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[APK] Bluetooth Launch v2.0.1 Beta (11/19/2010)

So this started in the Cognition thread, but I figure it probably is useful for other ROMs and people.
So are you like me? You've hooked up your bluetooth mic, and pressed the voice action button and your phone looks at you stupidly? Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way you could start Google Voice Actions or possibly Vlingo's Recognize and Execute?
Here's the thing, currently Google Voice Actions and Vlingo can't hear over the bluetooth mic. Still, this will launch the voice app, and allow you to speak through your phone's mic.
I've considered creating a version where you can select any app; however, unless there's some demand for a feature like that I don't want to go through that kind of pain and suffering.
Feedback is appreciated.
Oh and finally, this is a very early version, so you won't find it on the app market or such. If I have time, I'll polish it up, but for now, this is good enough to fix the issue for most people.
If you find this useful, please let me know. There's no reason to polish something no one needs/uses.
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1.5 Beta
So this is a little rough around the edges but it is functional. The first load will be slow, but application names are cached after that load. Still need to indicate what the user has selected in the past as well as sort the list.
2.0 Beta
Fixed the rough edges, nice radio buttons in the list. Sorted alphabetically. Oh and TheYar suggested waking up the phone to run the action. Not only is it doing that, but it'll bypass the screen lock.
Now some are saying, but wait isn't that a bad thing? Well yes and no. First the screen lock comes back when the action is complete, or bluetooth launch closes. Second, bluetooth headsets must be paired first to get access, so a thief would have to know to grab your headset and phone to get into your phone. The risk is low but not 0, so in the next version, you'll have a way to turn that feature on or off.
2.0.1 Beta
As TheYar pointed out, there's a bug where you may have to hit the bluetooth button twice. This is a bug in the underlying framework and there's nothing my app can do about that. That said, I added a vibrate on launch feature to this new version. No other changes were made.
Change Log:
11/19/10: 2.0.1 Beta Vibrate on launch
11/18/10: 2.0 Beta Choices shown, remembered in the list, sorted alphabetically (so learn your ABC's) and phone wake, lock screen disable.
11/17/10: 1.5 Beta Select any activity, better icon
11/12/10: 1.1.1 Updated some text, added icon
11/11/10: 1.1 Added Settings and Vlingo
11/10/10: 1.0 Initial Revision

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Sweet!
Unfortunately it doesn't do anything for me, running Cog 2.3.3. I've turned my headset on/off, BT on/off, no response to button.
Pressing "Confirm Selection" doesn't do anything either, should it?
Update - Rebooting makes it work, stupid me...THANKS!

pkley said:
Sweet!
Unfortunately it doesn't do anything for me, running Cog 2.3.3. I've turned my headset on/off, BT on/off, no response to button.
Pressing "Confirm Selection" doesn't do anything either, should it?
Update - Rebooting makes it work, stupid me...THANKS!
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Confirm selection saves the settings. I should change the name, thanks.
It shouldn't require a reboot, but there may have been something subtle going on that a reboot fixed.

Updated!
Added some polish. Launcher icon + text changes to make things more clear.

I think it would be handy if there was some text to confirm that the settings were set.
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ggonzalez7777 said:
I think it would be handy if there was some text to confirm that the settings were set.
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If I understand what you're asking for, I think the text at the bottom is just that. I'll see if I can re-word it to be more clear.

Coming Soon
So I had some time to play with things over the weekend, I'll be releasing a new versions soon.
Features will include:
Selecting the activity you want to launch
Better icon (not washed out)

This app works very well. You did a great job man.

Teaser
Got this working today, takes way too long to load right now, and only shows the names right now.

Hooray. I am happy to report that I can now use my BlueAnt T1 to control the Google Voice Commands. Awesome! Even though it passes the audio to the phone my headset still thinks my phone does not support it. But it works well enough for now till I can get an updated firware on my T1 headset.
I'm using Cognition.v2.2.Beta7.UCJI6 at the moment.

Beta Version Up
New version up, calling it beta because of the rough edges.
Enjoy!

Updated to the new 1.5 BETA. I switched back to my Plantronics Voyager 855 until I can update the firmware on my T1. The beta works. Thanks again for releasing this.

Wow this is great. I've been wanting to voice dial on my Captivate ever since I got it and this is the first time I've been able to do it.
I've noticed that often it doesn't respond until the second time I try to activate it. Maybe this is just a delay, not sure.
Any thoughts on how this could function when the screen is locked? Google voice actions are pretty powerful, so I doubt that full voice action functionality would be possible from a locked device. But maybe someone has some 2.2 source from another platform that includes how a call might be initiated over BT even when the screen is locked?
Thanks for this app. Loving it.

TheYar said:
Wow this is great. I've been wanting to voice dial on my Captivate ever since I got it and this is the first time I've been able to do it.
I've noticed that often it doesn't respond until the second time I try to activate it. Maybe this is just a delay, not sure.
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It appears to be a bug in the handling of bluetooth with the system, I can reproduce it without my app. Basically it appears that the system isn't releasing the bluetooth handle in a reasonable way, as my headphones that do bluetooth to both an iPod and a phone at the same time won't start playing again. I wish I could fix this.
TheYar said:
Any thoughts on how this could function when the screen is locked? Google voice actions are pretty powerful, so I doubt that full voice action functionality would be possible from a locked device. But maybe someone has some 2.2 source from another platform that includes how a call might be initiated over BT even when the screen is locked?
Thanks for this app. Loving it.
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This is a good idea. Look for it in a few minutes.

I just got done adding 1.5 to another DG ROM zip and decided to check here before flashing it. I'm am so psyched!!
Since you seem to be greased lightning on feedback and improvements, I'll throw another one out there - voice feedback into the headset speaker to let you know it is ready. I know that this functionality might better sit with the launched app (and sometimes does), but perhaps a configurable option to detect when the launched app has launched at least, and then react by saying "ready" or such in my ear. Then I'd care even less than I already do about the handle release problem with the bluetooth stack.
As for the lock screen bypass... yeah. I'm a security pro myself, but I agree that the risk there is low and acceptable, compared to the risk I face trying to security-unlock my screen while driving. Watch out though, people tend to freak out on this issue. The press went wild when the Droid opted for default Voice Action access through the lock screen, referring to it as a major security bug and design flaw. Of course, in that case it was accessible even without a headset, just a long-press of the search.
Let me know when this hits market and charge money for it, or at least offer a donation. Gladly pay. Considering this is the first time I've been able to accurately bluetooth dial since 6 years and three phones ago, you are officially a genius.

TheYar said:
I just got done adding 1.5 to another DG ROM zip and decided to check here before flashing it. I'm am so psyched!!
Since you seem to be greased lightning on feedback and improvements, I'll throw another one out there - voice feedback into the headset speaker to let you know it is ready. I know that this functionality might better sit with the launched app (and sometimes does), but perhaps a configurable option to detect when the launched app has launched at least, and then react by saying "ready" or such in my ear. Then I'd care even less than I already do about the handle release problem with the bluetooth stack.
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Your previous comment came in at just the right time to add an extra piece to the development cycle. The feature was easy, so I got it in. That said, playing through the bluetooth device appears to be a hard thing, I'll see what I can do about this. The easier thing to do, which I'm going to put in place soon, is to simply vibrate the phone, so that'll be the first step.
TheYar said:
As for the lock screen bypass... yeah. I'm a security pro myself, but I agree that the risk there is low and acceptable, compared to the risk I face trying to security-unlock my screen while driving. Watch out though, people tend to freak out on this issue. The press went wild when the Droid opted for default Voice Action access through the lock screen, referring to it as a major security bug and design flaw. Of course, in that case it was accessible even without a headset, just a long-press of the search.
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This is why I want the user to explicitly configure if they want this behavior. I'll look at adding a menu with settings. I want to get that done before I add in playing though the headset.
TheYar said:
Let me know when this hits market and charge money for it, or at least offer a donation. Gladly pay. Considering this is the first time I've been able to accurately bluetooth dial since 6 years and three phones ago, you are officially a genius.
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Actually, this is my first app, so I haven't paid the fee for developers to the app store. This is relatively simple, but I may put in a paypal link for development supplies. You know the standard: sex, drugs (beer), rock and roll.
I don't want to tip my hand for the other ideas I'm going to work on, but once this is mostly complete, I'm going to start on my next couple of apps, which I'm affectionately calling "Ring Rules" and "When I Get Home" right now. Those will likely have free and paid versions in the app store. (Assuming I get enough time to write them.)

Word, vibrate on launch. Dug. My handset is usually in a cradle or empty seat or sliding around the floorboard somewhere, so I might not get to use it much. But definitely a worthy X.X.1 enhancement. Looking forward to the other two apps you tease there; if my guesses are correct then they would both be of value to me.
On the lock-screen bypass: definitely, making it configurable would be preferable and snazzy. But on the old Windows Mobile Voice Command, this was configurable and disabled by default and it still got a good bit of bad feedback as a security bug. My 2 cents would be to make the setting work like the USB debugging setting in a stock ROM. Enabling it requires you to acknowledge a pop-up that warns and explains the risk. This might limit the number of armchair professional comments you get in the Market that are all caps and scream about how your app has security bugs and allows people to hack androids and steal all the datums and megahurtz off of them.

Hey thanks for this app, used voice dialing and commands all of the time on my Tilt with WinMo 6.0, only real downside of Android is not implementing this feature in an easy to use format IMO. I'm still figuring out vlingo but I can finally use my BlueAnt ST3 the way I used to, or almost anyway. Thanks again.

I started with yur earlier version that did Google Voice only, then the one that you could choose between GV and Vlingo.
Just installed latest version, and getting FCs.
I don't know if it is because I am selecting wrong COM item under (I've tried several under Vlingo, and get double vibrate, then FC each time) the app, or this application itself. But bringing up a long list of all the different components of various programs makes it immensely more difficult to get an operational program.
Going back to earlier version for now.
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I was able to get it to work with Google Voice, but never did with Vlingo.
I now realize that 3 vibes is normal. I'd prefer an option to turn that off.

Bluetooth MAP profile (Text Messaging / SMS)

The current stable CyanogenMod version (10.1.2-mako) has working support for Bluetooth MAP (Message Access Profile).
This lets my car (Ford Focus with basic SYNC) read my text messages to me. Once paired, the phone will prompt for permission to let the car access MAP on your phone, just like it does for downloading the phonebook.
If it doesn't seem to be working, you may need to enable MAP on your car.
Just wanted to get the word out that this is possible, and that it works for me.

DouglasK said:
The current stable CyanogenMod version (10.1.2-mako) has working support for Bluetooth MAP (Message Access Profile).
This lets my car (Ford Focus with basic SYNC) read my text messages to me. Once paired, the phone will prompt for permission to let the car access MAP on your phone, just like it does for downloading the phonebook.
If it doesn't seem to be working, you may need to enable MAP on your car.
Just wanted to get the word out that this is possible, and that it works for me.
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I am having extremely spotty reliability with MAP over BT on my 2014 Subaru Forester -- the system allows message transfer/reading of messages, but every time I attempt to download them it immediately fails, and no request to access MAP appears on the phone but yet, sometimes messages suddenly appear (Mostly work e-mails through the stock email.apk app) and never work again.

algorhythm said:
I am having extremely spotty reliability with MAP over BT on my 2014 Subaru Forester -- the system allows message transfer/reading of messages, but every time I attempt to download them it immediately fails, and no request to access MAP appears on the phone but yet, sometimes messages suddenly appear (Mostly work e-mails through the stock email.apk app) and never work again.
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I'm no expert in this area, but which rom / version are you running? When I tried CyanogenMod 10.1.0, I didn't get the prompts and it rarely worked. My car just reads the latest message... it doesn't have a fancy display and as such only supports basic text reading and a few pre-made replies... it's like this:
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It's good to know that Subaru supports the MAP profile.

DouglasK said:
I'm no expert in this area, but which rom / version are you running? When I tried CyanogenMod 10.1.0, I didn't get the prompts and it rarely worked. My car just reads the latest message... it doesn't have a fancy display and as such only supports basic text reading and a few pre-made replies... it's like this:
It's good to know that Subaru supports the MAP profile.
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CM 10.1.1 (right now I'm on the 4.3 leak, but I still have no luck).

algorhythm said:
CM 10.1.1 (right now I'm on the 4.3 leak, but I still have no luck).
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*nod* do a backup, restore 10.1.1 and give 10.1.2 a shot, being a point release you shouldn't need to wipe data if you use the built in Cyanogen Mod update system under Settings, About Phone, CyanogenMod Updates.
Also, check for software updates for the car. Mine has had a couple new SYNC firmware updates since I got it in 2011.

DouglasK said:
*nod* do a backup, restore 10.1.1 and give 10.1.2 a shot, being a point release you shouldn't need to wipe data if you use the built in Cyanogen Mod update system under Settings, About Phone, CyanogenMod Updates.
Also, check for software updates for the car. Mine has had a couple new SYNC firmware updates since I got it in 2011.
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I follow all of the commits for CM nightlies and none of them (aside from MAP being introduced initially) seem to affect MAP.
I have to check for updates for the nav unit anyway, but I don't think there are any.

algorhythm said:
I follow all of the commits for CM nightlies and none of them (aside from MAP being introduced initially) seem to affect MAP.
I have to check for updates for the nav unit anyway, but I don't think there are any.
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Gotcha... well, I wish all the best for you on it. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

DouglasK said:
Gotcha... well, I wish all the best for you on it. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Try to delete your phone from the sync system and repair. Only then will it re-check what capabilities your phone has.
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Well, I just spend my break removing and re-adding my phone to my 2010 ford edge and still have no text messaging functionality on 10.1.2. Boo.
Sent from my Nexus 4

bahnburner said:
Try to delete your phone from the sync system and repair. Only then will it re-check what capabilities your phone has.
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Well, I just spend my break removing and re-adding my phone to my 2010 ford edge and still have no text messaging functionality on 10.1.2. Boo.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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I think it also depends on the version of Sync your car has. I know that the Sync version available for my 2011 Mustang does not support MAP but the Sync version in the 2012's does support it. There is no Sync software update available for my car but there may be one for yours.

Do you guys know what the BT map addon is baked into? Is it an app, a kernel module, built into the framework? I'd love to be able to add this to any nexus 4 rom (including stock)

I got my UK Spec 2013 Ford Focus with Sync about a week a go.
I was unable to use the text messaging features on stock so I installed Cyanogen mod last night.
The car now lets me go in to the Text Messages section but notifications for new messages currently don't appear. The only way I have gotten any messages to appear is to go in to More > Download Unread Messages.
Obviously the above is kind of pointless if I have to go through the menus to issue the download. Is there something I need to enable, either in the car or on my phone? I've been through all the menus on the car and can't find any reference to the MAP profile.
Any ideas would be appreciated

algorhythm said:
I am having extremely spotty reliability with MAP over BT on my 2014 Subaru Forester -- the system allows message transfer/reading of messages, but every time I attempt to download them it immediately fails, and no request to access MAP appears on the phone but yet, sometimes messages suddenly appear (Mostly work e-mails through the stock email.apk app) and never work again.
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It might be a Subaru thing. I've got a 2013 BRZ and the headunit (6" navigation) doesn't pull any texts from my N4 (CM10.2 nightlies).

Well my girlfriend got her iPhone to push messages to the car. She activated "Notifications" under her bluetooth settings for Sync. I could't find anything similar under Cyanogenmod. Does anyone know of such a setting?

Stories said:
It might be a Subaru thing. I've got a 2013 BRZ and the headunit (6" navigation) doesn't pull any texts from my N4 (CM10.2 nightlies).
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Yeah who knows .. how's the BRZ?

AdamLC said:
Well my girlfriend got her iPhone to push messages to the car. She activated "Notifications" under her bluetooth settings for Sync. I could't find anything similar under Cyanogenmod. Does anyone know of such a setting?
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I get audio and visual notification of messages on my focus' my ford touch, I didn't change any settings to either device.
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silverramsrt said:
I get audio and visual notification of messages on my focus' my ford touch, I didn't change any settings to either device.
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Running CM? 10.1xx? or other?

CM 10.2 nightlies

Any PC application or software that works with MAP?
I'd like to send and receive messages from my PC without using Play Store apps.

[APP] ACUI: New Car Frontend for Android

Hi,
We worked on this project for months and since we're almost ready (very few days left) to launch the first beta on the PlayStore I think that it's time to share some info around the web and not only on our community.
ACUI is a set of four apps: ACUI Key&Touch, ACUI Touch (and ACUI Touch with material) and ACUI Base (which include three different themes), designed to best improve your Android experience in your car.
GOOGLE PLAYSTORE LINK
Finally we have a little teaser for ACUI A2DP feature.
Please remember that in order to listen the audio you will need of a little piece of hardware we will release later this year (a preorder sale will be open soon).
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Together with these UI app we will release also two very simple and easy apps that will allow you to share your GPS connection from your phone to another android device.
But ACUI is not just software. We will open a preorder sale on IndieGoGo for a couple of piece of hardware we're working on:
- a bluetooth HID controller for standard 4-Wire resistive touchscreen (price around 80$)
- a custom controller (price around 50$)
Every single $ for both the IndieGoGo campaign and the PlayStore sales will be used to produce and keep as low as possible the price of these two product, as we previously said on our Google+ Community we really want to provide you the best experience for the lowest price.
Here's the links to our site and to our Google+ Community
http://www.acuiautomotive.com
http://plus.google.com/communities/112087817837785037612
We have a list for people who are interested in a full list of feature available now for the first release of ACUI. Note that our A2DP feature will be available as soon as possible (the base code is almost ready).
- Full AppDrawer
- Six shortcut for third party app in the main screen (this feature is not available in ACUI Key&Touch)
- Send eMail
- Send SMS
- Read Inbox SMS
- Read Sent SMS
- Make a Call
- Check last outgoing call
- Check last received call
- Check last missed call
- Internet browser (will open an external app**)
- Music player
- Control and get info from GooglePlayMusic
- Play Video (will open an external app**)
- Image Gallery (will open an external app**)
- Navigation (will open an external app)
- Sygic, Waze, GoogleMaps, TomTom integration
- 5 Day weather info
- Lap timer
- 0-100Km/h (0-60MPH)
- Toggle Bluetooth
- Get list of paired devices (In the future releases you will be able to search for new devices, connect to device, disconnect to device and everything you are able to do with the standard bluetooth settings)
- Toggle Wi-Fi
- Open Android Wi-Fi Settings
- Backlight Settings (Max, Min, -/+)
** This feature will open an external app but we will develop and internal solution in the future releases
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I see the video...it is amazing...can't wait to use it on my S150 Android 2 DIN car Head Unit replacing the orrible chinese UI!!!!

royalhawk2002 said:
I see the video...it is amazing...can't wait to use it on my S150 Android 2 DIN car Head Unit replacing the orrible chinese UI!!!!
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The app has been uploaded on the playstore I will post as soon as everything will be available.
ITA:
Le app sono state caricate sul playstore, posterò qua appena saranno disponibili per il download.

Neverbe said:
The app has been uploaded on the playstore I will post as soon as everything will be available.
ITA:
Le app sono state caricate sul playstore, posterò qua appena saranno disponibili per il download.
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I see the Apps on the Market, but it seem are not compatible with my S150 Android 4.03 Headunit....:crying:

royalhawk2002 said:
I see the Apps on the Market, but it seem are not compatible with my S150 Android 4.03 Headunit....:crying:
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We're solving the problem.
Please check out our Google+ Community for "live" update.

ACUI is now available on the PlayStore!!!
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=ACUI&c=apps&price=2

Neverbe said:
We're solving the problem.
Please check out our Google+ Community for "live" update.
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Hello, any chance to install it on S150?? it is still incompatible on Playstore. And what version should i download? normal one or tablet one?

junior2001 said:
Hello, any chance to install it on S150?? it is still incompatible on Playstore. And what version should i download? normal one or tablet one?
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Same issue for me.....

For non-phone devices the Tablet version will be fit your needs.
I tested it on a Samsung Galaxy Trend which have a 1Ghz SingleCore CPU and 512Mb of RAM so it should also work on the S150.

Will it work on the S150 Android 2.3 version?

screamhouse said:
Will it work on the S150 Android 2.3 version?
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I'm so sorry but ACUi will only work on 4.0.3+.

Sorry, double post.

Just a little news.
We have almost done with the development of both ACUI A2DP feature (which will be available for every version of ACUI) and ACUI A2DP hardware. You will be able to read sms, make calls, answer call, send sms and a lot more!

hi, i purchase the app, i have a car android 4.0.3 S150 but not install in google play, system not compatible message. any idea?

The A2DP code is ready and working like a charm. We will record a video really soon.
The first proto of our bluetooth adapter is ready too. There was some noise but we managed to reduce it at 90%, I think that we will manage to completely reduce it. To use this module you will only need of just one aux input in your car. The module will be connected to the aux input. The tablet with ACUI will be connected to the module via AUX cable and the phone will be connected to both the bluetooth module and to the tablet with ACUI installed. The module will also allow you to have one extra AUX input in this way you won't have to unplug the module everytime you want to plug another MP3 player or whatever you want.
After that you WON'T need to touch your phone anymore. You will be able to answer/reject a call, access out/in/missed calls, send and read SMS (using both android keyboard and your voice), access to phone contact list, create a new contact and listen to the music stored in the phone.
New feature will be added in the future.
Please note that this feature will be absolutely FREE if you have ACUI Key&Touch, ACUI Material or ACUI Touch.
screamhouse said:
Will it work on the S150 Android 2.3 version?
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Sorry but it will only work on 4.0.3+ devices

Theres really no app out there that At least I found could replace HTC Car and it seems you guys have done it! Kudos to you, whe this comes out I think I will definitely be down to buy it.

We have just finished with YouTube, MxPlayer and PowerAmp integration we really hope to upload a new update asap.
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Theres really no app out there that At least I found could replace HTC Car and it seems you guys have done it! Kudos to you, whe this comes out I think I will definitely be down to buy it.
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Glad you like what we're doing

Here's ACUI's PowerAmp integration
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This is what will be shipped with the next version of ACUI Key&Touch
Dacia, Renault car logos
MXPlayer integration
YouTube integration
PowerAmp integration

A new version of ACUI Key&Touch is now available in the store. This new version will feature:
Dacia, Renault car logos
MXPlayer integration
YouTube integration
PowerAmp integration

Hi Guys!
We've great news for you.
As we previously said we're preparing ACUI Key&Touch to work with hardware buttons but we also:
- Deeply changed the way MeteoInfo are gathered by ACUI. We made the code far lighter but we also add a couple of feature like home city, destination city meteo and meteo update when GPS location change.
- Improved YouTube integration (recording a video now)

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Sony XAV-AX100 6.4" Media Receiver with Bluetooth $499.99
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i hope someone gets this and posts a review

I bought this and have been using it since Monday. I'm really impressed with it so far. The phone has to be plugged in via USB to take advantage of AA. I have some minor gripes, but they're mostly software cosmetics (can't swipe away notifications in AA, the tuner song text scrolling is annoying, etc). I'd be happy to answer any questions.

how bout some pics of it installed. How long does it take too boot once your turn on your vehicle? Any issues connecting to AA?

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Takes ~12 seconds to boot up. No issues connecting AA. Plug your phone into the USB, and a AA icon appears on the home screen. Once you launch into it, its very similar to AA app.

that looks pretty good

Installed it this past weekend along with a Rydeen Duo rear-camera. Thoughts:
Negatives:
The outer matte finish scratches easily. Finger oil+rubbing doesn't remove them, I'll try something more aggressive next.
The Android Auto icon shows up in the right hand upper corner and looks like a wonky after-thought.
Bluetooth phone calls sound terrible. The worse of any deck I've had (phone = Google Pixel).
[*] Audio sounds dull. I've played with the EQ. Turns out I had not wired in my stock amplifier. Sounds better now.
The forward and backward physical buttons are upside down. Forward should be at the bottom like every deck ever.
Other than the backgrounds the display theme cannot be modified.
You cannot turn off the reverse guidelines. You will have bars whether you like them or not.
The dimmer feed/wire does not control the Home/volume/next/back buttons. They stay a uniform brightness.
It does not support speed-connected volume control. I have the wire, no feed exists. Sigh.
It only has one USB port. This matters when you use Apple Carplay or Android Auto and don't want to plug it in. Sometimes maybe you want your USB for storage?
It only supports one camera. You'll have to rig it to make it support side, or front cameras.
Users cannot modify the stock EQ pre-sets, you must create your own, and are only allocated one personal EQ setting. Enjoy!
Android Auto is disappointing. I researched poorly before taking the plunge: low resolution, Waze still doesn't work, Spotify is limited and messaging/phone is garbage. Google maps looks like I've slathered Vaseline all over the screen. Blurry & blech.
Positives:
Despite the highly reflective screen, it is visible even with the sun directly on it from behind (at least with 30% tint).
It has a physical volume dial (This is important as I'm stuck in 2003 and I don't have steering wheel controls).
The device itself almost looks OEM.
The screen is very responsive to touch. While it is two-layer, touches are instant and responsive.
It will show the backup camera before it has fully booted.
The user interface does not look like a website from 1995.
I'm really reaching here, but it has six phone number presets like the stock radio in my past three cars. Of course, they're small, so if one of the presets is longer than 16 characters, prepare for the name to be cut off.
It was slightly cheaper than the Pioneer with AppRadio+Unchained that I intended to buy. Of course, I can't use any of the apps I intended, so maybe not cheaper.
While the screen is double-DIN, the actual device is not. You can smuggle about a kilo of sweet, delicious black tar heroin across the border in the remaining space under it.

First things first, thanks for taking the time to write all this: there's little info on this headunit on the net May I ask a questione or two? o
1) I had terrible experiences with my old XAV 650BT... It would not retrieve the phonebook contacts correctly from the phone via bluetooth. Would you kindly tell me if, when connecting a phone (no mirrorlink nor android auto, bluetooth only) it:
- takes ages to retrieve the contacts when pressing the "phonebook" icon
- show the correctly or all scrambled? (my all 650BT showed them as SurnameName, whithout whitespace and whitout ability to swap name and surname.. Like SmithJon...)
- retrieves the phonebook everytime?
2) Can you listen to tuner while using android auto ?
3) Do you have an ipod..? (I know, darkside o Does the Xav display ipod cover art when connecting an ipod?
4) Does the non dimmable buttons blind you at night? :|

thanks for your honest review. I was considering this, but I think i'll stick with my Joying. and that heroin line cracked me up

I was also considering it. My Xtrons HU display backlight just died, but I think I'll see if I can fix it, or go back to stock until there is something worth upgrading to.

1) Thankfully, they appear to have fixed the phone-book bugs you've mentioned as I have not noticed them. On the other hand, when using Android Auto (AA), AA takes over the phone functionality from the headunit. At the moment I prefer the headunit's phonebook over AA.
2) Yes, the radio tuner continues working while in Android Audio. If you decide to play something in Android Auto, pressing play (in Spotify for instance) stops the tuner automatically.
3) Sorry, I do not have an iPod. There is not a 'blank' spot for an album image on the UI for music playback, so unless it changes the UI or shows it in the background I'd suspect it does not. Unknown though.
4) The non-dimmable buttons are not blinding. However, I tend to keep my dimmer fairly low, and all the OEM lights are red. Sony's are bright white and thus a little distracting but not in a deeply annoying way.
ilgaspa said:
First things first, thanks for taking the time to write all this: there's little info on this headunit on the net May I ask a questione or two? o
1) I had terrible experiences with my old XAV 650BT... It would not retrieve the phonebook contacts correctly from the phone via bluetooth. Would you kindly tell me if, when connecting a phone (no mirrorlink nor android auto, bluetooth only) it:
- takes ages to retrieve the contacts when pressing the "phonebook" icon
- show the correctly or all scrambled? (my all 650BT showed them as SurnameName, whithout whitespace and whitout ability to swap name and surname.. Like SmithJon...)
- retrieves the phonebook everytime?
2) Can you listen to tuner while using android auto ?
3) Do you have an ipod..? (I know, darkside o Does the Xav display ipod cover art when connecting an ipod?
4) Does the non dimmable buttons blind you at night? :|
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Thanks! Even with the problems you mentioned this HU seems to be the best if someone needs Android Auto and Carplay at a good price. Kenwoods are good but costs too much and sadly I had a very bad experience with a Pioneer Da120.. so that brand is out of the game for me.
Album artwork should work when playing from usb, no clue on how, but the specs say so :|
Thanks
If I may ask one last thing.. does the phonebook support contacts with multiple (home/mobile) numbers when not using android auto?

ilgaspa said:
<snip>Album artwork should work when playing from usb, no clue on how, but the specs say so :|
<snip>If I may ask one last thing.. does the phonebook support contacts with multiple (home/mobile) numbers when not using android auto?
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Correct, after playing around in the settings, I found an option to turn on album artwork. It did not change the screen for me as I strip out all my MP3 art (because my last device displayed them in an annoying way).
The phone-book does support multiple number contacts.

Thanks again
I can't understand why there's so little info about this unit.. I'm currently deciding between this and the Kenwood 9716.. and with the Sony horrid user guide finding info is hard as hell :| I'm still trying to understand the interface for brosing folders and hoping there's a way to browse by choosing a letter or a quick scroll bar.
I would still be using my Pioneer DA120 had it not died all of a sudden. The kenwood would be good if not for the HUGE font used around interface (trust me.. you can't understand what I mean with huge unless you see it yourself, I't something like 30pt Arial Black!)
This to say.. thanks for the help and infos ^^

rubbercow said:
Correct, after playing around in the settings, I found an option to turn on album artwork. It did not change the screen for me as I strip out all my MP3 art (because my last device displayed them in an annoying way).
The phone-book does support multiple number contacts.
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May I ask one last thing..?
Does android auto launch automatically when you connect the phone (like on pioneer headunits) or you have to manually select it ?

ilgaspa said:
<snip> I'm still trying to understand the interface for brosing folders and hoping there's a way to browse by choosing a letter or a quick scroll bar.
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I'm not very impressed with the browsing method on the Sony. It has two folder icons, one for up, and one for back. It may have a screen for specifically selecting folders but I haven't tried it yet. What I really don't like is that when you have three folders, and you select shuffle, it appears to shuffle across all three. I haven't found a way to turn that silliness off yet.
ilgaspa said:
<snip>Does android auto launch automatically when you connect the phone (like on pioneer headunits) or you have to manually select it ?
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Android Auto has a setting within it to auto-launch on certain triggers such as whenever the Bluetooth in your car is connected. The end result is that it is automatic.

rubbercow said:
It may have a screen for specifically selecting folders but I haven't tried it yet.
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There should be a little playlist looking button on top left of the screeen, this should take you to the folder select scren

Does it work with all Android devices or only the list mentioned in the sony site.
My friend has a oneplus 2 but that does not work, only bluetooth audio works. When I tried connecting it to the head unit using the original cable, it spat out a message saying USB device not recognised.
I am planning to buy a Google Pixel but am worried it might not work on this device esp since iPhone 7(which works fine by the way) is mentioned but no Google Pixel.
I would be grateful for any help.

It should definitely work with a Pixel device.
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I've had this deck for at least a month in my 2014 challenger and i love it. It really woke up the speakers since I only have the base model. I've tried to use a USB hub so I could have a thumb drive and connect via Bluetooth, I have a One Plus 3t. so far the deck will occasionally say it doesn't support a USB hub but it does... kinda acts funny when i do this. when I connect my phone via USB and it starts android auto then the thumb drive is disabled.

[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,
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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..
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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?
Thanks for replay
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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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