Possible to use side loaded app with android auto

[yamahakid]

I know that Google has blocked side loaded apps from working with android auto, but for one reason or another I choose to use a side loaded version of an app rather than the play store version. I know the play store vests with android auto, as I have tried it.

Is there any way to get the side loaded app wot work with android auto?

 

[ireknole]

I know that Google has blocked side loaded apps from working with android auto, but for one reason or another I choose to use a side loaded version of an app rather than the play store version. I know the play store vests with android auto, as I have tried it.

Is there any way to get the side loaded app wot work with android auto?

I think that as long as the app is compatible with Android auto, it doesn't matter if it's sideloaded or downloaded from the play store.

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[mikereidis]

I think that as long as the app is compatible with Android auto, it doesn't matter if it's sideloaded or downloaded from the play store.

If we are talking about Android Auto enabled messaging or music apps, such apps have to be approved by Google before being allowed on Google Play. (I presume Play automatically blocks uploaded apps that contain permissions to be an AA app.)


But if you develop your own AA compatible app and need to test it before Google ever looks at it, there is a procedure to do that and I think it goes through Play as a special beta.

So, yeah, maybe sideloaded AA apps don't work; I don't know, I never tried. But I'd hope the OP is asking because he tested it and it didn't work.

OP: Is it a paid app ? Which app ?

 

[ireknole]

If we are talking about Android Auto enabled messaging or music apps, such apps have to be approved by Google before being allowed on Google Play. (I presume Play automatically blocks uploaded apps that contain permissions to be an AA app.)


But if you develop your own AA compatible app and need to test it before Google ever looks at it, there is a procedure to do that and I think it goes through Play as a special beta.

So, yeah, maybe sideloaded AA apps don't work; I don't know, I never tried. But I'd hope the OP is asking because he tested it and it didn't work.

OP: Is it a paid app ? Which app ?

Right. I'm basically saying that it has to be on the play store to use. That's what I meant by "compatible", it's already Google approved.

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[mistermojorizin]

Anyone have any new insight into this? it's frustrating. i downloaded latest play services from apk mirror, and it threw my AA for a loop. same thing with maps. How does AA know if the app is from the play store? I tried using TiBu to associate the app with the play store, but it didn't work. There needs to be an xposed module or something for this. It's like I have to be careful what I can install now. And when I say it threw me for a loop, I don't mean i just had to uninstall the sideloaded app and reinstall from the market (well that worked with maps, but not play services). That was a pain, and it kept force closing even after re-updating from play store. I had to uninstall everything and re-download everything from play store.

 

[aashishtheaasik]

I have a sideloaded Spotify(patched for playing actual song rather than radio just like in tablets) in my phone , but in android auto, it doesn't show up as music app. When I delete it and install Spotify from play store, I can see it. Any workaround for this?

 

[mikereidis]

I have a sideloaded Spotify(patched for playing actual song rather than radio just like in tablets) in my phone , but in android auto, it doesn't show up as music app. When I delete it and install Spotify from play store, I can see it. Any workaround for this?

You may be able to install the patched version over the Play version.

Install from the phone, or if that doesn't work try this from the command line of a USB connected computer that has the Google ADB utilities installed:

adb install -r -d Spotify.apk

 

[acinad]

I have a sideloaded Spotify(patched for playing actual song rather than radio just like in tablets) in my phone , but in android auto, it doesn't show up as music app. When I delete it and install Spotify from play store, I can see it. Any workaround for this?

Sideloaded apps will not work, only apps installed by the Playstore. HOWEVER! You can still use xposed modules that work on Playstore apps. I have an older version of Spotify and Pandora installed by the Playstore that I haven't updated, and I use xposed modules with them and it works great. Pandora + Pandora patcher and Spotify + SpotifySkip work great on my Honda Civic 2016 AA unit. I get no ads, unlimited skips, and even "thumb up" downloads.

 

[laolaxyz]

I think this discussion fits pretty good into this thread.... (is there a need for a xposed AA module)

http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-auto-general/xposed-module-aa-t3357867

 

[marcjero]

Hi,

yes there is a solution to install AA apps without publishing them in the playstore. It's quite easy look here : https://pixplicity.com/setting-install-vendor-debug-app/
I tested it myself.

 

[rootMBX]

Wow...

Hi,

yes there is a solution to install AA apps without publishing them in the playstore. It's quite easy look here : https://pixplicity.com/setting-install-vendor-debug-app/
I tested it myself.

I've been jumping between keeping Xposed tweaks up-to-date and making sure my Play Store-installed apps never updated... Until now.

Verified working. Thank you.

Wonder if Google starts checking another way down the road...

 

[N-Forced]

Hi,

yes there is a solution to install AA apps without publishing them in the playstore. It's quite easy look here : https://pixplicity.com/setting-install-vendor-debug-app/
I tested it myself.

You saved me man, just installed AA in my car yesterday but my spotify version that works with spotify skip had to be side loaded on my phone so it wouldn't show in the music apps list in AA. This got it to work perfectly and I can still use all the same features I was using before.

 

[s4guy]

ADB Help

Hi,

yes there is a solution to install AA apps without publishing them in the playstore. It's quite easy look here :
I tested it myself.

This is not so easy for me. I've been struggling to get the method in the above link to work for installing spotify. I have adb running on my pc, my device is recognized, and I was able to successfully push the spotify.apk to my phone, but I'm getting an error when I try to run the second command. Can someone please help me out?

C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell pm install -i "com.android.vending" -r /sdcard/spotify.apk
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.android.commands.pm.Pm" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/system/framework/pm.jar"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:511)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:469)
Suppressed: java.io.IOException: Failed to open oat file from dex location '/system/framework/pm.jar'
at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFileNative(Native Method)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFile(DexFile.java:295)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:80)
at dalvik.system.DexFile.<init>(DexFile.java:59)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.loadDexFile(DexPathList.java:262)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.makeDexElements(DexPathList.java:231)
at dalvik.system.DexPathList.<init>(DexPathList.java:109)
at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.<init>(BaseDexClassLoader.java:48)
at dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.<init>(PathClassLoader.java:38)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.createSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:128)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.access$000(ClassLoader.java:65)
at java.lang.ClassLoader$SystemClassLoader.<clinit>(ClassLoader.java:81)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:137)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to open oat file from /system/framework/arm/pm.odex (error Failed to open oat filename for reading: No such file or directory) (no dalvik_cache availible) and relocation failed.
... 13 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException:
... 13 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Failed to remove obsolete file from /data/dalvik-cache/arm/[email protected]@[email protected] when searching for dex file /system/framework/pm.jar: Permission denied
... 13 more
Suppressed: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.android.commands.pm.Pm
at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.findClass(ClassLoader.java:781)
at java.lang.BootClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:841)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:504)
... 1 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Class not found using the boot class loader; no stack available

 

[marcjero]

Sorry guy I have no clue.
This is what I did :
adb shell [enter]
pm install -i "com.android.vending" /sdcard/spotify.apk[enter]
exit[enter}

 

[Gtech145]

Hi,

yes there is a solution to install AA apps without publishing them in the playstore. It's quite easy look here : https://pixplicity.com/setting-install-vendor-debug-app/
I tested it myself.

Thanks! Tested this on my Moto X and confirmed working in Android Auto.

 

[s4guy]

Sorry guy I have no clue.
This is what I did :
adb shell [enter]
pm install -i "com.android.vending" /sdcard/spotify.apk[enter]
exit[enter}

Yup that's what I did and no go. What a bummer. I wish there was an xposed module that could do this.

 

[AVFlores]

Anyway to send the apk with the vendor install code already in it? Or it has to be done through adb while connected to the USB to the phone. New to this.

 

[Polarbert]

Hi,

yes there is a solution to install AA apps without publishing them in the playstore. It's quite easy look here : http://usterki.hobby-elektronika.eu/lexus.html
I tested it myself.

Worked for me! So happy to have the big buttons on android auto.

I'd imagine that this will be the necessary method of installing for any updated versions of spotify not sought through the play store.

 

[Deleted member 1198227]

Is it possible with this method to install perhaps some app that is not for android auto? Eg some navigation program?
Thanks,

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[FlyingMik]

Is it possible with this method to install perhaps some app that is not for android auto? Eg some navigation program?
Thanks,

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I am highly interested in the answer to this question too!