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

[67jeffh]

That's honestly the one feature that I am missing. I'd love to either have HUR set night mode based off my phone being in light or dark mode or if I could manually set up sunrise and sunset times it would be perfect

Yeah mine doesn't work either. It works correctly in native AA (our Malibu and Buick encore) but not with HUR for some reason. Tried every possible combination in developer settings and AA etc... no luck.

 

[barnesk9]

Thank you. I didn't find the app on the first post but I found it in the playstore luckily.
The app actually works if I connect via Wifi (I had to use the second method first before I could use the first).

I have 2 questions.
1. Is it possible to set the resolution to a custom resolution? My HU supports a resolution of 1024x600 pixels, so setting it to 800x600 makes the layout appear oversized while going for 720p makes it too small, partly too small to read. I know Android Auto supports the resolution since I had it with another method (I used a USB dongle with the app AutoPlay before - had bad experience though).
2. I can't seem to make USB mode work. The screen stays black when I connect my phone via USB. I tried both methods mentioned in the first post (meaning active software rendering and allowing video playback while driving). I can send you my hur.log file.
Thank you for making this possible.

Edt:
My HU had an app called EasyConnection installed which pops up a message on my smartphone whenever I plug it in.


2. Is this interfering in any way? It seems I can't uninstall the app. I disabled it and took away all rights I can but since I'm not su I can't delete it.

1. You're better off setting the resolution to 720p then changing the DPI so that it fits to your liking

2. Yes, easyConnect does interfere with HUR. Disable it in the app settings

 

[omerbagi10]

Is there a way for the media the be played from the phone's bluetooth to a different multimedia system while connected the HUR with usb?
My car has both original multimedia and an android headunit and I want the sound to come out from the original multimedia.

 

[steslatt]

Is anyone else still having the crash upon wireless connection issue with the latest beta? Sometimes it works fine, but sometimes when it connects via WiFi the app will crash a few times before wireless connection works. USB seems unaffected. Wondering if I'm the only one or if it's still an issue with the program.

Yeah I've been having this problem for a while now tried both stable and beta versions but it does the same thing.

 

[hgaaditya]

I just bought the paid version. And can't seem to get it to work. Just keeps crashing on launch.

The trial version worked well for 5 mins and asked me to buy and so I did.

But I tried the stable and Beta versions.. it just goes black with a notification ring. And then crashes right after. Anyone has any solution/advice?

 

[hgaaditya]

Okay so this is very inconsistent. Clearing data for Android Auto seemed to make it work a couple of times. After which it crashes or just blank screen again. Please help.

 

[zoltanandras]

I just bought the paid version. And can't seem to get it to work. Just keeps crashing on launch.

The trial version worked well for 5 mins and asked me to buy and so I did.

But I tried the stable and Beta versions.. it just goes black with a notification ring. And then crashes right after. Anyone has any solution/advice?

Hi,

Black screen can have multiple causes:

1. - Make sure your device does allow video playback while driving. This setting is is different on each unit.
2. - Try changing the video settings. Go to Settings -> Graphics and enable the software decoding
3. - Try lowering the resolution. Go to Settings -> Graphics -> Resolution
4. - Try resetting the pixel density to 160 DPI Go to Settings -> Graphics -> Pixel Density
5. - If you are using a USB connection try to uninstall/disable EasyConnection app, usually it's preinstalled on the units.
6. - Try different connection method (Wi-Fi or USB)
7. - Try another USB cable (If you using with USB method)

 

[hgaaditya]

Hi,

Black screen can have multiple causes:

1. - Make sure your device does allow video playback while driving. This setting is is different on each unit.
2. - Try changing the video settings. Go to Settings -> Graphics and enable the software decoding
3. - Try lowering the resolution. Go to Settings -> Graphics -> Resolution
4. - Try resetting the pixel density to 160 DPI Go to Settings -> Graphics -> Pixel Density
5. - If you are using a USB connection try to uninstall/disable EasyConnection app, usually it's preinstalled on the units.
6. - Try different connection method (Wi-Fi or USB)
7. - Try another USB cable (If you using with USB method)

So, I played around with the settings. And it looks like it works well till 720p. As soon as I set 1080 it breaks.
Enabling/Disabling Software encoding has no effect. Even DPI doesn't have much effect anything from 140 to 210 works..

But 1080p breaks.

PS: I don't have a android HU. I am running it on a tablet in Sea mode.

 

[Emil Borconi]

Hi guys.
On the run as usual, Sunday afternoon and trying to finish the work for the week as I can't recall when was the last day without work...

Anyway I've released a new Beta, bumped the version since there are again massive changes:

Version 6.3 Beta 1 released
- Re-wrote whole rendering process to use GLES20, in simple terms video render should use GPU
- Much better scaling approach
- Added support for native AA Wireless. This will only work on the units where the BT is accessible from the Android, as many of those android powered Chinese units, have a separate BT board. For devices which supports this, no headunit server or no WiFi Launcher is needed.
- Changed key mapping, user can now define their own buttons as they wish.


If you update the app, please make sure you check the key bindings in settings to match your need. Also if you do get a dialog saying your unit supports native AA wireless, you will need to un-pair and re-pair the phone with the unit, after HUR have been started. In this case you should probably remove WiFi Launcher from the phone in case you have it installed.

On the video render bit, I've changed that completely, tested in 5 different units I have and it works nicely, now I hope it won't cause problems.... GLES20 is different, basically it's low-level graphic API. This should help a lot with performance and device support.

Beta is available on my website and should shortly be available on PlayStore as well https://play.google.com/apps/testing/gb.xxy.hr

 

[Klamathy]

Hi guys.
On the run as usual, Sunday afternoon and trying to finish the work for the week as I can't recall when was the last day without work...

Anyway I've released a new Beta, bumped the version since there are again massive changes:

Version 6.3 Beta 1 released
- Re-wrote whole rendering process to use GLES20, in simple terms video render should use GPU
- Much better scaling approach
- Added support for native AA Wireless. This will only work on the units where the BT is accessible from the Android, as many of those android powered Chinese units, have a separate BT board. For devices which supports this, no headunit server or no WiFi Launcher is needed.
- Changed key mapping, user can now define their own buttons as they wish.


If you update the app, please make sure you check the key bindings in settings to match your need. Also if you do get a dialog saying your unit supports native AA wireless, you will need to un-pair and re-pair the phone with the unit, after HUR have been started. In this case you should probably remove WiFi Launcher from the phone in case you have it installed.

On the video render bit, I've changed that completely, tested in 5 different units I have and it works nicely, now I hope it won't cause problems.... GLES20 is different, basically it's low-level graphic API. This should help a lot with performance and device support.

Beta is available on my website and should shortly be available on PlayStore as well https://play.google.com/apps/testing/gb.xxy.hr

Hi emil.. thanks for your constant efforts.. So I installed latest beta on an atoto a6 pro

1) HUR tell me that is can support native AA wireless (atoto has 2 bt adapters and when i click on wifi in hur it shows list of devices connectd to bt2) however it will not connect phone shows searchig for android auto screen but it then closes - so for now i reverted to use wifi launcher
2) Screen is 1024x600 and i used to use 720p with 185 dpi.. this still works but now i have a 1 cm black margin on right side of screen and graphics do not look smooth but rough like there is a lot of aliasing..

 

[Emil Borconi]

Hi emil.. thanks for your constant efforts.. So I installed latest beta on an atoto a6 pro

1) HUR tell me that is can support native AA wireless (atoto has 2 bt adapters and when i click on wifi in hur it shows list of devices connectd to bt2) however it will not connect phone shows searchig for android auto screen but it then closes - so for now i reverted to use wifi launcher
2) Screen is 1024x600 and i used to use 720p with 185 dpi.. this still works but now i have a 1 cm black margin on right side of screen and graphics do not look smooth but rough like there is a lot of aliasing..

Yeah second user who reports this why this is not showing up on any on my test units....

 

[vj4]

I just bought this and for some reason once I've run it on KonstaT pi 4 build my Wi-Fi wont work after. Just lists it as limited.

Worked fine before I ran headunit Reloaded. as i used the wifi to download from the app store.

Used USB to connect to my phone.

 

[Clarkie49]

Hi guys.
On the run as usual, Sunday afternoon and trying to finish the work for the week as I can't recall when was the last day without work...

Anyway I've released a new Beta, bumped the version since there are again massive changes:

Version 6.3 Beta 1 released
- Re-wrote whole rendering process to use GLES20, in simple terms video render should use GPU
- Much better scaling approach
- Added support for native AA Wireless. This will only work on the units where the BT is accessible from the Android, as many of those android powered Chinese units, have a separate BT board. For devices which supports this, no headunit server or no WiFi Launcher is needed.
- Changed key mapping, user can now define their own buttons as they wish.


If you update the app, please make sure you check the key bindings in settings to match your need. Also if you do get a dialog saying your unit supports native AA wireless, you will need to un-pair and re-pair the phone with the unit, after HUR have been started. In this case you should probably remove WiFi Launcher from the phone in case you have it installed.

On the video render bit, I've changed that completely, tested in 5 different units I have and it works nicely, now I hope it won't cause problems.... GLES20 is different, basically it's low-level graphic API. This should help a lot with performance and device support.

Beta is available on my website and should shortly be available on PlayStore as well https://play.google.com/apps/testing/gb.xxy.hr

Hi Emil is there a tablet that the native WiFi connection works, I have a Huawei which keeps popping up a dialog box asking whether you want to enable Bluetooth

 

[omerbagi10]

Was using stable 5.2, decided to try beta 6.3 then spotify stopped working.
Reverted back to stable 5.2 but spotify still does not work, uninstalled and installed again but the problem still exists.

 

[Klamathy]

Yeah second user who reports this why this is not showing up on any on my test units....

Can i help in some way? do you wish some logs?
re 1cm margin on right hand size this only happens if i enable full screen in hur settings.. If i disable fullscreen mode.. screen is filled correctly but then i have bar with android buttons at bottom of screen..

 

[shoman94]

I installed the trial version on my Dell Venue running Android 5.1. I tried to connect my phone running Android 11 using Wi-Fi Direct which seems to connect to my phone but yet nothing happens with the app after I'm connected to my phone. I've also tried connecting my phone directly to my tablet using a USB cable and nothing happens. What I'm trying to accomplish is to run Android auto server on my tablet which will be connected to my vehicle via Bluetooth or auxiliary plug. So then I could connect my phone to it and use the tablet as if it was an Android auto receiver.

 

[iiD4x]

Version 6.3 Beta 1 released

i get crash as soon as i press WiFi , latest working version for me is 6 beta 6

 

[macgreg04]

Hi Devs,
Bought version 4.6 new UI.
Tried multiple times on latest beta and latest stable versions unable to make it work as smoothly as 4.6
Just black screen or glitchy graphics on initial test.

Samsung Note 10+ and Android 11user here

 

[shoman94]

So I figured out that I must run the server from my phone and I can connect to it using my hotspot. So it the tablet pulling from my hotspot bucket for all the data being used?

I couldn't get wifi direct to work, not sure what I'm doing wrong.

I don't have a USB-micro OTG which my tablet is.


On google maps I don't see a current speed or speed limit..... Is that not shown with AA?

 

[mbonus]

i get crash as soon as i press WiFi , latest working version for me is 6 beta 6

Yeah this 6.3 beta 1 doesn't work for me. Is there anyway to revert to 6 beta 6?

(Chinese car screen) I was connecting via wifi by using my own phone hotspot and headunit server. I don't use the screens builtin bluetooth. The new beta tried to get me to use it, but thats not how my setup works. (I connect BT to my actual car)