Top/Must apps for car head units

[rel1988]

Hello everyone,

Lets start a new post, that will help each other to get familiar with new/top/best/must apps for android head units. :good:

I think it would be best if we stick to "TOP-10" per post...or maybe TOP per category (Navigation, music, etc etc...)
and thats because we can easily get dragged to top-30 top-50 , and that will be extremely confusing.. :angel:

Requirements - The apps must be fully/mostly compatible with android head-units.
Doesn't matter if they are free or not.

Thanks!

 

[Bokomaru]

Tasker

 

[rel1988]

Tasker

what special settings/conditions did you define in tasker?

Might have some good tips for us

 

[qtpie70]

I got poweramp installed to replace the stock music app. I used HeadUnit to forward steering wheel next/forward buttons to poweramp. It works great so far. Next, i want to configure poweramp to start playing automatically when the unit boots up. I have tried a few things, but not refine yet.

Lastly, i want to change the steering wheel "Mode" button to cycle between Music and Nav apps only, but have not figured out a way to it in exposedMTC app yet. The factory configuration for "Mode" button is to cycle through Radio, Music, Video, DVD, Nav, Avin, etc... too many of whcih that I don't want to cycle through.

 

[Grims]

AutoMate seems like it be a good fit

 

[PatrickHenninger]

I'm a new guy here on XDA, but it seems like Torque (Pro) is an absolute must have.

 

[jordanow]

Wouldn't it be nice to list all the given apps in the first post?

 

[PatrickHenninger]

Wouldn't it be nice to list all the given apps in the first post?

I think that's up to the OP to go back and edit the post as more replies come in.

 

[ownerpredator]

Here goes my list: (or at least the one I´ve installed)
- Waze: Absolute must to avoid traffic
- Spotify
- Torque

 

[htc-rocks]

What navigation apps are people using? I like Google Maps and Waze but I want an offline option for when data connection is not availabe. I'm thinking of using TomTom Go but is there anything better?

I also plan on using spotify, poweramp and torque.

 

[witor19]

Waze to beat traffic here in LA
Spotify always on



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[2safe4you]

For Navigation i like the Navigon App. But under 4.4.4 it is not so good running in My Car Unit. I also search for a Offlinemap Solution. The Lady Talk Not every time.


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[drharder]

I use Poweramp, Torque, and then Sygic for GPS navigation (Here also seems to work alright)

 

[exitido]

I use always:

Torque with Speedometer
Icoyote in Europe
Google Play music

 

[mishtevan]

GPS

I use Gaia GPS for offline offroad TOPO maps since this is installed in my truck.

Does anyone have a good app solution to manage 10-20GB of music that is plugged into the external USB port on a 1TB portable HD?

I can get a file manager to see the music files / playlists, but I can't get a music program to see the music/playlist files so that I can easily listen to the music. Any advice?

 

[dadd10]

I use Folder Player Pro for my music, I have a folder for each artist with sub folders for albums, lacks media graphics if you like that sort of distraction whilst driving but functionally great.

For navigation I like iGO Primo because I can save locations from Google Earth to Dropbox and my HU syncs with these as custom POIs in iGO Primo using Dropsync, you can also install custom skins on iGO Primo for increased functionality.

Also uses offline maps

 

[nixfu]

I know some people really like PowerAmp, but I found that I like MediaMonkey for music better. I have about 30GB on the SD Card and it works great. Has good widget to put on the screen as well. In MediaMonkey you can go in the settings and tell it exactly what folders and path's to search for music and it will search and index all the files.

 

[Valaran]

I know some people really like PowerAmp, but I found that I like MediaMonkey for music better. I have about 30GB on the SD Card and it works great. Has good widget to put on the screen as well. In MediaMonkey you can go in the settings and tell it exactly what folders and path's to search for music and it will search and index all the files.

poweramp does all that tasks

For offline GPS navigation, HERE maps from Nokia works fine ! You can download maps by country or part of country if you want. Then you switch to "offline" navigation and it uses only stored maps. He got traffic info but i prefer Waze when online is up

es file explorer to move files is a fine tool too.

 

[flydeep]

I wanted to do the exact same thing on my Joying RK3188 unit, Highlander version. After much trial and error found out that there is a bug in XposedMTC that prevents it from switching to Navi if video is not set right (crashes after 2-3 swaps). So I disabled all options in XposedMTC, so clicking on Mode hard button will start the music app (Poweramp in my case). I used the hard Navi button to switch to Navigation and "Phone Down" button for "Back Screen" option. This combo seems to be working quite well over the last week or so I have been using. Another key thing is that when you change any option in XposedMTC, close this and start XposedInstaller > Framework > Install. This will require a device reboot and the settings seem to reflect in mine only after this is done.

I got poweramp installed to replace the stock music app. I used HeadUnit to forward steering wheel next/forward buttons to poweramp. It works great so far. Next, i want to configure poweramp to start playing automatically when the unit boots up. I have tried a few things, but not refine yet.

Lastly, i want to change the steering wheel "Mode" button to cycle between Music and Nav apps only, but have not figured out a way to it in exposedMTC app yet. The factory configuration for "Mode" button is to cycle through Radio, Music, Video, DVD, Nav, Avin, etc... too many of whcih that I don't want to cycle through.

 

[TOMMYX2]

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