[MOD] AppRadio Unchained - Full mirroring for Pioneer AppRadio 2 and 3
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Screen calibration is working in the paid version. Using an Amazon fire stick via hotspot was never supported. Casting is mostly outside of the app anyway. The app only tries to automatically start casting to Miracast or Chromecast devices. For a Chromecast it can also automatically enable the hotspot. Even so it's not recommended to use a Chromecast if your phone supports Miracast. Even when a Chromecast has internet access via a hotspot, it will sometimes not connect. Also for the wifi hotspot to work your provider should allow wifi tethering. If not, it won't work anyway.
Yes my provider allows hotspot . Everything on the fire stick works on my hotspot but when I go to mirroring it can't find the device . I read I need a other hotspot to connect to to get around this problem . Good to know screen calibration is working on the paid app. One more thing is there a way to turn the phones screen off but not be at the lock screen on the radio ? It really drains the batter with screen on all the time
Edit second screen fixes display on . @Area51© if I buy the paid app which one should I get ? Rooted or no root ? I see the unrooted one is more updated . And if screen calibration still don't work how do I get refund ?
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Ok the fire stick can do Miracast but my OnePlus 5t can't see it for some reason I think I have to connect to it via WiFi direct . Anyways I got casting working on hotspot by installing anyscreen on the fire stick . Now just need to know how to turn phone screen off but still use every on the radio and not be stuck at the lock screen
Ok everything is working now on free app. With second screen and setting resolution to 1080 . If it's set to default then the radio touch screen is not correct
Ok everything is working now on free app. With second screen and setting resolution to 1080 . If it's set to default then the radio touch screen is not correct
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I use ARU since 2014. At the beginning i was using MHL on my Nexus 4. Today, it's really hard to find if your phone is compatible with MHL or other wire tech.
Since my Galasy S6 egde, i use wireless to cast my screen.
My advise is to use a miracast / Chromecast (in my experience, chromecast works better but need an internet connection). So if your car is park underground, you will need to get out before casting to chromecast... shame on google !!!!)
I think you need a good phone if you want to have a good experience with ARU. Apps are heavier and heavier so don't miss about processor. (Snapdragon 7/8 series will perform well).
You need to keep in mind that your phne is the key and your Appradio is only a bridge. If you choose a broken screen, it will be hard for you to configure your phone before connect t to appradio.
I use ARU since 2014. At the beginning i was using MHL on my Nexus 4. Today, it's really hard to find if your phone is compatible with MHL or other wire tech.
Since my Galasy S6 egde, i use wireless to cast my screen.
My advise is to use a miracast / Chromecast (in my experience, chromecast works better but need an internet connection). So if your car is park underground, you will need to get out before casting to chromecast... shame on google !!!!)
I think you need a good phone if you want to have a good experience with ARU. Apps are heavier and heavier so don't miss about processor. (Snapdragon 7/8 series will perform well).
You need to keep in mind that your phne is the key and your Appradio is only a bridge. If you choose a broken screen, it will be hard for you to configure your phone before connect t to appradio.
It doesn't work with the SPH-DA138TV as it has AppRadio Mode+ which is AppRadio Mode via USB. The app only supports AppRadio mode via HDMI / Bluetooth. This is only available on some now older Pioneer head units.
Just to be complete AppRadio Mode+ used to be called AppRadio One and is not supported either.
Love this app! Worked amazing with my Galaxy S8.. upgraded to the S10 monday and the app wouldn't keep stable, kept saying HDMI disconnected.. (ordered new cables incase thats the problem)
Stupidly I thought uninstalling the app would be a good idea and re installing it! ... now googleplay says I have to pay £22 again for it [emoji15][emoji2369][emoji2369]!?!?
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Stupidly I thought uninstalling the app would be a good idea and re installing it! ... now googleplay says I have to pay £22 again for it [emoji15][emoji2369][emoji2369]!?!?
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I googled what happened and I saw this, I went through the process and it's not there [emoji26]! Non of my apps from my previous phone are there!? Same googleplay account same google email same as last phone just nothing shows up?!Area51[emoji2398 said:
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Google went much help, it's like my purchase was a ghost!?
I re bought the app as I like it too much and was tipped £35 today so Its no loss now [emoji16]!!
One thing I'm having a problem is that when it loads up on to my headunit now, the resolution is out? It's much smaller in height so there is a big black area above and under what's on my head unit screen, where as before on my S8 it filled the headunit screen, is this something the S10 gets? Dont suppose anyone knows ways to adjust the screen resolution??
Or should I brave trying to reinstall the app? (I dont have the original appradio app on my phone, only the unchained)
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I re bought the app as I like it too much and was tipped £35 today so Its no loss now [emoji16]!!
One thing I'm having a problem is that when it loads up on to my headunit now, the resolution is out? It's much smaller in height so there is a big black area above and under what's on my head unit screen, where as before on my S8 it filled the headunit screen, is this something the S10 gets? Dont suppose anyone knows ways to adjust the screen resolution??
Or should I brave trying to reinstall the app? (I dont have the original appradio app on my phone, only the unchained)
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The S10 has 19:9 aspect ratio. When using a wired HDMI adapter that can't be changed. However you can adjust the head unit to have the screen filled (though slightly stretched). Which I am sure you did with your S8 as well.
For instructions see last page, #5 of the app's user's manual. In case you can't get it to work see #6 as well.
Thanks, I was wondering why the yellow line thing wasnt working [emoji23] !! I assume I have to download the original appradio app and go through the configuration when it first starts up on my unit to get to the screen fittingArea51[emoji2398 said:
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80This mod is not developed / maintained anymore.
The mod is based on an (now) old version of the Pioneer AppRadio app that does not support the latest Android versions and head units.
If it works then it works but if not then you are on your own. There is no support. Also the ARUnchained GPS Injector app is not developed anymore.
To use AppRadio Unchained please get the paid version from the Play store called ''AppRadio Unchained Reloaded".
For details see here: AppRadio Unchained Reloaded
If you don't want to root your phone and have Android 7 or higher there's AppRadio Unchained Rootless
Old information:
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21Kick off of AppRadio Unchained Reloaded
Today I decided to start working on the standalone version of AppRadio Unchained. When finished it will not be a mod of the original Pioneer app anymore but a completely independent app so it can be available in the play store. The GPS injecting functionality will be included so there's only one app for everything. It will also remove the overhead of the Pioneer app so the touch response can be better too.
For now the working title will be AppRadio Unchained Reloaded.
The first things that will be done are as following:
1) Reverse engineer AR3 communication protocol.
2) Implement AR3 communication protocol.
I will keep you updated on the progress.12FAQ
ARUnchained GPS Injector
The ARUnchained GPS Injector app has two parts inside. One is the GPS service and one is the UI activity.
The service is the part that injects the GPS data into mock locations. ARU 0.14 and up will start this service automatically when a bluetooth connection is made to the HU (at the same moment that the rotation locker is started). The GPS service is stopped when bluetooth is disconnected.
The UI activity is started when you start the ARUnchained GPS Injector app from the launcher. It shows the status of the GPS service and also the actual GPS data. The purpose is to be able to check whether the service is working properly. With the start / stop buttons the GPS service can manually be started / stopped.
For the GPS service to work Mock locations has to be enabled. To use the phone built in GPS, Mock locations has to be disabled. It can become tedious to set this manually so ARUnchained GPS Injector has an auto on/off Mock locations feature. In order for this to work ARUnchained GPS Injector has to be converted into a system app.
This involves moving "mars.area51.arunchainedgps.apk" from "/data/app" to "/system/app". This can be done with root explorer for instance. Set permission to rw-r--r-- and reboot your phone. On Android 4.4 (KitKat) you should move the apk to "/system/priv-app" folder instead.
For pre-KitKat Android versions converting to system app can be done using Titanium backup:
Open Titanium Backup
Search for ARUnchained GPS Injector
Long press and choose convert to system app
Reboot phone.
Converting to system app using free ES File Explorer
1. Make sure in ES File Explorer, Root Explorer is enabled and Mount R/W is on RW
2. Copy pkg.apk in /mnt/asec/mars.area51.arunchainedgps-1 to SDCard and rename it 'mars.area51.arunchainedgps-1.apk'
3. Install 'mars.area51.arunchainedgps-1.apk' from SDCard
4. Move 'mars.area51.arunchainedgps-1.apk' from 'data/app' to /system/app or /system/priv-app on 4.4.x
5. In /system/app or /system/priv-app select 'mars.area51.arunchainedgps-1.apk' and in menu select Install.
6. After install reboot
How to make a logcat using an app called Catlog
Start Catlog logcat through app menu and select record.
Select home button so you leave Catlog app running.
Go through process to start ARU and connect to AR.
Once you know the bug was created, open the Catlog app from notification bar (this stops recording).
Select the recording, which is named by date-timestamp...from action selection pick share by email...this zips the logcat and system info txt files into one zip.
Email to self and share the zip with dev by email or any other method you want.
On my Samsung phone not the whole screen is shown but a part is cut off
A) The default Samsung launcher doesn't handle landscape well. The solution is to install an alternative like Nova launcher.
On my Samsung phone touch stops working after calibration
A) Verify your phone is rooted properly.
B) On Android version 4.3 and higher Samsung has Knox security and SELinux is in enforcing mode.
This somehow prohibits accessing the /dev/uinput device which is required to be able to input touch/key events on system level.
In order for ARU to work Knox has to be disbled and SELinux has to be in permissive mode.
Possible fix 1:
First install an app called Android Terminal Emulator then open a terminal and type
the following lines pressing enter after each line:
su
pm disable com.sec.knox.seandroid
Now wait a bit till knox is killed and finally type:
setenforce 0
If this works, you have to do it every time you reboot your phone. It can be automated with Tasker for instance
Possible Fix 2:
Install the Xposed framework and the Wanam module.
At Security hacks tick " Disable Knox notifications" and "Disable SEandroid".
Reboot.
Possible Fix 3:
If the other fixes don't work and your bootloader isn't locked you can try to install a custom kernel that has Knox disabled and SELinux in permissive mode by default.
Keyboard use
It's not necessary to install Car Keyboard. Only the original Pioneer AppRadio app needs that.
Note that the virtual keyboard created by ARU is sometimes incorrectly detected as a hardware keyboard.
This prevents the software keyboard to be shown and makes it impossible to enter anything.
To check / set the keyboard settings:
- Click the menu button on ARU.
- At the right bottom click on "Change input method"
- A pop-up is shown that CarKeyBoard has to be installed. Ignore it by clicking OK.
- The dialog for selecting the input method is shown.
- Make sure hardware keyboard is switched off.
Use of the hardware buttons:
The home, menu and back button now work as advertised.
To go back to the native interface you have to open the AppRadio app manually and then press the home button.
To go to the AppRadio app easily, swipe down the status bar and click the AppRadio notification.
Fast option to go back to the native interface: Double click the home button, touch the blue bar in the middle with 4 squares on the left.
Release notes pre-beta release 2
Multitouch implemented.
Multitouch works now. AppRadio 3 has a bug which makes it a bit unpredictable.
Hardware keyboard issue fixed.
Sometimes the virtual keyboard created by ARU was incorrectly detected as a
hardware keyboard preventing the software keyboard to be shown. Fixed now.
Options menu available.
The options menu can be reached from the app's main screen. There's now an additional ARU
option sub menu available with two options:
Rotation locker.
Invert XY coordinates.
When in AppRadio Mode homescreen, select menu button, select ARU, there you will see the ARU feature options...only accessible when connected to HU at this time.
Options can be set but will only become active after force stopping the app and then restarting it.
Go to Settings->Apps->AppRadio Unchained and do a Force stop. After that just start ARU again
and the options will take effect.
Rotation locker.
Forces rotation to be in landscape when enabled.
Locker becomes active when a bluetooth connection is established with the radio.
Locker is deactivated when bluetooth is disconnected.
Invert XY-coordinates.
Necessary for some tablets and HDMI sticks.
Currently this options doesn't work well. Somehow it will switch mode during calibration, giving
incorrect calibration results. After that touches are at the wrong position meaning app is useless.
Will look into it soon.
Release notes pre-beta release 3
Steering wheel controls
Steering wheel controls are working now.
Currently supported are: previous track and next track.
There might be more but I couldn't get it out of my radio.
Of course there's volume, mute etc. but that is handled directly by the radio
and never sent to the phone.
In case there are commands sent by the radio to the phone besides the ones already implemented the logcat will contain this:
Don't know how to translate RemoteCtrlInfo = <number>. Let me know the number and what remote control command you were
issuing and I can add it.12Development proposal
First of all I want to say is that I love working on ARU. In fact if I could make enough money by doing that to make a living it would be the only work I would do.
The only way to do it right is to make an AppRadio Unchained standalone version that doesn't require the Pioneer app at all. This has several advantages:
- Development is easier because now it's a bit of a pain to integrate the mod and the Pioneer app.
- It's a lot easier to add features.
- It's a lot easier to add connection improvements/workarounds.
- The app won't have the unnecessary overhead from the Pioneer app.
- GPS injection will be integrated.
There's of course disadvantages:
- The communication protocol has to be reverse engineered for each radio type.
- Quite a lot of testing is required to verify that the communication is working properly.
- Obviously there's quite some work involved implementing the communication.
In a few weeks my current assignment at a customer ends and I might have a timeslot for working on ARU standalone. In short my proposal is a crowdfunding idea. It would need 650 people to pay 20$ upfront via Paypal. At my normal rate this allows me to work on ARU for one month (I admit I am not paid badly). I will throw in another month for free and one more if required. This should be enough time to get it working. I will guarantee that you get a working version. If not, I will refund your money. After development is finished it will be in the Play store for 30$ (same as ARL) so if you pay upfront you will have a discount of 10$.
The initial version will support AR2 and AR3 (those I have myself). For other models I need the help of some of you to create communication logging and to do some testing once the protocol is implemented. Also I can buy some other models if required.
I will return in a few weeks. In the meantime you can think about it.11AppRadio Unchained Reloaded progress
Here's a short update so that you know I am still working on it.
I have been working the last few days on creating the alpha version of Reloaded. I refactored the prototype completely so that it's more or less logically structured.
Today worked on integrating all components and got everything working. So touches, keys, SWCs and GPS is received via Bluetooth and injected into the system. It's really great that I can use the debugger now. With the ARU mod version that was not possible.
After that worked on getting the Bluetooth connection bullet proof. I did quite some experiments with it but still want to improve it. One thing I noticed that toggling Bluetooth from on to off and then on again really helps a lot to make a quick connection so I will try to implement that for the first alpha release.
I still have to work on the GUI so it looks a bit nicer and add an options menu. Also want to implement the AR2 communication protocol so for the first alpha release AR3 and AR2 are supported.
I hope to have an alpha release ready somewhere next week.
