[Android 4.1+] HeadUnit Reloaded for Android Auto with Wifi
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Where is a problem HUR reacting to OK google but after that he doesn't hear anything, tried various microphone setting in HUR settings but always the same, if possible I want use phone microphone for voice commands
P.S. if its hear Ok Google its can use microphone
P.S.S. Share GPS function not working properly in all versions, in 5/6 versions its share phone GPS with unit, if it is disabled on unit GPS but enabled on phone not work at all , in 7 you can disable it and use it with phone GPS, if enabled on unit but on phone disabled not working wit nav programs, tested with Waze/Google Maps/Tomtom GO
P.S.S.S. unit integrated GPS perfectly works outside HUR
Seicane headunit 1GB RAM, HUR v7, Phone Huawei P20 Pro EMUI 12, but same problem with LG V50 A12, Huawei Mate 20 Pro
P.S. if its hear Ok Google its can use microphone
P.S.S. Share GPS function not working properly in all versions, in 5/6 versions its share phone GPS with unit, if it is disabled on unit GPS but enabled on phone not work at all , in 7 you can disable it and use it with phone GPS, if enabled on unit but on phone disabled not working wit nav programs, tested with Waze/Google Maps/Tomtom GO
P.S.S.S. unit integrated GPS perfectly works outside HUR
Seicane headunit 1GB RAM, HUR v7, Phone Huawei P20 Pro EMUI 12, but same problem with LG V50 A12, Huawei Mate 20 Pro
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i have installed version 7 with wifi launcher after version 5 - i lost the android auto new layout with windows behind each other - and i can't enter something with keyboard.
in addition, the wifi launcher Criteria which now connects to auto hotspot with wifi on phone which make me cant reach 4g as the wifi netwrk already connected to auto without internet
can any one help
in addition, the wifi launcher Criteria which now connects to auto hotspot with wifi on phone which make me cant reach 4g as the wifi netwrk already connected to auto without internet
can any one help
How's MA1 with HUR working for you? Any lags, disconnects?
How quickly does it connect?
I tried a lot of combinations with HUR wireless AA but it's laggy as hell no matter what I do so I'm thinking of getting a wireless AA adapter to use with HUR...
Very well. It connects very quickly too. At first it seemed around 30 secs but now I would say more like 15. No lags whatsoever and no stutterring. The 5GHz wifi connection is identical to USB in quality. It does very rarely disconnect though - that is the nature of all 5GHz devices, auto toll barriers and certain areas on a long trip, but very rarely and reconnects seconds later. You might want to consider AAwireless too, since it's cheaper and made by the same company as HUR (also has the option of 2.4GHz and future Carplay too, I believe). I couldn't get it at the time.
I would say on balance I am very pleased I went this route since wireless connection is 100% automatic and reliable now. The great thing about the MA1 for me too, but might not be for others is there is no app - it is simply plug and play - which removes any further set up complications.
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@Emil Borconi, does HUR start any services even without it running? Maybe so that it can run self-mode without starting AA head unit server?
The reason I'm asking is that I'm having an issue with audio sink when using AA on actual Kenwood head unit even when HUR was not started on a freshly rebooted phone. After using AA on actual head unit then disconnecting and reconnecting AA again, audio will play from phone speaker instead. Over the weekend I isolated HUR by uninstalling and didn't encounter this issue over multiple reconnections. Today immediately after ending my trip, I reinstalled HUR and immediately reproduced this issue. I will uninstall HUR again for longer isolation but if it's a known issue, I would appreciate any heads up.
I only use HUR for testing in self-mode when away from car and audio sink is default checked. I remember having it checked produces no audio in self-mode few versions back after the recent refresh and reported it. This was fixed but iirc this issue coincided with this refresh. Whether or not before or after the fix, I'm not sure.
The reason I'm asking is that I'm having an issue with audio sink when using AA on actual Kenwood head unit even when HUR was not started on a freshly rebooted phone. After using AA on actual head unit then disconnecting and reconnecting AA again, audio will play from phone speaker instead. Over the weekend I isolated HUR by uninstalling and didn't encounter this issue over multiple reconnections. Today immediately after ending my trip, I reinstalled HUR and immediately reproduced this issue. I will uninstall HUR again for longer isolation but if it's a known issue, I would appreciate any heads up.
I only use HUR for testing in self-mode when away from car and audio sink is default checked. I remember having it checked produces no audio in self-mode few versions back after the recent refresh and reported it. This was fixed but iirc this issue coincided with this refresh. Whether or not before or after the fix, I'm not sure.
Hi folks, I am new to HUR and so far I have one question. In what case should I enable the audio sink feature as it hits the performance?
Hi all new to this. Can someone help me out. I installed the trial version and had Android auto working just fine via USB. I then bought the updated app and when I plug my USB in and select USB on HUR I can see my phone. I then select my phone and Android auto does not come up on the screen. My phone says it's running but all I see is the HUR menu.
Is there anyway to force HUR to switch to widescreen mode on 1080p display since the resolution option is no longer there?
Using HUR on Nexus 7 tablet and paired with Pixel 5. I get the warning on the tablet that the table and phone have to be on same network and use wifi launcher, I have created a hotspot on pixel and connected the tablet and I have started the wifi launcher and changed the AA settings to start the HU server. Now my phone says that it is looking for car display and when I click on the wifi in HUR, I get the warning about being on same network. I did get this to work using the trial but not now.
It's worth taking some time to actually read through earlier posts in these threads
Or contact the developer he is very helpful. Without Audio Sink, audio (except Blutetooth for calls) will go through your phone not the head unit; And DPI setting in HUR now controls aspect ratio - the lower the DPI, the higher the resolution and vice versa. Default is 240, I think, try a lower figure to get widescreen on your head unit display.I did try a figure of as low as 80 but it just made the overall UI very small but not widescreen.It's worth taking some time to actually read through earlier posts in these threads
The same here.
I tried everything. I changed several settings, checked permissions, connected via cable, wifi and wifi direct, and still no sound on my generic chinese android unit.
I also tried clear chache and data, restart both cel and unit, but no luck.
And yes, I enabled audio sink option on HUR.
I was using the HUR version 7.0.X and the sound was working fine, despite having dropped connections and the black screen bug.
But when I started using version 7.1.4, I had practically no more problems, with the exception of the audio that does not play on the unit.
@Emil Borconi, do you have any idea?
Short report of using HUR 7.1.4 last few weeks:
- Connections - no issues for me - working fine;
- Sound - still have issue when it's sometimes interrupted
- Random disconnect presents but not so often as on 7.0.4 - I faced ones or two times (I've changed content quality in YouTube music from hight to normal)
- Found new issue for me - when I make the call it's used via native car BT and after end of the call I get the black screen on my head unit (only reconnecting helps)
- And one more - HUR generates notifications for each sound (like next song or new navigation tip) and these notifications appears on AA and closes the up part of the screen (see attached photos).
@Emil Borconi could you please disable notifications for HUR at all (I mean notifications for car os)? I guess only native AA notifications should be presented. I use another apps for music and they don't send any notifications!
Sorry for quality of attached photos.
Very appreciated for useful app
Waiting for AAC support
HUR 7.1.4 and Wi fi launcher 3.8.2 used (wireless AA only) on Hyundai Mobis firmware with Oneplus 7 Android 12.1
- Connections - no issues for me - working fine;
- Sound - still have issue when it's sometimes interrupted
- Random disconnect presents but not so often as on 7.0.4 - I faced ones or two times (I've changed content quality in YouTube music from hight to normal)
- Found new issue for me - when I make the call it's used via native car BT and after end of the call I get the black screen on my head unit (only reconnecting helps)
- And one more - HUR generates notifications for each sound (like next song or new navigation tip) and these notifications appears on AA and closes the up part of the screen (see attached photos).
@Emil Borconi could you please disable notifications for HUR at all (I mean notifications for car os)? I guess only native AA notifications should be presented. I use another apps for music and they don't send any notifications!
Sorry for quality of attached photos.
Very appreciated for useful app
Waiting for AAC support
HUR 7.1.4 and Wi fi launcher 3.8.2 used (wireless AA only) on Hyundai Mobis firmware with Oneplus 7 Android 12.1
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1Does lower Pixel Density result in better performance in case of HUR? I am confused because the lowering the DPI results in more map area being displayed so that will lower performance right?
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8BTW, I got AAC audio to work, using FFMPEG, it does increase the APK size considerably but it should be able to work across devices universally. Need to clean up some code, and will be publishing next releases this week.7I've pushed the new version of HUR and WiFi Launcher to beta on playstore (website will follow as well):
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Also I've updated the description on how to connect over here: https://b3it.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/80001072238-connecting-using-wifi
Some of the big changes:
- AAC is here
- fixed a stupid oooppsy for USB
- went back to standalone activity instead of fragment, that is very old school and basic approach, but many of units have broken or partly broken frameworks resulting in all kind of weirdness, mainly black screen after reverse camera, so hopefully this will do now6
Thanks. Some are full of trojans, and will actually take you to playstore, others do offer the APK, it's a constant fight with them....
BTW, I have (again) made big changes on both HUR and WiFI launcher hope to have them out next week, should hopefully provide a more flexible way to connect automatically or manually over WiFi.
The AAC is a no go, quite a few units are not able to run 2 sessions of MediaCodec in parallel for decoding video and audio separately, so I left it untouched for now with raw PCM being used for audio.
Wanted to rewrite the whole app structure to jetpack compose, however that means to drop support for units running API below 21. Therefore I kept it almost the same as it was now, but reverted back to separate activity for the playback instead of using fragments, this should solve the black screen problem on some units after reveres camera or when putting the app in background and resuming.2
Apps behave differently (at least in terms of user interface) on Android and Android Auto. So, you should compare Waze on HUR to Waze on another Android Auto system, not to Waze on your phone or another Android device. Then, you can be sure if it's specific to HUR or not. I bet it's not specific to HUR, but it is the same on other Android Auto systems.2
Hi, thanks for the feedback
Actually, if AAC is possible on some devices, you could very well add it behind an audio setting that would be disabled by default. A lot of headunits do not have 5Ghz Wifi, and so, bandwidth isn't enough to guarantee reliable audio. We'd appreciate it a lot if you could add a "Force AAC codec" setting but use PCM by default -
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Version 7.X Released
- It has braking changes for WiFi, this is mainly due to recent Android SDK limits, like toggling WiFi, BT, getting Mac address and others. Therefore WiFi connection now does need a helper app on the phone.
- Dropped GLES20 as too many issues reported by different bad implementations
- Resolution is now automatically detected based on the cars screen.
- SelfMode (running on phone screen) works without the need of activating developer options in Android Auto.
Last edited: 07/02/2021
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.
Last edited: 21/06/2020
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
Self Mode (when Android Auto and HUR are running on the same device)
- Open HUR and press the self mode button. (you need to make sure Android Auto, Google Play Service, Google maps, Google Text To Speech is also installed on the device and it's up to date)
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
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.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]
19Wifi Mode - Starting with HUR 7.X
Braking changes with version 7.X
Only for phones running Android 9 or higher, if you still use Android 8 phone, you won't be able to connect over WiFi. Device running HUR, can have any version of Android.
Phone Setup:
- Install Wifi Launcher for HUR on the phone ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.borconi.emil.wifilauncherforhur&hl=en_US )
- Make sure you give the app all the permissions, including draw over other apps, otherwise it cannot start Android Auto from the background!
- 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!)
- If you want your phone to create the hotspot, turn on the option to Enable hotspot (this will probably not work if you are on Version in the USA due to carrier limitations!), likewise if you want your car to create the hotspot or you want to use an incar wifi module, leave this option turned off.
- Only turn on the legacy option if HUR specifically instruct you so.
- Connect to the phones hotspot or if you are using an incar WiFi connect to that network. Alternatively if you want HUR to create the hotspot and connect your phone to it, enable the option in HUR settings.
- Open HUR
As soon as the 2 devices are on the same network, HUR will fire up on your car screen.15Hi guys.
Sorry haven't been reading this thread and likely I will have limited time to read it in the future as well, that doesn't mean I'm not supporting the app any further, simply I can't spread myself to so many things.
I've seen a few comments, regarding resolution and some other issues, mainly WiFi Launcher and WiFi connection.
First off, I had taken those functions away because I had no choice, if I want the app to be available in playstore need to compile it with newer SDK, but newer SDK removes abilities to toggle BT for example, or get the devices Mac address, things which are crucial for native wireless Android Auto. Also new changes won't allow WiFi launcher to connect to a specific network, or to disconnect from the network, you can make requests but it's not guaranteed that it will be fulfilled, therefore wiped everything which existed before and started from 0 using Network Discovery Service, which SHOULD be a standard since Android 4.1, but found out it's not and some devices are missing it (hence the flurry of updates after version 7.0 rolled out). The concept is very simple, HUR advertise it's service on the network and WiFi Launcher connects to it, regardless who creates the network, or what WiFi network you are on, as long as it's the same network.
Resolution option, HUR now takes the best matching resolution available and the optimal for the screen. For example, if your screen runs on 1024x600 it will use 1280x720 resolution and add the margins to make the screen output be exactly 1024x600. If your screen is 600x1024 HUR will chose the 720x1280 as now Android Auto does support vertical resolutions as well. In above case selecting any higher resolution makes no sense as the image will still be cropped at 1024x600, and selecting lower resolution will mean HUR needs to upscale. Decoding video at 1080p should be no issue for any device manufactured in the last 10 years, even if it has to do it with CPU and not hardware accelerated. Manually changing resolution does not add any benefit, it creates more customer support, so while some persons might get upset about it, will most probably stick with the decision.
Majority of the problems with connection are coming from all kind of weird implementations and manufacturer broken standards and stuff. I try to make sure the app works for most, but genuinely there is no silver bullet and one size fits it all. In the last few years the number of Android powered units have exploded and they range from super cheap entry level stuff to very expensive sophisticated units, but simply that the unit is powerful in terms of specs, doesn't mean it has proper implementations. Xiaomi, for example still have native Wireless AA broken, even on Android 13, albeit it was supposed to work from Android 11, they have a bug where WiFi disconnects when the GSM/LTE signal is lost. Lenovo doesn't include the Network Service Discovery, many chinese units have broken video driver, where mediacodec gets in corrupted state after a surface is destroyed, and the list of issues can go on forever. So before trashing the app, do consider the above and realize that it's just impossible to make it good for everyone.
Also for support please use [email protected] email address as someone will pick that up, if there is a major incident on this thread please name tag me so I can have a read trough. There will be some more minor updates coming up to address some of the concerns, like no sound in self mode (app should ignore the audio sink setting when running in self mode, but it doesn't so that's an error on me) and other small things.11Hi guys.
As you probably know I'm pretty busy with a major project which means way less time for XDA. Sadly as we know XDA Labs went down for a while, and there are many of you who have purchased the app on XDA Labs and not able to access it any longer.
For all those, you can now used the following link: https://www.b3itlabs.com/download.php you will need to fill in the paypal email address you used to make the purchase, the page will then generate a one time unique link which will be emailed to you.
Link will allow you to download to pick and download the APK.
As I've said all links are one time use only, so you won't be able to share those links, if you need to re-download the app, you will need to request a new link.
I will be adding checkout option to the website as well hopefully in the near future so new users can get a copy of the apps if needed.
If you need any support, please contact me directly by email.
P.S. I'm working on a new version, of HUR, still need to fix some bugs, but should be a pretty big step forward compared to previous version.10
@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.
