivot control which doesn't support single pages, Microsoft will release their own Pivot control before the release. So I'm awaiting theirs before I invest too much time in making a "single page pivot lookalike".)
cPT.cAPSLOCK:
The WM6 app supports exporting to CVS (which you can open in Excel), I would add it to the WP7 app if I knew how to give the user his file . Since there's no traditional fileesystem you can't just save it. But since the WP7 app will be compatible with the webpage (www.marathon-mobile.net) you can always use the "Share" feature to upload the result to the webpage and then save it as kml/gpx/cvs from there.
Manual pausing is already supported, I want to implement auto-pause but I haven't done it yet since I'm not sure how to handle the noice in the GPS-signal in a proper way. But I guess I have to accept that the feature will work in ALMOST all cases.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Cool, I thought that might be the reason , hopefully the offical controls are released soon

What's the point?
I'm not sure there's any point in porting an app like this over to WiPhone7 when it can't run in the background. If you use your phone the app will be frozen, not to mention if you get a call or check a mail. Hopefully people remember to resume it after they're done. I can't even listen to Pandora or .977 or use a navigation app (not that there is one) at the same time, which is when I'd use it.
This app would be better ported to webOS which could actually handle it.

Hello,
I'm agree with freeriders concerning the numeric panel.
What do you use to realize charts ?
Thanks

gaijin1%
I'm a .NET developer and I find the WP7 platform interesting, so I'm porting this app to WP7 . Unfortunately I dont have enough spare time to port it to yet another platform, such as WebOS. Its possible to run under lock screen and as long as you stick to the built in music player you can listen to music while you're out running, and thats enough for me. I do agree that real multitasking would be neat, but this is not the tread to debate WP7 OS design .
Roccc
I'm using Silverlight Toolkit (http://silverlight.codeplex.com/) for charting. It seems to work good, but I haven't received my real device yet, so I can't be sure the performance is OK.
Thanks for the feedback!

Ooije said:
Roccc
I'm using Silverlight Toolkit (http://silverlight.codeplex.com/) for charting. It seems to work good, but I haven't received my real device yet, so I can't be sure the performance is OK.
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Thanks a lot for the toolkit
Me too, I haven't received my real device :S

I've released another video, its available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vldm4WVguLk
Unfortunately I haven't had the time to improve the touch controls for numeric inputs (such as weight), but it's still something I want to do . I also plan to move some more buttons down to the application bar and add some more stuff to the map.

Looks great, but i guess you have to think about a good background. I also think there are to much options, so it should be nice if they will be arranged in groups

This is great.
I am planning to get rid of my desire in favour of a new WP7 phone later this month and I have been thinking about ways to track my running activity while waiting for an app to do just that. Glad to see someone is already working on it. I am very much looking forward to give it a try!

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I'm not sure there's any point in porting an app like this over to WiPhone7 when it can't run in the background. If you use your phone the app will be frozen, not to mention if you get a call or check a mail. Hopefully people remember to resume it after they're done. I can't even listen to Pandora or .977 or use a navigation app (not that there is one) at the same time, which is when I'd use it.
This app would be better ported to webOS which could actually handle it.
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It doesn't need to run in the background. Just Disable UserIdleDetection mode and some Tombstoning and phone calls will interrupt the app, but it will reload. I use Caliburn.Micro framework for WP7 apps, and it makes it really easy to do. Just be sure to Enable UserIdleDetectionMode when closed or tombstoned. This passes cert and is different from ApplicationIdleDetectionMode, which requires user opt-in.

As promised I've released a free version of the app, a link is available in the first post .

Nice app and get's it done in a very fluid manner. There are a lot of options to customize setup for individuals and such. One feature that would be nice to further add to the customization would be adding the ability to reorder the home screen (smaller items). Like current speed, average speed, decline, etc. For instance, I would like to be able to see (along with the most main items which you nailed..time and distance) calories and average pace when I just glance at my phone. As it is now, I have to swipe a little to see that row of information. My only suggestion is it's great as I said. And thanks a lot.

I've just released another update to the app (2.8). The biggest news is the ability to earn achievements (not xbox live) for your workout. Here's a list of the available achievements: http://www.marathon-mobile.net/Results/Achievements . Hopefully It'll help people get a little extra motivated to work out . Other news in 2.8 is FR/IT/NL/ES/SV voices as well as an auto-pause feature.
kwill: Thanks for the feedback, I've thought about letting the user re-organize the dashboard. But I haven't implemented anything like that yet.

Here's a little preview of the upcoming release: http://www.marathon-mobile.net/Info/Development
It'll enable Marathon to upload your results "live", so friends and family can watch the progress while you are out running . The feature will be available in both the free and premium version of Marathon and I'm targeting a release in early August (The feature is done, but I'm going on a vacation soon. So I'll keep it for a while ).

Version 3.0 is now available. It's been updated to Mango, so it supports fast app switching and 32bit colors.

[APP] SC2Casts Free (Watch Starcraft 2 vods) -[U]- August 5th 2011 -[V]- 1.3

Just wanted to share a project I've been working with SC2Casts.com, that lets you watch Starcraft 2 vods from the site.
There are currently thousands of vods up there, with players like Idra, White-ra and recent dreamhack winner Huk. (dreamhuk!) And more videos are added daily.
New in 1.3:
*Youtube HD/HQ fix (google changed something)
*Recent list bug fix
*Improved error handling
*Automatic fallback to HQ when playback of HD videos fail
*Improved cache, should improve load times.
*Minor bugfixes and design cleanup.
Features:
*Recent section - displays the top 20 matches from today/yesterday
*Top section - displays the top 20 matches from either last 24 hours/week/month or all time.
*Search - there's a search button in the top right corner that lets you search for players/casters/events
*Browse section - let's you browse by player/casters/event or matchup
*Favorites - add any match to your favorites list, easily displayed on the first page
*Mediaplayer - a fully customized mediaplayer that lets you toggle the quality HQ (360p) / HD (720p) (u can also set defaults at the settings page)
The matches are displayed in a way that doesn't spoil the results of a set.
You can also Like or Dislike any set, those are updated directly to the site as well.
This is the free ad-supported version, but it has all the same features as the full version.
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Updates will also be posted to twitter @nuduaa
Looking forward to hear some feedback/comments.

Fantastic app! I registered just to post my feedback. As a SC2 player, its great to be able to now have all the vods in one instead of me having to search/browse youtube apps. The fact that I'm able to browse by player, caster etc makes this even better. Good job mate.

Thanks man, really appreciate the feedback. Got some more cool stuff planned for Mango as well.

Looking forward to it mate. Watched the WCG qualifiers here in Sydney. Moonglade dominated. Keen to see what you have in store for Mango. Keep us updated!

Missed the WCG qualifiers, so many tournaments and streams out there, gogo esports.
Currently watching some HomestoryCup, stream link is up at teamliquid, Naniwa just beat MC for a spot in the finals.
I'll definitely add the ability to download matches locally, might do it before Mango if it's too far away.

Been waiting for this app! Thanks Nudua, just downloaded and paid for it, it's looking great
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gloves085 said:
Been waiting for this app! Thanks Nudua, just downloaded and paid for it, it's looking great
Sent from my HD7 T9292 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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Cheers, working on the 1.1 update atm, adding a refresh button to the recent and top section also fixing some minor bugs.

Small downtime on the server, really sorry about that, will be up again shortly.
edit: Seams to be sorted now, there was a slight problem with the hosting provider

great app!
I have just started using it. I will give you much better feedback in a few days.. but so far so good!

There seams to be a bug when playing back HQ/HD videos atm, so just use LQ for now, I've submitted an update so it should be up in a few days.
Update on the 23 of July 2011:
The 1.1 update for the paid version is out now that fixes the video playback issues for HD/HQ.
The free version is still in certification, not sure why since I've submitted them at the same time.
If you can't see the update just search for SC2Casts in the marketplace and there should be an update button there, again sorry for the trouble
Update on the 26th of July 2011:
Another update regarding the free version, there was a bug with the certification so I've had to resubmit it.
Just use the Trial version of the Paid version for now if u can't wait.
I pushed out the latest build for this update, so it includes the ability to refresh the recent list and automatic fallback to HQ when playing HD videos with some other minor fixes.

Version 1.3 should be out now, which addressed the "unexpected errors" due to youtube changing something in their code. Also improved the error handling greatly and will start working on the Mango version shortly.

great application, thx

marius.vl said:
great application, thx
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Cheers mate, I'll post an update regarding the Mango features when I get more done.

hi,i m having a lot of issues right now.
1)cant find the 1.3 version
2)cant defalut redirect to youtube.I already tried to switch in application manager but i cant modify anything.It keeps open the vods with the web browser instead of youtube app..
what i can do?
probably both prbolems are connected

dadde2819 said:
hi,i m having a lot of issues right now.
1)cant find the 1.3 version
2)cant defalut redirect to youtube.I already tried to switch in application manager but i cant modify anything.It keeps open the vods with the web browser instead of youtube app..
what i can do?
probably both prbolems are connected
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1) That's kinda strange, the update has been live for nearly 2 weeks now. Have u tried restarting your phone to clear the marketplace cache? Or tried to install it via the Zune software. Free version Zune link | Paid version Zune link I would also uninstall the old version first.
2) You got to have the Microsoft Youtube app installed in order for it to work, that has to go via IE first to use LQ. You'll need the 1.3 version for the app to work fully with the integrated video player due to youtube changing their "api".
I hope that helps, if not let me know which marketplace region u are using, since it might be a problem on Microsoft's side.

[App][5.1+][Alpha] AnyAutoAudio - Use any audio app in Auto

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AnyAutoAudio
So I was tired of not being able to use the audio apps I normally use in Auto and decided to try and do something about it. This app is the result :fingers-crossed:
How does it work?
By using the notification listener permission, the app is able to access the media session of any audio app that is running. This is then passed to Android Auto, which makes it possible to control as any normal Auto app. This also means that it is necessary to run the audio app(s) first before running Auto.
I have several ideas for future features, but would like some feedback first and get rid of bugs. Take it for a spin!
Howto:
- Setup AnyAutoAudio from the app
- Open and run music app(s)
- Run Android Auto from phone or dashboard
Latest progress update & ideas for the future:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72587291&postcount=67
Download:
https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/dk.jonske.AnyAutoAudio
Install AnyAutoAudio directly from apk:
If downloading the APK directly you need to allow unknown sources in Auto,
- In the Android Auto app, tap the Hamburger menu.
- Tap About.
- Tap About Android Auto header 10 times, until a toast appears thar says "Developer mode enabled". Now you can access developer mode by selecting the overflow menu dots on the top right of the handheld screen.
- Select Developer settings from the overflow menu and check unknown sources.
Source: https://developer.android.com/training/auto/testing/index.html#phone
Release notes
0.1.0
- Startup tutorial
- new settings interface
- FAQ
- Feedback
- Analytics
- Pinned apps (browsing)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73426860&postcount=108
0.0.4
- No more need for app list! Just run the music apps and open Auto.
- Issue with controls not responding should be fixed
- Lots of bug fixes
0.0.3
- Apps already with Auto implementation is filtered out
- Queue implementation
- If audio app is destroyed, just pause
- Smaller app size
- Error include audio app name
0.0.2
- System apps now allowed in app selection.
- Basic voice control implementation. So far only "play music" seems to work ("pause", "play" etc. fails on Google's side)
0.0.1
- First alpha release
- Basic control and metadata

Hi,
Tested and working with "Google Play Books". :good:
I suggest to try to support the FM Radio App.
Perhaps, you feel I'm fool but I like to check one DAB Radio App running in my phone... my car doesn't have DAB radio.

manos78 said:
Hi,
Tested and working with "Google Play Books". :good:
I suggest to try to support the FM Radio App.
Perhaps, you feel I'm fool but I like to check one DAB Radio App running in my phone... my car doesn't have DAB radio.
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Great to hear it works!
Do you have a link for the app? It should work as long as the app is playing audio the standard way in android, so I'll have a look

jvvpc said:
Do you have a link for the app? It should work as long as the app is playing audio the standard way in android, so I'll have a look
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For the RADIO (FM) it's the stock FM App... Try it in your phone, it isn't detected in the list of Audio Apps.
Regarding the DAB App it's this:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ex.dabplayer
Please, continue improving this great App!
For example, your App can send button events to the controlled App? Back, Play/Stop, Next...

This is the app:
http://androidstereo.mobile.eu.org/default-apps/2.7.4/com.tw.radio_78cc.apk

manos78 said:
For the RADIO (FM) it's the stock FM App... Try it in your phone, it isn't detected in the list of Audio Apps.
Regarding the DAB App it's this:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ex.dabplayer
Please, continue improving this great App!
For example, your App can send button events to the controlled App? Back, Play/Stop, Next...
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Ahh, the list is filtering out system apps. I will include them in the next update
There shouldn't be any problems with the DAB app. Have you tried it?
Yes, it will handle all button events like play, pause, next etc. I will look into if it can take special buttons some apps use

Jusrt tested with local files and vlc and this works well. Its a Great idea.. Ill be a really happy camper if u can get it to pull the audio from firefox and chrome.
Youtube/netflix/hulu etc could all be nice too. But the browsers obviously would be top priority cuz then u could do anything (live tv news etc etc) in my opinion.
Regardless..Great job and idea!
keep at it. I Will report back after more experience with it.

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Ahh, the list is filtering out system apps. I will include them in the next update
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Great! Waiting for it! :fingers-crossed:
jvvpc said:
There shouldn't be any problems with the DAB app. Have you tried it?
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No. It's a wish for the future... if your tool works, then I'll purchase the dongle.
jvvpc said:
Yes, it will handle all button events like play, pause, next etc. I will look into if it can take special buttons some apps use
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It will be interesenting if you introduce some additional interaction with the audio app. :good:

Version 0.0.2 is now released, with system apps included and basic voice control.
Mac31284 said:
Jusrt tested with local files and vlc and this works well. Its a Great idea.. Ill be a really happy camper if u can get it to pull the audio from firefox and chrome.
Youtube/netflix/hulu etc could all be nice too. But the browsers obviously would be top priority cuz then u could do anything (live tv news etc etc) in my opinion.
Regardless..Great job and idea!
keep at it. I Will report back after more experience with it.
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As i have now included system apps Chrome works. Just tested it with a radio website The video apps wont run i the background so we cant use Android Auto at the same time, this is a Android limitation. I have read reports that some find it possible to open Youtube in Firefox though?
manos78 said:
Great! Waiting for it! :fingers-crossed:
No. It's a wish for the future... if your tool works, then I'll purchase the dongle.
It will be interesenting if you introduce some additional interaction with the audio app. :good:
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See if the Radio FM app works now

jvvpc said:
Version 0.0.2 is now released, with system apps included and basic voice control.
See if the Radio FM app works now
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Installed! Thank you!
Results:
- App FM don't show in the list. :crying:
- Voice control: Please, explain how to use it.
- No bugs detected. :good:
Regards.

manos78 said:
Installed! Thank you!
Results:
- App FM don't show in the list. :crying:
- Voice control: Please, explain how to use it.
- No bugs detected. :good:
Regards.
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If a app dosent show up, it is because it is not made in the standard way Android handles media. Maybe try a different FM app from the Play store? Just find one that has a notification widget, then it should work. I dont have fm in my phone so cant test it myself
For the voice control, only "play music" seems to work ("pause", "play" etc. fails on Google's side). This is a requirement from Google, so couldnt update the app without including this, but will expand it furter like "Play Chrome on AnyAutoAudio".

jvvpc said:
If a app dosent show up, it is because it is not made in the standard way Android handles media. Maybe try a different FM app from the Play store? Just find one that has a notification widget, then it should work. I dont have fm in my phone so cant test it myself
For the voice control, only "play music" seems to work ("pause", "play" etc. fails on Google's side). This is a requirement from Google, so couldnt update the app without including this, but will expand it furter like "Play Chrome on AnyAutoAudio".
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For most android head units you can not use a different FM radio app as far as i'm aware. The DAB app does not show up either which is a big shame, oh well.

jvvpc said:
If a app dosent show up, it is because it is not made in the standard way Android handles media. Maybe try a different FM app from the Play store? Just find one that has a notification widget, then it should work. I dont have fm in my phone so cant test it myself
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The stock FM Radio in my Moto G4 has "a notification widget". It's like any other audio app.
Please, can you provide some technical info about how you search for Apps? Can you include some logging tool inside your App?
jvvpc said:
For the voice control, only "play music" seems to work ("pause", "play" etc. fails on Google's side). This is a requirement from Google, so couldnt update the app without including this, but will expand it furter like "Play Chrome on AnyAutoAudio".
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Great! You will start the "AudioApp" when the command "Play [AudioApp] on AnyAutoAudio" is done, or will be required to have the AudioApp already open?

Dec64 said:
For most android head units you can not use a different FM radio app as far as i'm aware. The DAB app does not show up either which is a big shame, oh well.
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Ahh so its a unit with Android onboard? Well it should still handle the apps the same way. The way this apps works is by connecting to the MediaSession that an audio app should create, if you follow Android Docs. But apps can still play audio without this, and some does so. I have tried it with different audio apps, and so far have not found other ways
manos78 said:
The stock FM Radio in my Moto G4 has "a notification widget". It's like any other audio app.
Please, can you provide some technical info about how you search for Apps? Can you include some logging tool inside your App?
Great! You will start the "AudioApp" when the command "Play [AudioApp] on AnyAutoAudio" is done, or will be required to have the AudioApp already open?
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My fault I assumed that audio apps with notification used standard implementation, but not all does have I found. Also see answer above
For the filtering it works by finding apps that use the intent "ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON". This is what an audio app is required to use to be able to handle volume and playback control, so any audio app using MediaSession will have this. Also in 0.0.3 it will filter out apps that already have Android Auto implementation
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You will still need to have the audioapp already opened. I might be able to change that for head units but for the Auto app I can't as calling new apps will open ontop and that violates the rules..

jvvpc said:
Ahh so its a unit with Android onboard? Well it should still handle the apps the same way. The way this apps works is by connecting to the MediaSession that an audio app should create, if you follow Android Docs. But apps can still play audio without this, and some does so. I have tried it with different audio apps, and so far have not found other ways
My fault I assumed that audio apps with notification used standard implementation, but not all does have I found. Also see answer above
For the filtering it works by finding apps that use the intent "ACTION_MEDIA_BUTTON". This is what an audio app is required to use to be able to handle volume and playback control, so any audio app using MediaSession will have this. Also in 0.0.3 it will filter out apps that already have Android Auto implementation
EDIT: Answer to last question
You will still need to have the audioapp already opened. I might be able to change that for head units but for the Auto app I can't as calling new apps will open ontop and that violates the rules..
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So it's not possible to get the FM radio apps in question to work at all?

jvvpc said:
EDIT: Answer to last question
You will still need to have the audioapp already opened. I might be able to change that for head units but for the Auto app I can't as calling new apps will open ontop and that violates the rules..
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Hi,
Perhaps a root mode to launch an App as background can be a temporal alternative.
What you think?

Dec64 said:
So it's not possible to get the FM radio apps in question to work at all?
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Well the problem is not in the FM itself, you might be able to find other FM apps that will work. I will continue to seek solutions that will work across most apps
manos78 said:
Hi,
Perhaps a root mode to launch an App as background can be a temporal alternative.
What you think?
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That's a good idea! I will add it to my todo list, but will focus on the basic features for now. I will look into it when that is working properly
:good:

Also has anyone tried it with a head unit yet? When I use the emulator, the icons on the list of chosen apps in Auto disappears after first load. Not sure if this is a emulator error or in the app, as i don't get this on my phone

Can you please pm version .02 as that allowed spotify to show up. For some reason after the 2.3 update to android auto my spotify no longer shows up at all. This app was only the way for my spotify to work.

App installed... works as promised. Very useful, thanks! Will test next versions for sure...
@chocolatet: as I already wrote in other thread, to restore Spotify, you must install that app from adb shell (not from Play store).

[APP][5.0+][Alpha] AA Passenger - Stream audio, control nav, show pics

AA Passenger
https://github.com/martoreto/aapassenger
What's this
With this app you can have two phones: one is the driver's phone, running Android Auto as usual.
Then you can have another one, e.g. handled by passenger. Passenger can then do 3 things:
play any music via car speakers (for now this requires root on passenger's device)
find some destination in Google Maps or another maps app and send it to Android Auto to navigate there
display pictures on the Android Auto screen (e.g. display how the hotel you're driving to looks like)
What's new
1.9-alpha9
AA Passenger: fixed Oreo crash
AA Passenger: fixed casting volume
1.9-alpha8
audio streaming, without root! (experimental)
audio streaming, without passenger app! (experimental)
works also with Hotspot active on the driver's device
AA Passenger now also available from Play Store
driver's app renamed to AA 2nd Seat
now compatible with Android 5.0 Lollipop
many bugs squashed
support for an NFC tag which launches or installs AA Passenger app
note that both driver's and passenger's apps must be updated to work together
Installation
https://github.com/martoreto/aapassenger/blob/master/README.md#installation
Screenshots
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Can you describe some more what exactly you can do with this and how?
Can we install this android auto sdk somehow and use this?
Is it possible to have android navigation eg navigon running to a smartphone to display in android auto screen?
Thanks,
Sent from my SM-T700 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Thanks for bringing additional functionality to AA!
I hope your SDK will bring more devs support for AA apps

sosimple said:
Can you describe some more what exactly you can do with this and how?
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You mean this app or SDK? I assume app.
With this app you can have two phones: one is the driver's phone, running Android Auto as usual.
Then you can have another one, e.g. handled by passenger. Passenger can then do 3 things:
find some destination in Google Maps or another maps app and send it to Android Auto to navigate there
display pictures on the Android Auto screen (e.g. display how the hotel they're driving to looks like so the driver would easily find it)
play any music via car speakers (for now this requires root on passenger's device)
sosimple said:
Can we install this android auto sdk somehow and use this?
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The SDK itself is for developers. It allows writing new Android Auto apps.
It rather won't help much in modifying existing apps to run on AA, as the logic behind AA apps is quite different than for normal apps.
The SDK is used like any other Android library.
I published an example demo project (linked in README) which shows how.
sosimple said:
Is it possible to have android navigation eg navigon running to a smartphone to display in android auto screen?
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It is somewhat possible, for example by creating a new Andoid Auto app which mirrors the screen of the phone on the car screen and then somehow circumvents the fact that Android Auto displays its own graphics on the phone screen.
It's also possible to modify an open-source navigation app (I'm experimenting with OsmAnd recently) and implement the Android Auto functionality.

Many thanks for description. Very good. I would pay for an app mirroring passenger screen to android auto screen.. (showing anything passengers screen shows, video, navigation, etc).
I think many others would like this, if anyone could implement it..
Sent from my SM-T700 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Any ideas for what other things than navigation, watching videos while stopped and dangerously distracting the driver while driving would this be useful?

Hi Martoreto
Thank you for your work and for the SDK. I tried to you your passenger app now. But I have to say I failed. I don't have rooted my phones yet, but you wrote to send (push) pictures should be possible right? Currently for me it is just possible to send a point in maps. Other than that if I try to send a picture with printscreen it shows "sent to Android Auto" but in Android Auto happens nothing than 1 second of black mirror. I think to push pictures no root is needed right?
Thanks for replay

Sissi1991 said:
Hi Martoreto
Thank you for your work and for the SDK. I tried to you your passenger app now. But I have to say I failed. I don't have rooted my phones yet, but you wrote to send (push) pictures should be possible right? Currently for me it is just possible to send a point in maps. Other than that if I try to send a picture with printscreen it shows "sent to Android Auto" but in Android Auto happens nothing than 1 second of black mirror. I think to push pictures no root is needed right?
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Hi @Sissi1991, thanks for trying the app.
I see good news that you established the wireless connection successfully, which was one of the major concerns I had with the app.
You're right, sending photos should work without root. I saw another report in the SDK thread, when the example app could behave similarly.
Just to make sure it's the same: when you take the screenshot, the screen on Android Auto becomes black for about a second, and then appears the AA home sceen?
Also, does the same happen when trying to send some other picture than a screenshot (like Gallery -> <some photo> -> Share -> Send to Android Auto)?
A note about rooting: it's required only on passenger's device (to make audio work).

@Sissi1991, feel free to try the new release:
https://github.com/martoreto/aapassenger/releases/tag/0.9-alpha2

Couldnt make it work also, same problem as Sissi (tested the previous 0.9 alpha 1 version only)
If sending a picture from gallery, it gives an error 'error resizing image'

Kill Me said:
Couldnt make it work also, same problem as Sissi (tested the previous 0.9 alpha 1 version only)
If sending a picture from gallery, it gives an error 'error resizing image'
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Ok, this looks like another issue and alpha 2 rather won't make any difference here.
This error shows on the passenger's device, right?
If possible, please PM me links to:
- Android bugreport captured after this error (Settings -> Developer options -> Take bug report)
- The picture which failed to send
Thanks for trying this out.

Thanks for developing such a great idea
Don't know what I am missing, I can't pair my two phones, even though they are connected through wifi direct, the app apparently can't see this connection :s
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@Sissi1991, @Kill Me, here's 0.9-alpha3 with "error resizing image" fixed. Give it a try!
https://github.com/martoreto/aapassenger/releases

bladerj said:
Don't know what I am missing, I can't pair my two phones, even though they are connected through wifi direct, the app apparently can't see this connection :s
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Yeah, I expected that Wifi Direct may have some connection issues. Nevertheless, please do this:
On driver's device open "AA Remote Settings" -> "Enable discovery".
On passenger's device open "AA Passenger"; if the setup wizard shows up, go to the "Pairing" page.
Wait 5 minutes.
On both devices, capture Android bug reports, upload them somewhere and PM me the links.

Thank you, ill give it a try.
Pairing through Wifi direct isnt indeed ideal and it takes a while to get connected, i get why using 'passenger' smartphone, but as the driver is driving the passenger could use the connected AA phone i think

@martoreto installed and tested new version! Works perfect. Keep on your good work!

Kill Me said:
but as the driver is driving the passenger could use the connected AA phone i think
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Just my 3 cents on this idea: some things can be done with this AA-connected phone, and this doesn't need any special app mostly.
I don't know how it is on other phones, but on my HTC One M8 I can open any app even when AA is connected using tricks like opening notifications drawer, going to Settings, Apps etc.
But even then Maps can't be open on both AA and the screen. It can't render at the same time to 2 destinations.
Then, fiddling with the cable can easily disconnect the nav.
That's why I go with the idea of using the passenger's phone, with his/her music library, maps favourites, bookmarks, whatever context etc., to make car travel a more "together" experience.

Let me announce a new major release: 1.9-alpha8
It has two new main features, namely:
Audio streaming without root, as rooting was rather a major blocker for
this feature to be useful.
Hotspot mode. Now the apps don't rely on Wi-fi Direct only (but it's still supported).
They will work also if the passenger's device is connected to the hotspot started
on the driver's device.
Full release notes:
audio streaming, without root! (experimental)
audio streaming, without passenger app! (experimental)
works also with Hotspot active on the driver's device
AA Passenger now also available from Play Store
driver's app renamed to AA 2nd Seat
now compatible with Android 5.0 Lollipop
many bugs squashed
support for an NFC tag which launches or installs AA Passenger app
Note that both driver's and passenger's apps must be updated to work together.
Enjoy!

1.9-alpha9
AA Passenger: fixed Oreo crash
AA Passenger: fixed casting volume

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Has anyone hacked the new AA APK to support phone mode?

Now that I stupidly upgraded to Android 12 on my Pixel, I can no longer use AA on my phone. For those who don't know, Google replaced AA's phone mode with Maps' "driving mode", which is a portrait-only mess of mostly-useless widgets. My car is never going to be able to have real Android Auto, so I'm stuck with phone mode, which has worked great for years.
Anyone know what would be involved in getting an older APK for run on Android 12? Or hacking the current version to show the phone mode UI again?

I have a similar problem. I've also upgraded to android 12 so I can't use Android auto anymore. After updating it did launch at first but I guess it auto updated to a version that disabled it on Android 12. So it seems that android 12 can run it just fine.
I'm perfectly willing to try out the new driving mode but I'm living in the Netherland which is not a supported county at the moment.
So google basically removed a feature I used every day without providing me with an alternative.
So I'm hoping there will be modified asks that will skip the android 12 check or some way to enable driving mode In unsupported countries. I don't mind driving in portret mode (I'll take anything at the moment), but would prefer landscape.

I found an interesting workaround in running the Headunit Reloaded app in Self Mode.
Seems to work fine on Android 12 .
It provides the same interface that build in Android Auto car units would have, so it differs a bit from the mounted phone version.
Search the forum for more information.
It's a paid app though.

I think many have this issue with AA car mode. I'm in the UK and have this issue also my poco F1 won't allow AA to backdate an install without root.
All I want is for the 0hone AA to show calendar entries and weather would be awesome. I loved the original AA but it's very dull on current phones.
Can anyone help or assist with a custom apk or know of one, that can be installed normally and work as it used too. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks

can you uninstall AA and reinstall with older version?

They have cardashdroid. I'm still on eleven and this morning after the last aa update I seen it looked like aa aiontweaker was not working anymore or at least I didn't have split screen. I'm on OnePlus 9 pro and haven't updated because I didn't want to lose some features.

ahhl said:
can you uninstall AA and reinstall with older version?
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Hi thanks for the question, no an unrooted Poco F1 won't let you uninstall or back date to an older app.
I've tried the AA for screens but it doesn't do calender entries, so I have to input all the time where I'm going and weather isn't there, although not critical, I did love this feature.
It's just a blank screen and even texts aren't read now, so it's killed the app for driving. Older cars in the UK don't have onboard screens and I'd rather use the phone for traffic updates than an bad sat nav.
Itnwasnonce a great app but not anymore.
So any chance of customising the app for these basic functions would be great.
Atb

Also, I don't think an older APK will help. It seems to be a server side switch. My Android Auto continued working right after upgrading to 12, but after a couple of hours, it quit working and redirects to the "no longer supported" screen. I think we'd need to spoof the Android version somehow, which is something I can't begin to guess at how to do.

That's a shame I was hoping that at least the calendar could be integrated, I noticed that in permissions calandar is disabled, other permissions are allowed. So I was assuming that if the permission could be enabled that calendar entries could appear if encoded to display etc. I didn't think it was all server based as why would they remove the permission?
Just a thought anyway.
Atb

Guys, what about running AA on Android 10? I was using aa for phone screens on my huawei p30 and it just stopped working without any update

Yep ggogle have basically stopped any alterations or updates on my phone's to AA. So it's a dead duck it water I can't even use Waze as an alternative!
If a modded AA could be created, with local weather and calender shown that would be great, and the option of Waze again.
Atb

pieteckhart said:
I found an interesting workaround in running the Headunit Reloaded app in Self Mode.
Seems to work fine on Android 12 .
It provides the same interface that build in Android Auto car units would have, so it differs a bit from the mounted phone version.
Search the forum for more information.
It's a paid app though.
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How are you running 'Self Mode' on an Android 12 phone? Mine doesn't seem to work when I try to start it
That being said the only workaround I've found is to use another phone (Android <12) as the master by turning ON hotspot, open HUR on the Android 12 phone and click the wifi icon

$ilent Warrior said:
How are you running 'Self Mode' on an Android 12 phone? Mine doesn't seem to work when I try to start it
That being said the only workaround I've found is to use another phone (Android <12) as the master by turning ON hotspot, open HUR on the Android 12 phone and click the wifi icon
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Maybe you still need to "Start head unit server" in the Android Auto app?
I only found out about it after taking the time to read the instructions
You first need to enter developer mode:
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Follow. I really miss old AA for phone screens. New driving mode assistant is ****

What a despicable move by Google.
I upgraded S21 ultra from Android 11 to Android 12, worst mistake ever.
Apart from losing Android Auto for phone screens, I dont even have option for driving mode assistent.
What absolute bull****, taking a working product away, and making driving more unsafe.
No 3rd party solution comes near.
Would be so gratefull if someone found a workaround/hack to get AA for phone screens working again.

pieteckhart said:
Maybe you still need to "Start head unit server" in the Android Auto app?
I only found out about it after taking the time to read the instructions
You first need to enter developer mode:
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I did that, I always turn ON 'Headunit Server' , it's one of the pre-requisites to make HUR work

I have no idea then, #WorksOnMyDevice

So if goovle are crippling AA for phone users, are there any working good alternatives out there as I haven't found a simple talk to sat Nav linked to waze or Google maps, with text and voice answering hands free.
Most of the apps are crippled by Google so there's nothing out there that seems to give a decent stab at a navigation solution with calls and text response facility.
Any advice on this would be appreciated
Atb

There is no good alternative. There are a couple of apps like Automate or whatever it is called now, but they are truly terrible compared to AA. Google have been updating "driving mode" over the last six months, but true to form they have only made it worse. This week it removed the one icon I had to use to launch the music player and replaced it with SIX icons to random podcasts I have never heard of, about subjects I have no interest in.
Every single day when I get in my car, I hate Google more.

pgunning1 said:
So if goovle are crippling AA for phone users, are there any working good alternatives out there as I haven't found a simple talk to sat Nav linked to waze or Google maps, with text and voice answering hands free.
Most of the apps are crippled by Google so there's nothing out there that seems to give a decent stab at a navigation solution with calls and text response facility.
Any advice on this would be appreciated
Atb
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Try Roav Viva (radio connection) or Alexa (bluetooth/aux/USB connection) car adapters, they plug into the 12-volt accessory plugs and have always on microphones and wind canceling software.