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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Which app are you using and how is your phone connected to the head unit? Also which phone do you use?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
This Miracast device works much better than Belkin, or Microsoft one you can switch it to 5G.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B074P66LD4

Name is funny ... :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Xenosis:
Primarily the original AppRadio Unchained (root) but I just recently switched to the (rootless) version as I upgraded my Nexus 6 to LineageOS 15.1 (and there isn't an official root patch yet).

Phone connects with the Chromecast method. I did just purchase a miracast device but I'm not sure if it will work well (also hasn't arrived yet).

The rootless AppRadio app actually performs more reliably so far with mostly default settings so it might be a configuration issue with the original.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Seems crap related.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Yea... flying poo... :D

But I don't have problems with Oreo losing sound like I had with other 3 I used...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Xenosis:
I tried using the recommended ScreenBeam Mini 2 and it works for a OnePlus Two but I can't get my Nexus 6 to mirror. Tried the build.prop tweak already.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
That tweak only works on Android 6.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Xenosis:
I've been digging for hours or some other way besides that tweak - seems to be nothing.

Looks like I have to return the miracast dongle and stick with unreliable hotpot chromecast ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Skippman:
Hi all,

This is a super long thread and I've done my best to try and sift through all of it but it's kind of overwhelming. I have a few quick questions I'm hoping I won't get flamed for asking.

1.) Will this app let me use the GPS antenna on my AVIC-7100NEX with an app on an Android device. The first post seems to hint that it won't since the 7100 has built in navigation, but I'm wanting to use this for offroad purposes.

2.) What hardware would I need to connect something like an Android stick PC or mini PC to my 7100 to use this? Just the HDMI connector?

3.) Can the head unit pass commands from steering wheel controls to the Android box?

Thank you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Yes, since support for AppRadio 4 was added this is working.

HDMI cable, USB power cable.

Yes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Skippman:
Thanks so much. I had tried running an Android based head unit for a while but found the audio output quality to be so terrible as to be enraging. I ended up replacing it with the 7100NEX but have always wanted to have Torque, Waze, and a few other apps running on the head unit independent of my cellphone. This seems to be the perfect solution to that problem!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Just wondering for other users that have other brand cellphones on Oreo 8.0 and 8.1

Does auto-connect to Miracast works for you?

I'm using OP5 and need to manually connect miracast device...

And connecting between phone and Pioneer unit last about minute...

With OP2 it was in couple seconds, and auto connected to miracast no problem
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
The Miracast auto-connect depends very much on the GUI so I can't guarantee it will work on any phone.

For the connection there's one thing that might help. Clear the Bluetooth pairing and then pair again, when doing so the head unit will ask for access to the phonebook. Deny access. If you don't do that, every time when you connect your whole phonebook will be transfered when making the connection.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
For GUI you did mention that before, I appreciate that. I'm just wondering how is on other phones.

Is there a way that I could collect some data and send to you to make it work?

For BT I will try to do that. Thank you for tips. :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Yes but it's a bit complicated, you need to install Android studio on your PC and connect via USB to the phone. Then use some development tool to make a kind of GUI dump and then if it isn't too much different from what is currently supported, I can fix it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Sure I can do that. I do have Android studio installed on my laptop.

Just it will need to wait for weekend to play around and get GUI dump out. :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
That makes it a lot easier. I will check how I made that GUI dump and let you know.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Phonebook did a trick to connect faster. I did not know that each time was loading phonebook. :)

Did you had chance to get info for GUI dump. My phone is rooted, I can open System.UI file search for info you need.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
It's uploading the phonebook via Bluetooth so the names are available in the dialer in the head unit. However when in AppRadio mode you can use the phone's dialer so there's no need to have them uploaded.

No not yet, sorry. I will when I find some time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Hesster:
Having some issues with ARU after I had to replace my phone. I have an SPH-DA110 with a Screenbeam Mini 2. My old device was an HTC 10 running Nougat and ARU worked fine up until the day the battery died.

My new device is an LG G5 also running 7.0. It has am unlocked bootloader and the stock ROM but is rooted with SuperSU as the superuser app. Other root apps are working and it passes root checker. ARU is on the list of apps with root access. It connects and I am able to screen cast to the head unit but the phone does not respond to head unit touchscreen commands or button presses.

Any suggestions how to fix this issue?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Touch screen goes through BT. Try deleting BT device from pioneer and your phone and pair again.

Also did you select correct BT device inside the ARU app ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Did you try to run 'Diagnostics' from the app's menu?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Finally found some time to try to reproduce how I did it before. Had to go back to my old Eclipse/ADT development image to recall how I did it. In Android studio it's still possible but almost removed. No wonder I couldn't find it there at first. In the old SDK it's part of Android Device Monitor and called 'Dump View Hierarchy for UI Automator'.

In Android SDK Tools 26.1.1 it can be done as following:

- Make sure debugging is enabled on the phone and the USB cable is connected

- Make sure Android Studio is not running

- Find where the SDK is installed (in my case C:\Users\Ruud\AppData\Local\Android\sdk)

- Open command shell, go to folder C:\Users\Ruud\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\bin and start uiautomatorviewer.bat

- I got an error 'Please set ANDROID_SWT to point to the folder containing swt.jar for your platform.'

- Find swt.jar (in my case in C:\Users\Ruud\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\lib\x86)

- Do: set ANDROID_SWT=C:\Users\Ruud\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\lib\x86

- Start uiautomatorviewer.bat again, now it starts

- Set phone to show the Cast screen preferably where it shows at least one Miracast device

- Click on the icon that shows 'Device Screenshot (uiautomator dump)' and wait till the operation is finished

- It should now show a screendump on the left and a hierarchy view of all the controls on the right

- Click on the Save icon and select a folder to save the files.

- Email me the two files (dump_*.uix and dump_*.png)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Done, thank you for the steps.

Hopefully it will help you to make it work for OnePlus 5 users.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Did you had chance to look at files I sent?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] an2an:
Tell me, please, how is the sound transmitted to the head unit (f88) from the tv stick? Via HDMI or BT?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
HDMI.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] an2an:
without loss of quality?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Not sure what you mean. HDMI is pretty good quality. Way better then via Bluetooth. Only if you are an audio freak it might not be good enough for you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] an2an:
I mean, if on tv-stick plays lossless format, then the head unit of the same sound will come without compression ...

I see, thank you.

---------- Post added at 12:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:36 AM ----------

I would like to clarify one more point. If the TV box outputs the sound in the HDMI PassThrough mode. Pioneer will receive such a signal?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
I'm in the same boat with my OP3T. It's no great hassle to select the adapter manually, but automatic would be the icing on the cake.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
It is actually hassle, as it dims screen and then you need to poke screen to get it right to connect.

Especially if you are doing all that while driving... :silly:

Are you using Oreo? how is your sound quality?

It was working perfect for me on OP2 and OP5 Nought, but soon I switch to Oreo it break the sound.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Going to take a look this week. I started doing some maintenance on the Rootless version.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
did you got all you need I sent you via email? If you need anything else please let me know.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
I've got a dash charger in the car, so I set mine to not dim the screen.

And yes, Oreo with latest custom ROM.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Ok, I took a look. Actually it looks almost the same as what I get from my Nexus 5X. Can you also make a logcat when trying to connect to the Miracast device?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
I will try to do it over coming weekend. I'm just wondering if there is an app that I can use instead using android studio over laptop?

Then I could do it sooner?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
How about ALogCat? I'll do the same.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Catlog is an app to make a logcat that works well. See here for instructions: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=57167045&postcount=9
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Log sent to your gmail. Please let me know if you figure out the reason why it don't work

thank you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
Mine should be with you too. Good luck!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
So it finds your Fly123 but it doesn't click on it because the status being displayed is 'Unavailable'. If you wait long enough, does the status change to anything else and if so, to what?

From my experiments it didn't make sense to click on an adapter that is not available.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Thanks but in the logcat there's nothing from the app logged. Maybe use catlog as described a few posts ago.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
Dang, will do. For info, mine does show as Wireless Display.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Your issue may be slightly different then as that's the status it looks for (by default and you didn't change the setting) to detect an available adapter.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
I put delay 6 sec and also tried 10 and 20.

It show up available after few seconds but nothing happens.

Just stays there until I actually press manually.

I will try to put 40 even it doesn't take so much and see.

---------- Post added at 06:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 AM ----------

So I tried different time delays. nothing happens... I drove for 10 minutes and it was on cast screen menu (Fly123 was available).

I also tried 0 while devices is booted (available) and still it did not do anything.

Also tried to forget device, and connect again with factory name (changed in the ARU app as well to match).

And like I mention before... I tried few different cast devices (Miracast from China, Belkin, Fly, Microsoft)

China and Microsoft devices worked fine with my old phone (OnePlus 2), did not own other two at the time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
Yours sounds just like mine, could it be to do with OxygenOS? Will get my LogCat over a little later.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
It worked fine on my OP2 was stock Oxygen OS but rooted. Same as OP5, only OP5 did not work from first day (nougat and oreo both).

Only with Oreo I notice more problems regarding sound, lower quality, distortion and breaking (losing sound on moments)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stargate125645:
I've read conflicting reports, some saying newer versions of OxygenOS (based upon Android 7.1 and later) do not support Miracast. I'm surprised you got it to work at all if that's the case, so people must be spreading misinformation. There are a LOT of posts on the Internet about OP5 not playing nice with Miracast either way.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
My understanding it is problem with 2.4G wifi miracast ... It works better with 5G... That is why I purchase this last device (and they offer FW updates)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B074P66LD4/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_1
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
Looking good now with the tweaked version, massive thanks to Area51.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Thank you Area51 from all Oneplus users... :angel:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mati24:
Hello

I recently changed my phone by a S9. Do you know how to force 16/9 aspect ratio with Smart View at the start? Instead of select it on the phone after each time.

Before, the music automatically pause at the disconnect, but not on this phone. Do you know if there is a setting for that?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Not sure what app you are using for music. But that is something that I setup in the music app.

Autostart when it connect to certaint BT device, and auto stop when it disconnect.

Should not have anything to do with ARUnchained itself.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bombername:
Which tweaked version?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
not sure what is the question?

For myself OP5 and other member bigbaldbloke OP3T, we had issues with auto connecting to miracast device.

We got beta app to test and now it is working.

Version is 0.38
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mati24:
Spotify and Pocket Casts

I never seen some setting for that on app or on my previous phones. I will check again on this one
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Going to release it soon as alpha version so anyone who joins the AppRadio Unchained Reloaded Alpha Google+ community can try it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Hey do you have cast randomly disconnecting ?

Did anyone else report something like that? I don't use google+
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
No, all good my end so far. Maybe activate logging in the app to see why?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigbaldbloke:
If you are confident that it's going to happen again, try what AR51 had me do - enable L2 logging in the app, then run CatLog. He warned me that it was resource heavy, and could crash the phone - but my 3T was fine so yours should have no problem.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bombername:
When is the time for the public alpha?

Im in the alpha channel.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
New version just released to alpha. Probably it won't fix your issue as I suspect it's different from what I fixed. HTC and OnePlus just have a different GUI.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bombername:
Thx, I'm gonna give it a try and will tell.

It's still 0.37

Just gimme a sign when it's up. =)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
It's uploaded already but it just takes some time for Google to make it available. I can't control that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bombername:
Got it!

But like you thought, it seems that. It doesn't work my htc10 oreo.

Shell I send you a catalog?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Sure.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mati24:
Since I have a Samsung S9, I have a lot of trouble :

- Music doesn't pause itself on deconnection

- Default ratio isn't 16/9

- Sometimes the touch is locked, I have to take the phone, and press the circle on the middle of the screen for unlock it

- Calibration doesn't work : when I press the screen on the corner, the screen doesn't detect anything

Is someone have same problems ?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stargate125645:
You should always do a search on some of these things as the answers are already here.

Item 1: I believe is a Samsung or Google issue. I don't have that issue normally, but sometimes it happens. It has happened on other phones as well.

Item 2: It can be changed to 16:9 in options. You are correct; default is not 16:9, and it should be (or at least the option to make it default should be there). This is also a Samsung issue as the phone is not 16:9 (though Area51 may be able to automate changing this setting once connected? Not sure how possible it is or time commitment. It may not be worth the effort.).

Item 3: The screen off feature saves battery and is why the touch is locked out. All you have to do is hit a hard Android key (e.g. home or menu) on your radio and touch should be restored, and your screen comes back on. Samsung would need to change this, or you'll have to disable screen off, if you don't want the extra button press.

Item 4: I'm not sure why it does this but Area51 didn't seem too worried when it was reported earlier, and it can be compensated for. I recommend setting the screen resolution to 16:9 and then doing the screen calibration with offsets for the right side of the screen. Simply keep touching the screen for the right two dots slightly more left, starting at where the dots are displayed, until the touch is accepted.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Mati24:
Thank you,

Item 3: I'm not sure that when I hit a button, the screen unlock itself, but now I know that, I will try next time

Item 4: I will try again and hope that it works
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stargate125645:
If the left two dots are not working, either, and there is no "hand with a red x" icon that appears when touching indicating the correct BT protocols are not enabled, I am not sure what the issue is.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
It's outside of the app.

I'm doing some maintenance on the rootless version. I looked into this but it's impossible to hit the floating button reliably with GUI automation. Also looked into another way to open the casting settings but the activity can't be started from another app.

I didn't find any settings to disable it but if you did let me know. The good news is that there's a reliable way to detect the blackview screen. So when a touch is done and blackview is active a home key is sent first automatically. The cost is a small added delay.

I looked into this also. Tried to make some better compensation but after some experimenting found that the existing calibration was good enough.

I am working on one last feature and that's to have an automatic switch between launchers. So you can use the default Samsung one when not using the AppRadio and have Nova launcher or another one when connected. It can be done by selecting ARUR as home app which then switches to the right one.

Other features:

- Debug logging (logcat) can be initiated from the app's menu. When done it can be sent by email as an attachment.

- Automatic screen unlock improved for wireless casting by adding a retry mechanism. It works with Smart unlock and setting the head unit as a trusted device.

- Automatic screen unlock added when using a wired HDMI adapter.

Trying to make a new alpha version tomorrow for the Rootless app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stargate125645:
I could have sworn that the phone told me the screen was going to turn off and lock the first time I mirrored the screen with the new feature. I must be mistaken that it's an option. I personally don't mind having to hit a hard key to turn the screen back on.

With trusted devices, the screen unlocks when connecting to the head unit via BT. What situation makes you need to add that feature (just curious)? Perhaps you mean you are trying to automate the screen swipe to get to home screen?

I'd be more interested in an auto-off feature upon BT disconnect or something like that as I do my connection manually now because Samsung is screwy with their Connect application (right now, I have to have auto BT connecting if I want it to disconnect as well). Just my 2 cents. Edit: The default launcher swap would be awesome! Apex has custom icon arrangements for landscape and portrait so it works well, but the newest version of Android doesn't work nicely with it.

As always, we appreciate your continued support and development! I look forward to purchasing the Android Auto Unchained if you go that route.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bombername:
I will send a log at after I got my car back from repair shop.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thestagemanager:
I can't seem to get the audio from my Chromecast working reliably, any ideas?

Using a rooted Nexus 6P with ARUR into an AppRadio 3. I tried it with a Gen 1 Chromecast at first, and then bought a Gen 2 in the hopes that maybe that might fix the issue, but in either case I get skipping audio almost all the time.

I have the Chromecast sitting right next to the phone presently to eliminate the possibility of wireless interference, though I'd eventually like to get the Chromecast tucked away into the dash somewhere.

The only thing I did notice, is that the audio tends to hold a little more reliably when I turn off the screen on the phone, blanking the screencast on the head unit. I also noticed, once, that when I lost the bluetooth link to the head unit while in the middle of screencasting, the connection seemed to stabilize. I haven't been able to duplicate the sequence of events since that got me screencasting without the bluetooth connection to test further, but obviously that wouldn't be much of a solution anyway, since I wouldn't be able to control the phone.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Anyone out there using my exact setup problem free?

Thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
One thing I can think of is RFI between the HDMI signal and the WIFI signal that could be caused by a badly shielded HDMI cable. It might help to replace the HDMI cable by a better shielded one.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thestagemanager:
Replacing the HDMI cable wouldn't be impossible. However, it always worked fine with the Nexus 4 and 5 via slimport, even back when I was using hotspot mode on a Nexus 6 to feed the 5 data. Anything else you can think of to try before taking apart the entire console to swap the cable?

It'd be helpful if I could find some reports of anyone having success with the Nexus 6P and a Chromecast. I would've thought there'd be a decent amount of people trying to do that configuration, but I'm not finding a ton of reports of success or failure.