[Android 4.1+] HeadUnit Reloaded for Android Auto with Wifi
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Probably not, unless you try an older version prior to them removing the phone feature.
Thanks. I couldn't find the Android Auto "Start Server" because it's in Greek. I found it & it's working great. I am thinking of using my previous android phone as a unit.
I have another idea. I have a 2004 Citroen Xcara Picasso (mini van) . I'll buy a cheap mini spy WiFi home camera (10€) & put on the back window, inside, looking down. The car even has a lighter port in the back & I'll power it there!
Just got the app today. The original android auto app is bugged with my new pixel 7 pro - No audio through spotify or anything else. Im using a ERISIN headunit with the speedplay app. Downloaded this and its working fine. However, the only issue is that the audio quality is not too great, the audio cracks up quite often - Connected through a cable, anyone know how to get around this?
Hey guys,i just buyed this app in my android headunit,and i can't find how to make "next" and "previous" buttons to work in my steering wheel to change the song from Spotify,anyone can help me?(my buttons are working outside the app)Thank you so much.
I manage to connect to Headunit Reloaded (my previous android phone) , it starts, but when the online streaming radio starts , I have no sound & on my Phone, I get this message. But when I play downloaded music files, the audio works fine .
Edit: Turns out that I can't use my Data, while my WiFi is connected to HUR. So I will use it, on my current phone, Self mode. I wrote a Macrodroid macro to start it automatically, it works & I'll post it on the forum when after a few days.
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I have installed on my Android sterio its working fine can you update this software for automatic start when connected the Bluetooth
Hello everyone, I'm hoping to get some help and possible getting this to work.
I'm trying to reuse an old tablet [ASUS T300T] as the HU and my Pixel 6 pro as the phone.
I've downloaded the trial to test but can't get it to work in any mode, usb, wifi, self (on pixel 6 pro)
the steps I'm taking are:
but that's it.
What I've tried to fix this:
I've tried to enable software video decoding.
I've tried the other way with tablet being the hotspot and phone is connected to that hotspot but this gives an AA permission error.
I've tried with USB but keep getting a message that "no connected usb device detected".
Can anyone maybe guide me in to how to make this work?
I'm trying to reuse an old tablet [ASUS T300T] as the HU and my Pixel 6 pro as the phone.
I've downloaded the trial to test but can't get it to work in any mode, usb, wifi, self (on pixel 6 pro)
the steps I'm taking are:
- get the pixel 6 pro android auto to developer mode and stating the head unit server.
- turn on hotspot on the pixel 6 pro
- connect the tablet to the hotspot
- open HUR on the tablet and press WiFi
but that's it.
What I've tried to fix this:
I've tried to enable software video decoding.
I've tried the other way with tablet being the hotspot and phone is connected to that hotspot but this gives an AA permission error.
I've tried with USB but keep getting a message that "no connected usb device detected".
Can anyone maybe guide me in to how to make this work?
I used this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-android-auto-with-wifi.3432348/post-86067799 and it worked for me
Thanks @uriah18
I've just tried to follow this and something did change, now it looks like the AA is trying to load but can't. Before I did not see on the phone anything happening when clicking the WiFi, now I see the phone trying to load something but not actually getting there.
sometimes it does that to me too. Try clicking WiFi again, or turning the AA server off and on
Tried both suggestions and a few other things...nothing seems to work.
I do sometimes see the AA welcome screen on the phone for like a millisecond and it's gone, throws me back out.
I have a feeling this is someone for the phone side and not the tablet side because I tried to use an old Nexus 6P as the HU just to test and the same thing happens.
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81This Threader is a Spin-off of the original: [Android 4.1+] Headunit for Android Auto - 160117 - Self Mode+ other fixes, x86, 720p by the late :crying: @mikereidis.
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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.
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Version 5.2 released
- Removed WiFi Direct
- Improved menu UI CREDIT and THANKS TO @sebaw
- Updated margin setting
- Added option to record audio using BT mic (motorcycle helmets)
- Added button to reconnect WiFi connection ( phone and unit depended won't work on all units, please read app forum for how to connect)
- Option to disable touchscreen
- Removed brightness adjustment (some users experienced problems adjusting brightness after using previous version, sadly they need to do a factory reset of the unit, and update to current version)
Version 5 released
- New UI CREDIT and THANKS TO @sebaw
- New over-scan approach allowing any resolution units to work properly (including portrait mode)
- New mic source (should help with speech recognition)
- Added option to keep status bar (user request)
- Added welcome setup
- Added possibility to use old USB driver (android built in one) in case you cannot get it connected with the new version
- Added option for Gain control on mic
- Added option to keep Wifi off (for USB use)
- Changed Wifi Direct implementation (you will need to install the Wifi Launcher for HUR on the phone to use Wifi Direct)
- Removed option to stretch full screen as this is not needed any more (it will always be full screen)
- Fixed Incoming mode not setting password for some devices
- Fixed app crash when Wifi toggled during app running
- Fixed night icon colors for devices running 4.x
- Fixed app freeze if permissions denied
- Fixed app crash after device unplugged when using native android USB driver.
- Fixed day/night calculation if share GPS turned off
- Code cleanup
- Other bug fixes.
Also a big THANK YOU to @ppietak for helping with code cleanup and bug fixes!
Version 4.5 released
- Fixes for USB shuttering
- New USB driver
- Fixes for reverse camera not resuming on some units
- Added support for incoming connection listener (automating Wifi) - Experimental, read below how to connect
Version 4.4 Released
Change log
- Fixed broken touchscreen
- Changes on WideScreen mode and HD
- Fixes for Rotary
- Potential fix for black screen for second connection over Wifi
- Left/Right hand driving position option (for widescreen)
- Buffer setting for mic (could help when Assistant does not hear what you're saying)
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Version 4.3 Released
Change log
- Fixed double skip on Spotify when using SWC
- No more decoder workaround needed (updated code for video playback)
- Added support for rotary (arrow keys can be used for non-touch input)
- Enhanced mic input (mic sampling rate can be adjusted in settings for better compatibility)
- Added intent: "gb.xxy.hr.WifiP2P" for Wifi-Direct start
- Added app color scheme (dark menu for night)
- Mapped Key N to open Maps (N=Navigation)
- Mapped Key L to open Multimedia (L = Listen)
- Changed USB code, hoping to help those who suffered for USB disconnection problems
- Fixed a serious bug in share GPS code
- For some rooted android headunits the app can now disable the default call screen being overlayed when HUR is running (only if HUR is set as the navigation app!) This will require ROOT
Version 4.1 Released
Change log
- Removed Google Play Services dependencies
- Honda compatibility fixes
- Some other small bug fixes
Version 4.0 Released
How to use the app?
USB Mode
- Plug in the USB to your device (in case of tablet use an OTG cable), when prompted make sure you allow HUR to be the default app for the action and you check the always box.
- If you are running the app on a device with Android 7.0 or higher, you might need to pull down the notification bar and select the connected USB device before the app starts (this is device dependent)
- If the app does not start automatically when you plug in your phone, you can always open HUR, tap the USB button and select the phone from the list.
Wifi Mode
READ SECOND POST
Incoming connection Mode
READ SECOND POST
Self Mode (when Android Auto and HUR are running on the same device)
- Open Android Auto on the phone, go to Settings and tap the Version 10 times to become a developer
- Once you are a developer from the 3 dotted right corner select Start Headunit Server
- Close Android Auto
- Start HUR
- Select SelfMode
FAQ / Troubleshoot
All I get is a black screen
- If you are using an Android powered headunit (Joying, Xtrons, etc) look for a setting on your device which allows Video Playback during drive
- Try changing HUR settings and enable Software decoding
HUR crashes after start
- Try changing HUR setting and disable "Media Workaround"
Wifi Autostart doesn't work
- Option will be removed as it's not deprecated. See intents below on how to achieve this.
What does the "Share GPS" do?
- Share GPS actually forwards the GPS data of your device to the phone, so phone will need to do less work, comes really handy if you have an Android powered headunit, with external GPS antenna, however, if you using a tablet which is built into the dashboard, it's possible that you want to turn off this feature, because your phone will have a more accurate GPS fix.
What is the Sink Audio
- This option enabled HUR to work as a speaker for your phone. If you disable this option, all the sounds will be outputted on your phone speaker (or if your phone is connected to a Bluetooth device, then they will be played back on that)
My carrier doesn't provide data allowance for Wifi, what can I do?
Wifi data used between phone and tablet is classed as intranet not internet so it won't count against your data usage, but do be careful if you have auto-updates enabled on the device running HUR those updates will be downloaded over the phone's Wifi hotspot and that will incur data costs.
I have audio-sink enabled but phone calls are coming from the phone speaker. Why?
Android Auto is designed to sink all the audio over USB (Wifi) except phone calls where it will ALWAYS use a Bluetooth headset, if none is connected it will just flip the phone to speaker mode.
Are any hardware keys supported?
- Volume Up
- Volume Down
- Media Next
- Media Prev
- Media Play
- Media Stop
- Media Rewind
- Phone answer key (In case of incoming call it will answer the call, in case of not being on a call it will take you to the dial pad
- F key - Same as Phone Key
- M Key - Mic
- H Key - Takes you to home screen
What about intents?
- gb.xxy.hr.WIFI_START Can be used to start HUR and try to connect using Wifi.
- gb.xxy.hr.playpause Same as pressing the Play/Pause media button.
- gb.xxy.hr.next Same as pressing the Next media button.
- gb.xxy.hr.prev Same as pressing the Prev media button.
- gb.xxy.hr.mic Triggers microphone input.
- gb.xxy.hr.phone Same as pressing the dial key (answer phone call when ringing, takes you to dialer screen otherwise).
- gb.xxy.hr.day Enables day theme.
- gb.xxy.hr.night Enables night theme.
- gb.xxy.hr.togglenight Switches between day and night theme.
I need more help.
- Feel free to ask a question on this thread, or you can always drop me an email to [email protected]
How do I collect a bug report / logcat
1. Enabling Developer Mode
- 1. Open Settings > About phone.
- 2. Scroll down to the Build number.
- 3. Tap the Build number 7 times in quick succession until "You're now a developer" appears.
- 4. Return to the Settings menu and select Developer options.
- 5. At the top of the screen, make sure 'Developer options' is set to On (green).
- 6. Scroll down to Debugging and enable both USB debugging and Bug Report Shortcut on (green).
- 7. Tab on Logger buffer sizes: Default setting is 256K. Select 16M to help capture more information for debugging. Of note, it can affect the apps performance especially with lower spec phone, so change it back after you have finished submitting bug reports.
2. Capturing a Bug Report
It's very important to do this right after you experience the issue again, so your device can log at least one occurrence of the issue.
- 1. Hold the Power button down until the menu appears.
- 2. Select Take bug report. and wait for the device to capture the bug report.
- 3. Tap the 'Bug report captured' notification when it appears.
- 4. Share the bug report. (I recommend to email it to yourself.)
- 5. Download the bug report to your computer.
- 6. Send the bug report by email to [email protected]
Setup demo
18Wifi Mode Setup - Starting with HUR 5.2
Method 1 (prefered)
Only available if phone runs Android 9 or higher
Phone Setup:
- Install Wifi Launcher for HUR on the phone ( https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.borconi.emil.wifilauncherforhur thanks to @gvillo89 for rewriting the app)
- Open the app and select the car's BT adaptor from the list (make sure phone is NOT connected to the car's BT, but BT is enabled!)
- For Android 10 and above make sure you set location permissions to ALWAYS, otherwise it won't work
- Enable Listening mode in HUR -> Settings -> Connectivity
- Restart HUR
- If phone is already connected to the car's BT disconnect and reconnect
- This won't work on all units. It needs to know the phones BT address (you can set it up in HUR -> Settings -> Connectivity).
- Phone setup is identical as above, but it becomes mandatory to give WiFi Launcher access to notifications!
- When you press the button on the car screen it will turn on the hotspot and send a message over BT to the WiFi Launcher app which will try to initiate the connection
Potential problems & solutions:
- HUR can't turn on WiFi:
- you can try to use other ways to turn on the hotspot, for example manually or using tools with root access - HUR can't automatically configure the hotspot:
-This will happen if the unit running is based on Android 8 and above. Make sure you manually set the hotspot name to: HUR and the password to: AndroidAutoConnect - Phone connects but has no internet access:
- Each phone is different, but usually there is some setting under the phones WiFi settings which suggest to allow mobile data while connects to WiFi. In some cases you have to forget the HUR network on the phone, then when you re-connect to it make sure you don't tap the notification which says the WiFi has no network. Hard to give exact advice because of so many different implementation on phone side.
Method 2
Available on all phones including those running Oreo and below
Phone:
- Open Android Auto
- go to settings, scroll down and tap the "version" 10 times you will become a developer
- Now from the 3 dotted top corner menu select, "Start headunit server"
- Exit Android Auto
- Create a Wifi hotspot
- Connect to the phone's hotspot
- Open HUR (Headunit Reloaded)
- Press the Wifi button.
Automation
To automate starting of HUR when connected to a Wifi network you can use your preferred automation app, for example macrodoid or tasker or anything else, using intents. The intent needs to be configured like this:
- Action: "gb.xxy.hr.WIFI_START"
- Packaged: gb.xxy.hr
- Type: Broadcast
- Receiver Class: gb.xxy.hr.WifiReceiver
See below example screenshots for macrodroid and tasker.
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@googlebox:
Normally I try to take criticism in a positive and constructive way and I try to improve my service I'm providing.
Also when you bought the app you did bought support with it as well, indeed the app help button brings you to this thread as 99% of the issues/problems/solutions have been discussed in here, but in case you are still lost or not sure, you can at any given time shoot me an email and normally I reply in max 24 hours. If there is one thing I pride myself with is that I really do my best and try to go the extra mile to give support to all users, which is sometimes an extensive and exhausting thing to do, and this will be reflected in the reviews as well.
Now to echo the above quote, without actually saying what is the problem, where are you stuck, what have you done, it's really hard to give you any guidance.
Judging from your comment, I'm guessing that you try to connect the 2 devices over WiFi but maybe I'm wrong and you try to connect them over a USB cable, while I don't like to be arrogant, I will make an exception this time. The LAYMAN, will understand to have Android Auto wireless in a car it will cost him $500+ if he/she goes to buy a Kenwood/Pioneer receiver and then pay another $100+ for fitting. The layman won't try to cut the corner and have some tablet fitted into the dashboard trying to mirror the screen, that is not a layman any more. So if you do consider yourself a layman, please feel free to go and pick up a unit which can offer you the desired solution, I will refund you the app price no problem so you can spend it on that solution.
I have never ever refused a refund from anyone even if they used the app, if they weren't happy with it, I even send copies away for free, when some users contacted me that they can't afford it, I've spent sometimes hours with users on different issues and support, in some rear cases I drove down to personally help out the users so your comment, really made it personal and I think this is the very first time I took a comment personal. So to answer you in a question, RTFM if you can't manage tough luck shoot me an email and I'll refund you.
Once again I do apologise for the harsh language.9
