Hello,
As others might already have discovered and unless I'm doing something terribly wrong, the Search field in GMaps disappears when the car is moving, and only re-appears when the car becomes stationary. As a result, when you need to alter your route in any way once you're started and going, it is impossible. Is it maybe an option I need to check to remove this frustrating behaviour or is there some sort of mod for Android Auto or the Google Maps app that will allow me to bypass this limitation and use GMaps in AA the same way I have been using car's Navigation systems so far?
mclisme said:
Hello,
As others might already have discovered and unless I'm doing something terribly wrong, the Search field in GMaps disappears when the car is moving, and only re-appears when the car becomes stationary. As a result, when you need to alter your route in any way once you're started and going, it is impossible. Is it maybe an option I need to check to remove this frustrating behaviour or is there some sort of mod for Android Auto or the Google Maps app that will allow me to bypass this limitation and use GMaps in AA the same way I have been using car's Navigation systems so far?
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i dont think there is a way around it, you should be able to click the mic button to speak the destination if that helps
Hi all,
I've posted this question already in the AA product forum without success. Hopefully there is a higher willingness for strange requests here @ XDA.
I'm using AA for Google Maps navigation and Spotify in my VW e-Golf.
At the same time I would love to display the VW Discover Pro map with POI's on my Active Info Display (virtual cockpit).
It works well with AA home screen, Spotify playback, phone, even with Google Maps as live map only.
BUT if you start a routing in Maps the VW map on the Active Info Display turns black and shows something like 'Navigation is running on main screen' or so.
Does anybody know a setting / hack / trick to switch this behaviour off?
Thanks
Axel
I found that using Waze instead of Google Maps allows me to do this. Maybe not an exact solution, but it does work.
There is the same problem with Waze in my car. Waze as moving map is okay but if you start a routing the AID map is turning black.
Maybe I need to explore if I can change any setting by OBDII coding...
Thanks anyway
I have the same problem in my Passat B8. When I use Android Auto navigation, I see on the AID screen that navigation is already running in Google Maps. It would be nice to be able to see VW maps on a virtual cockpit, and even better to see Google maps there, although with current software it is not real.
I will be grateful if you find a way to do it and share it here.
Axxxxel said:
There is the same problem with Waze in my car. Waze as moving map is okay but if you start a routing the AID map is turning black.
Maybe I need to explore if I can change any setting by OBDII coding...
Thanks anyway
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For sure it works with Waze and screen mirroring (I use it all the time) but maybe not with Waze directly through Android Auto.
I suppose it is not possible since Android Auto manages "navigation focus" of the car. Once you launch Google Maps/Waze, Android Auto asks the car to turn off built-in navigation.
Has anyone tried to access the GEM (green menu)?
Maybe there is an option to let the head unit ignore the navigation focus request.
Hi. Yes I've been in to the engineering menu and there is no option for this.
Subscribing.
I have Passat B8, I can have VW maps on dash, with Waze navigating, Google maps will not work.
Start car, plug in phone, AA starts, go to Waze, select destination. Then bring up VW Discover Pro map on dash.
Dont know how to get POI on VW Discover Pro map on dash.
Has anyone found a solution to this? Searches haven't turned up much. No problem if root is needed.
beejkitsune said:
Has anyone found a solution to this? Searches haven't turned up much. No problem if root is needed.
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I think the solution has been given. Use android mirroring, then use waze or Google maps or sygic or any other program through mirroring, not Directly through android auto .
This way it will work. I haven't try it, but someone above said it worked.
Would be really nice if someone discover a fix for this.... I am an audi owner with virtual cockpit and is very frustrating to see the compass icon while using google maps.... and I don't have a mirroring solution....
What do you mean by android mirroring?
Until recently Waze had a bug with the new Android Auto interface and did not disable the car navigation.
Maybe a route to investigate for a dev? I’d pay& kill for such a tweak.
For reference: android mirroring means mirroring the whole screen of the phone to the Head unit and thus being able to "remote" control it. (basically project the phone to the center console)
There are a few apps that can do this, Google is your friend
I drive a Polo mk6 (AW) and there is a workaround using Waze, that I've just accidentally found.
- on steering wheel set Nav to show on Active Display dash
- plug your phone and start AA normally
- if not already, open Waze and start a route, next hit STOP, and then start the route again.
- now both, integrated Nav should be displaying on AID dash and Waze with your route on Composition Touch.
hope it helps
Years later but finally solved!
I found the MIB2 Toolbox already some years ago but found nothing to activate the AID map while using Google Maps.
Meanwhile the genius guys managed to patch the MIB2 head units to ignore the phone navigation status.
It really works - and some other nice feature too, like VIM
GitHub - jilleb/mib2-toolbox: The ultimate MIB2-HIGH toolbox.
The ultimate MIB2-HIGH toolbox. Contribute to jilleb/mib2-toolbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Axxxxel said:
Years later but finally solved!
I found the MIB2 Toolbox already some years ago but found nothing to activate the AID map while using Google Maps.
Meanwhile the genius guys managed to patch the MIB2 head units to ignore the phone navigation status.
It really works - and some other nice feature too, like VIM
GitHub - jilleb/mib2-toolbox: The ultimate MIB2-HIGH toolbox.
The ultimate MIB2-HIGH toolbox. Contribute to jilleb/mib2-toolbox development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
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Can you explain what youhave done after installing the toolbox? From the github readme the options for Android Auto are limited. Which alterations did you make?
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Can you explain what youhave done after installing the toolbox? From the github readme the options for Android Auto are limited. Which alterations did you make?
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Don't know if I remember everything...
- You should not use the official release 4.1 - this is from Feb 2021 and doesn't contain the navigation fix
- Download the Master as ZIP and copy the unzipped content on your SD card --> https://github.com/jilleb/mib2-toolbox/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
- You can find the customization later in your green menu under Customization\Navigation - not in the AndroidAuto section
Once you have M.I.B installed and the Green Engineering Menu activated you install the Navignore option https://github.com/Mr-MIBonk/M.I.B._More-Incredible-Bash/discussions/93
I have a OnePlus 7 pro rooted and I like using Android auto with that headunit avh 4200 nex and I just updated to aa 4.5.592854 and I didn't get the new aa design so I played around with a preference editor looking for things about the new layout and u found 2 that I tried editing and I still didn't get it to show me the new layout. Is there anything else I can do to try and get the new layout? Also is there any way I can get the speedometer with speed limits from the aa app on my phone to display on my head unit because the head unit only shows speed limit not speedometer
Does anyone know if it is possible to save a waypoint from the Maps screen (either Google Maps or Waze) "on-the-fly" w/o disconnecting my phone from my head unit? For example, I'm on a very rural road and I come across a place like a roadside farmer's stand or a scenic view, etc and I want to save this spot as a waypoint to either come back to or share it with friends. In my old Garmin GPS all I had to do was tap my screen and I got the option to save a location as a waypoint. I would select that option and then give it a name - easy peasy. I can't seem to be able to do this in Maps in AA. This seems like it should be a very basic thing for any Maps/GPS thing to do. Does anyone have any insight on this? Thanks.
Might be obvious... Long touch doesn't work?
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