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KRTirtho
Android Auto Support
Is there an existing issue for this?
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Pain
I really would like to use the App, but since I have a bigger distance to my work, it needs to work with AA.
Suggested solution
Adding support with Android Auto (at least with developer options on)
Useful resources
https://medium.com/@rusoni09/android-auto-integration-in-flutter-91de1e33c6f8
Additional information
I saw already this post: https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube/issues/60
Is it still not supported? Even with the developer options on? Is there maybe another way?
With the help of @TrueMB & @GitHub0901 a basic level of Android Auto support has been added :rocket:
There's no UI in the Android Auto app because Android Auto doesn't support 3rd party renderers like Flutter But basic media playback works (play/pause, skip to next/previous, track progress etc controls)
Thus user has to select their playlists/tracks & manage the queue (removing/adding, repositioning etc) from the mobile app for now :sweat:
Just as a proof (don't judge my music taste :p)
Unfortunately no UI for now :cry:
It's available in the nightly release https://spotube.krtirtho.dev/other-downloads/nightly-downloads
This is awesome and exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!
Would be nice for the future to have the possibility to change between Playlists, but this is not a must-have for me. I can create a car playlist or chose one before starting to drive.
Thank you so much!
Beforehand: I only used AA + Spotube 2 times yet. I will do a longer test at home tonight and maybe send a video as well.
What I see so far:
- Spotube doesn't stop running sound Apps and just plays in the Background. Seems to be sometimes directly on Android as well.
- There are also some Songs not playing. After I skip them, the next ones it sometimes works. For me this looks like a broken Download, which was cached and might work after deleting the App data. My reasoning: if it happens, then most of the time on the same song. Maybe it has something to do with this: https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube/issues/580
I will add the Android log in the next edit. Log.txt
It's available in the nightly release https://spotube.krtirtho.dev/other-downloads/nightly-downloads
You are great! Well done! Is a very important modification to the app, and I tell you a secret: Tidal don't work with AA ;) I will try it with AA and post some photos, but now Spotube is in the application list in my phone at AA :-) Great job and I will try to collaborate with the project :-)
Just as a proof (don't judge my music taste :p)
Unfortunately no UI for now 😢
this is only working with desktop head unit. not with in car aa unit. how to make that work in cars, can you pls post a video on that.
Sorry to say that fella but please learn from any tutorials. We can't help with anything that is not related to this project We expect the users to know how to use Android Auto
I didn't understand. Bcz i searched google and only find tutorials to run it in desktop unit. Other practices are through rooting. Its said only apps installed through play store appear in android auto. Give me something to continue. I am stuck
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Sorry to say that fella but please learn from any tutorials. We can't help with anything that is not related to this project We expect the users to know how to use Android Auto
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I didn't understand. Bcz i searched google and only find tutorials to run it in desktop unit. Other practices are through rooting. Its said only apps installed through play store appear in android auto. Give me something to continue. I am stuck
Search on Google for Android auto developer options. Also in the release note was mentioned: don't install it through the Playstore
If you mean turning developer options on and unknown sources its already done, still don't show ui in car unit
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I didn't understand. Bcz i searched google and only find tutorials to run it in desktop unit. Other practices are through rooting. Its said only apps installed through play store appear in android auto. Give me something to continue. I am stuck
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Search on Google for Android auto developer options. Also in the release note was mentioned: don't install it through the Playstore
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Ohh ok ok sorry my mistake. Worked But there is a problem, don't know if its my device only. After connecting to car I can start spotube from car apps list or phone, it just comes blank, black screen in mobile and keeps rotating in aa unit. But first opening on mobile and then connecting usb works fine. Also please work on changing tracks.
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Also make sure you selected it in AA[image: Screenshot_2023-08-19-16-31-51-84_31f2d1fb8a9cb6537600cbf449362b94.jpg] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/25579052/261803481-abe9fa69-fd44-42b8-8ac0-01ea00f898cb.jpg
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Take a look on the posts of the developer.
Also make sure that the app can starts in the background. That should fix the one issue
Beforehand: I only used AA + Spotube 2 times yet. I will do a longer test at home tonight and maybe send a video as well.
What I see so far:
* Spotube doesn't stop running sound Apps and just plays in the Background. Seems to be sometimes directly on Android as well. * There are also some Songs not playing. After I skip them, the next ones it sometimes works. For me this looks like a broken Download, which was cached and might work after deleting the App data. My reasoning: if it happens, then most of the time on the same song. Maybe it has something to do with this: [Spotube stops playing the next song after it finishes the current one #580](https://github.com/KRTirtho/spotube/issues/580)I will add the Android log in the next edit. Log.txt
To let you know, it seems to work perfectly fine since the last release. Sometimes there I got the weird Issues, if I am still connected to my wireless and start driving away from it, it keeps being connected to my wireless. Even if I am already down the street. After disabling manually the wireless, it seems to work. This was no problem without spotube. But since I know how to handle that, this is no problem.
Now to finalize, what would be nice as well:
- A Button to add the current playing Song to favorites
- A Menu to choose between the playlists
But like I already said, I am completely happy with the current features and using it now daily!
Edit: Also, after disconnecting Bluetooth Devices, it would be nice if Spotube stops playing the music. Depending on what volume you set your devices, this may end bad :D
Also, after disconnecting Bluetooth Devices, it would be nice if Spotube stops playing the music. Depending on what volume you set your devices, this may end bad :D
This one is crucial for every device. May be when output source changes Spotube will automatically stop (pause)
In my case it used to work during August with a Nightly build that introduced the AA functionality (I 'm sorry but I can't remember the exact version). Since then I 'm using the stable one, I 'm seeing the app on the AA's dashboard but when I open it it doesn't show my playlists. But if I play a song on mobile (from the app) it shows the "Playing Now" song. (forgot to tell you that currently I 'm using the f-droid build 3.2.0)
@zachvlat This is expected as currently flutter doesn't support Android Auto's UI.
Btw, anyone who knows Kotlin/Java or Jetpack Compose should be easily able to replicate a simple UI for Spotube for Android Auto.
@zachvlat This is expected as currently flutter doesn't support Android Auto's UI.
Btw, anyone who knows Kotlin/Java or Jetpack Compose should be easily able to replicate a simple UI for Spotube for Android Auto.
I see, but how I managed to watch my playlists etc? Using the same app. (as I said I don't recall the exact version).
You probably didn't see it in the Android Auto interface but in your phone. Playlists which are playing in AA can be seen in the mobile app. Both interconnected :smile:
~~Is this still only in the nightly release?~~
I reread this thread and it seems like this made it in to the stable release. I enabled developer mode on Android auto but I still don't see it as an option to add to the launcher with nightly or stable. Is there something to enable on the Spotube app itself? Can someone that got this working tell me the version of Android Auto they are running?
As far as it goes right now, Spotube stable IS on AA, but you can't interact with it (with playlists, albums etc.). If you play something from your phone, though, it will appear as a player only (you can only pause, skip songs etc.). I 'm gonna switch to Nightly to see if something has changed.
FYI, Spotube playstore version doesn't have AA due to no UI at that moment. But Fdroid or Github/website version has AA
FYI, Spotube playstore version doesn't have AA due to no UI at that moment. But Fdroid or Github/website version has AA
Thanks, maybe I'll try reinstalling. I have the F-Droid version in
And still don't see it to choose on the launcher:
Can the online search from SimpMusic be referenced here? They figured out a way to do online search for AA and show online playlists.
Same as above on Android 14 and apk from GitHub
@KRTirtho I did install the nighly, but it does not appear in the AA launcher. Any advice?
Same as above on Android 14 and apk from GitHub
@KRTirtho I did install the nighly, but it does not appear in the AA launcher. Any advice?
Same for me, tired a few different things and eventually gave up. Might revisit if there are updates, but sticking with Spotify for now.
Just tested it with the 3.4.1 version and everything seems to work fine. I am using the release apks.
Also Android 14