[Android 4.1+] HeadUnit Reloaded for Android Auto with Wifi

[ZyFinity]

Issue with headunit reloaded

Hello, I have more info on my steering wheel bug, so basically I have a Chinese head unit, it's not from joying but some other Chinese unnamed company. Now android auto works perfectly with this head unit except for one bug, when the head unit is rebooted (sometimes once a week the head unit will do a complete cold fresh start when I turn on the car) when using android auto the steering wheel controls now won't work. closing the app from ram and reopening has the same effect and the only solution I have found is to uninstall and reinstall the app and voila the steering wheel controls work again, then if I do a manual reboot of the head unit to simulate the 1 time a week fresh start the head unit does my theory is correct and the steering wheel controls don't work again and the HUR app needs to be reinstalled. and during this period the steering wheel controls DO work on other apps on the head unit such as the built-in music app and if I use the Spotify app on the head unit itself proving that it's not to do with the head unit forgetting the steering wheel codes. Is there any way that this can be fixed? I tried trying to maybe fill in the keycodes in that settings option but have no idea how to find out the keycodes of the button and I couldn't find an app that told me that as well. I think it would be best if this could be fixed and I'm willing to work with the developers to get this working correctly
@sebaw @Emil Borconi

 

[iam_ajayc]

whenever I try to use self mode the app crashes. anyone else facing this issue?

 

[3bl]

[mention]Zifinity [/mention]before you start the HUR, try to kill default music app (or any app if it’s loaded by default).

In my case, when I boot the device, last used default app is loaded (Music, Video, Bluetooth...) and it kinda locks the keys to this app. I first use back key from this app to kill it and then start HUR.

If I just start the HUR via special key on the wheel or if I go back with menu key, then the steering wheel controles are still used by the default app.


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[theguz]

I think I saw something about fixing a bug with reverse camera? My backup camera went out immediately after installing this app and just wondering if that is a coincidence or if it's a bug and can be fixed. Thanks!

 

[lew26]

Many posts will tell you to buy the HUR app (5.2) and if you cannot get it to work ask for a refund. The trial is an older version and problematic.
Read through the 1st post. The instructions are there detailing how to create a log.

This is not directed to you. Quoted to make a point. A potential customer shouldn't be expected to first read a lengthy thread.
The author of HUR should have either updated the trial version, or removed the trial version from the play store, shortly after the new version was released.

 

[jjcdennis]

This is not directed to you. Quoted to make a point. A potential customer shouldn't be expected to first read a lengthy thread.
The author of HUR should have either updated the trial version, or removed the trial version from the play store, shortly after the new version was released.

I don't disagree with posting an up to date trial version. That makes sense. But I will say that the search function was how I found out that the trial was an old version, so for $4.99 I purchased the current version. If it doesn't work, the developer has offered a refund. On top of that there is great support.

 

[sunarowicz]

Could anybody please give me an advice why HUR keeps crashing to me just couple of seconds after the AA screen is displayed? It makes these messages in log after crash all the time:

11-07 17:09:18.576  1268  1422 E SurfaceFlinger: Failed to find layer (SurfaceView - gb.xxy.trial/gb.xxy.trial.MainActivity#0) in layer parent (no-parent).
11-07 17:09:18.577  1268  1595 E SurfaceFlinger: Failed to find layer (Background for - SurfaceView - gb.xxy.trial/gb.xxy.trial.MainActivity#0) in layer parent (no-parent).
11-07 17:09:18.644  8692  8692 W System.err:    at gb.xxy.trial.Helpers.Log.close(Log.java:61)
11-07 17:09:18.644  8692  8692 W System.err:    at gb.xxy.trial.TransporterService.onDestroy(TransporterService.java:892)
11-07 17:09:18.721  2048  2048 V Avrcp   : Player 3 package: gb.xxy.trial
11-07 17:09:18.723  1558  2400 I ActivityManager: Process gb.xxy.trial (pid 8692) has died: fore TOP
11-07 17:09:18.723  1558  2400 W ActivityManager: Force removing ActivityRecord{29c4930 u0 gb.xxy.trial/.MainActivity t1365}: app died, no saved state
11-07 17:09:18.724  1558  2119 I WindowManager: WIN DEATH: Window{a63c9b7 u0 gb.xxy.trial/gb.xxy.trial.MainActivity}
11-07 17:09:18.730  2048  2898 D Avrcp   : updateCurrentController: MediaController ([email protected]) null to null
11-07 17:09:21.892  1558  1558 W NotificationService: Object died trying to hide notification [email protected] in package gb.xxy.trial
11-07 17:09:21.892  1558  1558 W NotificationService: Object died trying to hide notification [email protected] in package gb.xxy.trial

 

[ElMacho007]

Hello, I have more info on my steering wheel bug, so basically I have a Chinese head unit, it's not from joying but some other Chinese unnamed company. Now android auto works perfectly with this head unit except for one bug, when the head unit is rebooted (sometimes once a week the head unit will do a complete cold fresh start when I turn on the car) when using android auto the steering wheel controls now won't work. closing the app from ram and reopening has the same effect and the only solution I have found is to uninstall and reinstall the app and voila the steering wheel controls work again, then if I do a manual reboot of the head unit to simulate the 1 time a week fresh start the head unit does my theory is correct and the steering wheel controls don't work again and the HUR app needs to be reinstalled. and during this period the steering wheel controls DO work on other apps on the head unit such as the built-in music app and if I use the Spotify app on the head unit itself proving that it's not to do with the head unit forgetting the steering wheel codes. Is there any way that this can be fixed? I tried trying to maybe fill in the keycodes in that settings option but have no idea how to find out the keycodes of the button and I couldn't find an app that told me that as well. I think it would be best if this could be fixed and I'm willing to work with the developers to get this working correctly
@sebaw @Emil Borconi

For the chinese units with emulated keys (there is no KeyEvent when you press the buttons) there is an app called "NWD Button Mod" (com.nwd.nikolai.nwdkey) that can help with the media buttons.

 

[Emil Borconi]

Hi all.
Sorry for not posting more regular, I'm pretty busy with the AAWireless project (in case you don't know what is that do a Google search). That being said I've just pushed out a beta to XDA Labs and I'm going to push it to Google Play store as well. Here are some of the main changes:

A complete refacto of the app, quite a few options where removed and better integrated. Some key points:
- Video decoding has been changed to ASYNC mode for devices running lollipop 5.1
- Overscan option has been removed using a better approach to scale it correctly on any display
- Enhanced threading for better performance
- Rotary key support dropped and replaced with new "touchpad" simulation, works much better then previous rotary. It uses left, right, up, down arrow to navigate
- Removed WiFi over BT it was a complete failure
- Added built in support and working on built in FAQ

Since there is no in-sight of workload reducing on my end, I will ask for your forgiveness if I'm not answering posts on XDA, however almost all support questions sent to [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] are usually answered in no more then 24 hours.
I also like to ask you if you do face any issues, try to use the support built in the app or email me directly to [email protected].

 

[Brandon4466]

Hi all.
Sorry for not posting more regular, I'm pretty busy with the AAWireless project (in case you don't know what is that do a Google search). That being said I've just pushed out a beta to XDA Labs and I'm going to push it to Google Play store as well. Here are some of the main changes:

A complete refacto of the app, quite a few options where removed and better integrated. Some key points:
- Video decoding has been changed to ASYNC mode for devices running lollipop 5.1
- Overscan option has been removed using a better approach to scale it correctly on any display
- Enhanced threading for better performance
- Rotary key support dropped and replaced with new "touchpad" simulation, works much better then previous rotary. It uses left, right, up, down arrow to navigate
- Removed WiFi over BT it was a complete failure
- Added built in support and working on built in FAQ

Since there is no in-sight of workload reducing on my end, I will ask for your forgiveness if I'm not answering posts on XDA, however almost all support questions sent to [email protected] or [email protected] or [email protected] are usually answered in no more then 24 hours.
I also like to ask you if you do face any issues, try to use the support built in the app or email me directly to [email protected].

Hey! I just downloaded the beta and I've always used the WiFi Launcher on my phone but it doesn't work with the beta. It launches for a split second as I can here the audio play through the car for half a second then the app just crashes. I can't seem to get it too work.

Any suggestions?
(Also, I tried to use the support in the app but when I tap on contact support it says "there are no apps to perform that action.

Thank you for your help!

 

[Emil Borconi]

Hey! I just downloaded the beta and I've always used the WiFi Launcher on my phone but it doesn't work with the beta. It launches for a split second as I can here the audio play through the car for half a second then the app just crashes. I can't seem to get it too work.

Any suggestions?
(Also, I tried to use the support in the app but when I tap on contact support it says "there are no apps to perform that action.

Thank you for your help!

Reproduced and fixed.

For inapp support you need either FB messenger either a mail client on the device.

 

[clarkiefishing]

Reproduced and fixed.

For inapp support you need either FB messenger either a mail client on the device.

Just installed beta Waze has disappeared.
Still getting a popup saying gpssystem can't connect.
System crash after 10 minutes

 

[Emil Borconi]

There seems to be a behaviour changed when touchpad is enabled. The menu bar is moved to the side instead of bottom similar to widescreen mode, however, the bigger issue is that Waze is removed from the application list. This seems to be a bug in Android Auto as the same behaviour happens when using the DHU provided by Android Studio.
I've reported the issue to Google.

 

[TeHashX]

I had the same issue with waze but after installing waze beta and AA beta it's working again.
But now I only navigate through left menu with the car knob, even if I click on circle - the apps list shows up but again I can scroll only left menu. If I touch the icon on the screen to start an app, it's ok, I navigate through app menu, after switching app, again only left menu. For me was better before.

 

[cybertech]

I am trying out the "Headunit Reloaded Trial for Android Auto" and setup/connection everything done successfully. What I got only the navigation screen, I don't see or find any whatsapp in HUR. I read that HUR support showing whatsapp message or is it because I using the trial version.

 

[pfarley11]

I tried the HUR Beta last night. I wasn't able to get it to connect wirelessly (or at least fully). It went through the motions, and I could see that my phone (Galaxy S10) was setting up the wifi connection with the head unit, and I could see that AA was launching on my phone (going black a couple of times and then the AA icon appeared in my phones notification bar), but HUR kept showing 'listening for incoming connection' on the head unit. That never changed, although at a certain point music started playing - as if the AA 'resume media' option triggered. Are others able to get wireless to work so far?

By the way, directly after this attempt, I uninstalled the beta and reinstalled the non-beta HUR, and it worked perfectly, so I don't think something else is messed up.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

 

[ppamungk]

The 6.0 beta 1 to 3 does not work at all on my android 7.1 head unit using USB cable. V5.2 connected flawlessly, but v6 just a second of dark screen and back to menu. Wireless never work, but I'm fine using cable.

In addition, I lost Waze when using v6 with AA 5.8, but running on HUR 5.2 there were no problem.

 

[mcaptur]

How do I disable touchpad?

 

[Emil Borconi]

Every time I want to do good it backfires

This is the problems I'm facing regarding hardware keyboard/rotary input.
With simulated touchpad directions are working fine as expected, but the menu is on the side and no waze (this is actually an AA bug). V6.0 does have touchpad enabled and you can't disable it. I will need to come up with a new solution.

Without using touchpad simulation if I want to use rotary it depends, as behaviour will be different in AA depending if it's widescreen or not (which I don't know in HUR for sure)if it's not a widescreen mode, then AA will use UP+DOWN arrow to move up and down to move between panels, and scroll left and scroll right to navigate between items inside the panel, if it is in widescreen mode it will use LEFT+RIGHT* arrows to move between panels and scroll event to navigate inside the items. As all this aftermarket rotary provides only 4 direction inputs, I don't know how to configure it to work correctly.... as it will work correctly in one view but not in the other.... An original car rotary system will provide 6 or more inputs: UP/DOWN, LEFT/RIGHT and ROTATE (LEFT/RIGHT). The aftermarket rotary system does not know ROTATE it simply generates a left/right event making it like impossible to find a universal solution....

 

[galaxys]

Appreciate your kind XDA update during busy times! Cheers