I've read on some forums that Android Auto does not support swiping and multitouch. I have Android Auto working on my headunit with a carplay / AA dongle, and it will only let me interact with it by using the arrow buttons at the top and bottom of the scroll bars, as well as using the + / - to interact with maps. Basicaly prodding the screen is the only way to do anything. Any sort of more "advanced" gesture like a swipe doesn't work.
Is this regular behaviour for Android Auto? I had a hire car last month that had AA and I could swipe and pinch to zoom on maps without any issue.
I'm wondering at the moment if this is the carplay dongle and whether headunit reloaded would offer a better experience.
Thanks for your advice.
So, to answer my own question and for anyone that may have similar issues, head unit reloaded on my unknown Chinese branded android car stereo works as expected. In fact it works great. Multitouch, swipe etc, all working.
Must be my carplay dongle that doesn't work correctly with android auto, though it was good for carplay.
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Is there any way to get mirrorlink working on the Nexus 6?
Not sure what mirrorlink is. Do you mean Miracast? If so, I don't believe it works. Chromecast works great for screen mirroring your Nexus 6 to a HDTV.
Found this searching for compatibility... One application for MirrorLink for those that didn't know is Pioneer head units like the AppRadio so you can mirror your phone's screen onto it...
any luck?
Is MIrrorlink compatible with the nexus 6? If so, anybody know how to enable it?
My understanding....
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Is MIrrorlink compatible with the nexus 6? If so, anybody know how to enable it?
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From what I have been told neither Mirrorlink nor AppRadio are compatible with Lollipop in general and the nexus 6 specifically. Your only option at this point is Android Auto which works well if you have the supporting HU from Pioneer. However, at this time, not many developers have made their applications compatible with it. When the 2016 car models start rolling out with AA preinstalled in their HU, then I believe we will see a flood of apps moving into the platform.
Google needs to start supporting MirrorLink on Nexus phones. I have a Nexus 6 and the Pioneer AVH-4100NEX.
Android Auto has been a horrible experience so far. It worked at first, for a couple of months, and then I don't know why (Android update maybe?) but suddenly it stopped working and hasn't worked since.
Even when it did work, there were some VERY annoying things:
1) if your phone is plugged into the USB cable, Android Auto launches, and as long as you're still plugged in I couldn't find any way to temporarily get out of Android Auto (such as if I want to check my email or some other app on the phone). Or if I want to listen to a YouTube video (or watch it from my phone, lets say I'm the passenger ok?), then I'd have to un-plug the USB which means my phone isn't charging.
2) The other really annoying thing is that Android Auto limits developers in how many screen clicks user would need to do to get to content (including, clicking the down arrow to browse through a long list). Where this is a problem for me for example, is my Spotify playlists. Android Auto will only display about 10 or so of my playlists.
So I find myself disconnecting the phone from the cable and just streaming over bluetooth.
In fact at first I was really upset that my phone was no longer launching Android Auto at all and stopped working with my Pioneer AVH-4100NEX, but now that I am just able to leave the phone charging all the time and have full access to my phone apps, all my spotify playlists, and am just streaming over bluetooth I'm not really sure I want to fix Android Auto.
What I really want at this point is to just MIRROR my phone screen to my head unit. This way no matter what I want to watch or listen to, it doesn't matter if "Android Auto" supports it or not. I can put on YouTube videos, or anything I want.
So this gets me back to Mirror Link, I don't know why Google or Motorola is not supporting it, MirrorLink from what I've seen should be another viable option for Android users (and for now I think a better option than Android Auto)
I'll be posting this reply as a separate topic as well, here and in Google's forums because it needs some attention.
Thanks
Ill repost this here as well
You have to take into account the many laws in different places concerning cell phones and driving. In some places you can get a ticket just for having your phone in your hand while driving. And now they are cracking down even harder on it. Also some OEM have been known to block some cars from working with devices like that. It was found that one samsung device had a list built into the OS that blocked a number of different cars from working with Android Auto. This I can only assume came from the Car manufacturer.
If I had a nickel for all the distracted drivers around me, well, I'd have a lot of nickels!
Hi guys
I have been using Android Auto for a couple of months now and I noticed that Android Auto has problems to understand what I am saying while driving. I don't have this problem when I use voice commands with the standard navigation on my headunit so I started wondering: does Android Auto use the microphone of the headunit? Or is it only using the built-in microphone of my phone?
That would at least explain why Android Auto has so much difficulties to understand what I'm saying while driving. If AA uses the microphone of my phone, is there any way to force AA to use the microphone of my headunit?
I'm not right sure on this. I use a Pioneer head unit with AA and if using Google maps it seems to understand fine but when I use voice commands to play an artist or playlist in Google music then the 'assistant' behaves like a complete idiot. I suspect it uses the head unit mike as mine is just behind the steering column where the phone is tucked away in front of gearstick.
In Android Auto, When I'm listening some music from my phone and having G. Maps on the screen, there's always some lags in music when the map's moving (like in an higwith exit road)
I have a rooted Pixel 3 and a Mazda 3 2018 (Android Auto from MZD AIO)
I've seen in developper's options many options about bluetooth, what should be the best parameters?
Thanks!
I see the same thing when using my Chinese dongle on my android head unit. I've played around with developer settings in Android auto and the settings on the dongle and nothing seemed to help. It seems to be something low level in the dongle (in your case the head unit or mod app) that causes this where moving the map seems to overwhelm to the system.
Using the same headunit and phone but instead using Emils' head unit reloaded application I do not get any sound issues, even when running in 720p mode.
It seems like the issue we're seeing is more to do with the Android auto implementation in hardware/software.
Ok, I'll try it and see how it's going. Thanks
not seeing this being discussed here on xda but I know I'm not alone in experiencing this problem
Basically once connected to car unit, opening up google maps or waze will lead to a freeze
display still shows Maps, and seemingly everything is working in the background but the image stays frozen
typically I need to tap the multitask button, then jump back into the app running Android Auto for everything start moving again
running this on the Galaxy S20
car unit is a Rockchip PX6 tablet as far as I can tell
App that hosts Android Auto is Zjinnovate Zlink (something like that)
works flawlessly with CarPlay.. just not so much AA + Gmaps and Waze
tried: adjusting resolution in dev options
toggling wireless projection
ideas anyone?
I have the same problem ?
use Headunit Reloaded for Android Auto on px6, much better thank anything else, and even works with wireless AA
matrixx1 said:
use Headunit Reloaded for Android Auto on px6, much better thank anything else, and even works with wireless AA
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will look into that, thank you
yellowchilli said:
not seeing this being discussed here on xda but I know I'm not alone in experiencing this problem
Basically once connected to car unit, opening up google maps or waze will lead to a freeze
display still shows Maps, and seemingly everything is working in the background but the image stays frozen
typically I need to tap the multitask button, then jump back into the app running Android Auto for everything start moving again
running this on the Galaxy S20
car unit is a Rockchip PX6 tablet as far as I can tell
App that hosts Android Auto is Zjinnovate Zlink (something like that)
works flawlessly with CarPlay.. just not so much AA + Gmaps and Waze
tried: adjusting resolution in dev options
toggling wireless projection
ideas anyone?
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additional info - freeze only happens when music is playing
playing either from Spotify or YouTube Music has the same effect on either GMaps or Waze
This one is really annoying me - with my new Dacia Jogger, I've found that Android Auto always thinks I'm driving, even when parked, with the engine off. The problem with this is some navigation apps completely disable the ability to search for a destination, so I can't progam in a route once I'm connected! Also Gameshack is disabled because AA thinks I'm driving too.
There any way to fix this or stop AA from disabling interactions?
Your headunit has a wire connected to the handbrake sensor in your car, and this way it knows if you're parked and can't restrict some activities. This information is passed from the headunit's firmware to Android Auto internally, and this way Android Auto can restrict or allow you to do some stuff like use the touchpad, use certain buttons, etc.
In order to save money (or due to a bad Android Auto implementation), some headunits don't send handbrake status information to Android Auto. This way you can use the onscreen voice button all the time (in the lower corner of Android Auto) even if the car is moving, but the downside is that some Android Features get broken, like Gamesnacks or alphabetic search in lists. They can do this for a number of reasons, like not having a dedicated voice button in the steering wheel or headunit, but it's not the ideal case.
I suggest you to find other people with the same car model and see if their cars behave in the same way. If so, then this is a headunit problem and the carmaker should release a fix. If this only happens in your car, I would check if there's a wiring issue in the handbrake or something similar is happening.
you might also want to check if there's some settings menu in your headunit with some option to check this.
You can also try to sync a new phone over bluetooth to your car headunit while parked. If it refuses because the car is moving (even if is not) then it could be a wiring issue.