[App][5.1+][Alpha] AnyAutoAudio - Use any audio app in Auto

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lordarach

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This is brilliant! Is there any chance you could take a look at Audify Music Player? It only lets me control via phone rather than car screen. I'd be happy to donate toward the cause.
 

NetSkipper

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So I've used AnyAutoAudio for Radio Caprice app.. All in all it works fine, I can see the song names, etc.. but in some occasions it stopped working.
Outgoing call from AA did that, and some sequence when I'm turning off the car and trying to connect the next day.
I guess that the app is no longer mantained and updated.. It's a shame, a really good app.
 

prot-

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I don't know why but when using Mixcloud and SoundCloud with this, most of the time the bass frequency is turned all the way down. Doesn't make sense?
 

masterain98

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Is 0.0.4 the latest version? It seems not working in the latest AA.

Update: NM found the apk from the thread.
 

Phil Olenick

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I accidentally discovered yesterday that I could play Android BubbleUPnP on my phone through my 2021 Camry's Android Auto connection simply by making sure that I had selected an Android Auto audio app on the car's display with nothing chosen to play.

Choosing Amazon Music with no music selected works for this. TuneIn Radio is more of a problem, since If any station is selected, turning up the car stereo's volume control will start that station playing and hijack the car stereo. If there's nothing selected to play, the Android Auto app will stay out of the way and I can use the car stereo's volume control to control Android BubbleUPnP. I still have to use the phone's controls to choose tracks and control their play.
 

pavichokche

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Hey, I know it's been a minute, but can you explain exactly how you fixed this problem? I'm using audify as well and I can't seem to get the car screen buttons to work and I have to open my phone to pause/skip
I believe this is the newest version:

 

maxthibault_

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I believe this is the newest version:

Thanks for the reply.
I already have this version installed. (0.1.1)
I think Audify has a problem specifically because it's notification has more buttons than standard. As you can see in the pictures I attached, Audify has a heart button to favorite a song, while Samsung music just has skip and pause buttons. This is just what my logic has told me since I can't see any other reason why it wouldn't work.

I've been digging through the app settings and I haven't found anything that might fix this. I'm very tempted to switch to Samsung music but I'd lose all the bonus features of this 3rd party app.

Audify:
Screenshot_20220616-180930_One UI Home.jpg


Samsung Music:
Screenshot_20220616-180903_One UI Home.jpg



P.S. if anyone has any other 3rd party app recommendations I am open to suggestions.
 

pavichokche

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Thanks for the reply.
I already have this version installed. (0.1.1)
I think Audify has a problem specifically because it's notification has more buttons than standard. As you can see in the pictures I attached, Audify has a heart button to favorite a song, while Samsung music just has skip and pause buttons. This is just what my logic has told me since I can't see any other reason why it wouldn't work.

I've been digging through the app settings and I haven't found anything that might fix this. I'm very tempted to switch to Samsung music but I'd lose all the bonus features of this 3rd party app.

Audify:
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Samsung Music:
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P.S. if anyone has any other 3rd party app recommendations I am open to suggestions.
See I would agree with you, however AAA works with Sporify and that has almost the exact same notification layout as the images you attached. Have you tried 'pinning' the app in AAA?
Anyway, I can definitely recommend Samsung Music. It's very good, and has a dedicated Android Auto app, so you don't even need AAA.
 

maxthibault_

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See I would agree with you, however AAA works with Sporify and that has almost the exact same notification layout as the images you attached. Have you tried 'pinning' the app in AAA?
Anyway, I can definitely recommend Samsung Music. It's very good, and has a dedicated Android Auto app, so you don't even need AAA.

AAA doesn't even recognize it as a music app so I can't pin it unfortunately, and there isn't any way to select apps that it doesn't automatically detect.
If there was some way to edit which apps are recognized as music apps that would fix it I'm sure.

I'm only hesitant to switch to Samsung because I am coming from Google play music and I can't believe how they totally banned all access to that app. I would prefer a smaller third party app that I know won't suddenly die on me.
 

pavichokche

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AAA doesn't even recognize it as a music app so I can't pin it unfortunately, and there isn't any way to select apps that it doesn't automatically detect.
If there was some way to edit which apps are recognized as music apps that would fix it I'm sure.

I'm only hesitant to switch to Samsung because I am coming from Google play music and I can't believe how they totally banned all access to that app. I would prefer a smaller third party app that I know won't suddenly die on me.
Google Play music was great, but access wasn't blocked to it. Google themselves just completely killed it in order to replace it with youtube music. I think Samsung music isn't going anywhere as long as Samsung is in business.
 

maxthibault_

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Google Play music was great, but access wasn't blocked to it. Google themselves just completely killed it in order to replace it with youtube music. I think Samsung music isn't going anywhere as long as Samsung is in business.
Yeah that's basically what I meant. It was working fine they could have just stopped updating it but instead they decided to remove it completely, even installing old versions wouldnt work anymore. I'll probably look for something on the app store that works since Samsung music isn't exactly what I'm looking for
 

ls13silvia

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Was working fine up until few days ago. Not sure what happened but when connecting through USB, I use to always get prompted which app I wanted to open with usb (obd2aa, AAA, etc.). Now, my phone does a little flash and nothing happens. This is with clearing cache and all data/restarting phone.

Anybody else? Note 10+
 

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    AnyAutoAudio
    So I was tired of not being able to use the audio apps I normally use in Auto and decided to try and do something about it. This app is the result :fingers-crossed:

    How does it work?
    By using the notification listener permission, the app is able to access the media session of any audio app that is running. This is then passed to Android Auto, which makes it possible to control as any normal Auto app. This also means that it is necessary to run the audio app(s) first before running Auto.

    I have several ideas for future features, but would like some feedback first and get rid of bugs. Take it for a spin!

    Howto:
    - Setup AnyAutoAudio from the app
    - Open and run music app(s)
    - Run Android Auto from phone or dashboard

    Latest progress update & ideas for the future:
    https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72587291&postcount=67

    Download:
    https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/dk.jonske.AnyAutoAudio
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    Install AnyAutoAudio directly from apk:

    If downloading the APK directly you need to allow unknown sources in Auto,

    - In the Android Auto app, tap the Hamburger menu.
    - Tap About.
    - Tap About Android Auto header 10 times, until a toast appears thar says "Developer mode enabled". Now you can access developer mode by selecting the overflow menu dots on the top right of the handheld screen.
    - Select Developer settings from the overflow menu and check unknown sources.

    Source: https://developer.android.com/training/auto/testing/index.html#phone

    Release notes

    0.1.0
    - Startup tutorial
    - new settings interface
    - FAQ
    - Feedback
    - Analytics
    - Pinned apps (browsing)
    https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73426860&postcount=108

    0.0.4
    - No more need for app list! Just run the music apps and open Auto.
    - Issue with controls not responding should be fixed
    - Lots of bug fixes


    0.0.3
    - Apps already with Auto implementation is filtered out
    - Queue implementation
    - If audio app is destroyed, just pause
    - Smaller app size
    - Error include audio app name

    0.0.2
    - System apps now allowed in app selection.
    - Basic voice control implementation. So far only "play music" seems to work ("pause", "play" etc. fails on Google's side)

    0.0.1
    - First alpha release
    - Basic control and metadata
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    Progress update!

    First of all, thank you all very much for the kind words and help you have given me! :D

    I have been working on bits and pieces of the app and believe I have found the way this development shall go ahead.

    There will be two apps, the normal on Google Play and a advanced on XDA Labs. As Google has a lot of restrictions, it is not possible to get the deep level access to music browsing that is wanted, so I am able to achieve this by having an "advanced" version on XDA Labs. I have already developed and tested this feature, and it works! I will need other bits finished before a release though. It will be a simple feature that opens the music app itself and upon music selection goes back to Auto. So if you use dashboard, the phone will change app and if you just use the app, it will just change. Simple and easy :)

    The first post has already been updated with a link to XDA Labs, but here it is (I even created the image :victory:):

    https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/dk.jonske.AnyAutoAudio
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    I do know there still is bugs, and I will attend them throughout the whole process :)

    The ideas I have for the future in general:

    - Proper settings UI
    - Intro screens
    - Feedback option
    - FAQ screen
    - Analytics (minded on the dual app solution)
    - Proper voice implementation
    - Search in app if possible (requires each music app to allows this)

    Advanced:
    - Pin music apps in auto
    - Launch music apps from auto, and return on music selection! (Yay!)
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    Hi everyone! A long overdue update:

    The development is still going strong, there have just been some vacation and work taking my time. Also, even though this is an alpha release I want to minimize the bugs as we’re closing in on 2k active users on the Play version alone. Even though I have to pull it from Google Play, more on this:

    From the first release of this app, every time I have uploaded a new build to Google Play there have been some issues with the build. Within Android Auto, Google only allows audio and messaging apps. Sometimes they would give me a limited approval, other times they would reject the build. The weird thing was that when it got rejected, I could just create the same build with a new version number and then it would be approved when I tried again or a little later. After getting the app released the first months this way, it became clear it wasn’t viable when I wanted to push small bugfixes.

    So I decided to reach out to Google, they looked into it and found that apps that allow other apps to play in AA are not allowed. So no point of keeping it on Google Play as I can’t update it. You can read their answer below.

    Thank you for contacting the Android Auto Team.

    I see that there is some confusion as to why your app, AnyAutoAudio (dk.jonske.AnyAutoAudio), did not qualify for Android Auto.

    After further investigation, we found your app does not qualify for Android Auto as we are currently only accepting two types of apps:

    • Audio apps that allow users to browse and play music and spoken audio content in the car.
    • Messaging apps that receive incoming notifications, read messages aloud via text-to-speech, and send replies via voice input in the car.

    Here are some specifics regarding this issue that are present in your app:

    Your app is not a media app but a tool for other media apps. Your app allows other media apps to play in the Android Auto UI and does not play media of it's own. This functionality is not approved for Android Auto.
    After you address the matter mentioned above, please submit a new version of your app and our team will gladly review it for you.


    I hope I was able to provide you with some clarification. If you have further questions or concerns please reach out to us again. We will be glad to help.
    So what’s next?
    From now on, only the XDA version will be updated. The advanced version are almost ready to go, I have been using it for over a month now and believe it is ready for a release next week. It is awesome!
    I know this is a long post for a change. But for those that are interested, I wanted to share it with you

    Finally, you guys are awesome! Firstly I can see you are great at helping each other when I have been away and as always, thank you for the kind words here, on email and etc. I will get to answer the post here, that have been unattended.
    Dev love <3
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    Hi all, the annoying play update is fixed and a updated have been pushed to XDA to set a higher app version :)


    I was using AnyAutoAudio with no problems then received a message telling me it was removed from google play. I came here to download the new apk and not it will not install, getting the message that the file is corrupt. Can you help me either with an older version that will install or a non corrupted version of the current apk. I really depended on this app to play my audio books through Android Auto in my car. Thank you.

    Hmm, is this happening both from XDA Labs and the website? You can find all previous versions here http://jonske.dk/archive.html
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    I tried this with Apple Music on a Samsung Galaxy S9. It caused my Android Auto to freak out and it kept rebooting / refreshing the Android Auto interface on my car. It was an endless loop of my screen flickering until I closed out the AnyAutoAudio app. I will definitely keep an eye on this app for an update.

    Same thing is happening with Apple Music on my S8.