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[Nexus 6  General] Riktar:
So I plugged in the chromecast to the avh 8500bhs and it does allow casting however to retain touch screen capabilities on the head unit you have to use app radio and the select programs it's compatible with. Are there any third party apps that allow touch screen support on the home screen?
[Nexus 6  General] Area51©:
Yes, my app called AppRAdio Unchained Reloaded. That is what is used in the video in the OP. There's also a mod of the Pioneer app called AppRadio Unchained.
[Nexus 6  General] Riktar:
I'll give that a go. That would be amazing! Also how does it affect battery drain?

On my note 3 / 4 hdmi would obliterate battery (~20-30 mins would take a good 15-20%)
[Nexus 6  General] Nacho~:
Anybody have the steps to set tasker up to auto-enable hotspot and auto-cast the screen once bluetooth is detected? I've been trying to set it up but im a newb at tasker.
[Nexus 6  General] Area51©:
I am interested in the steps as well. Want to try to add this to ARU Reloaded so you do not need tasker anymore.
[Nexus 6  General] Nacho~:
That would be amazing, Area51. When I saw that the Nexus 6 didnt have MHL or SlimPort, I was sad because I've been using your OG App (not Reloaded) for over a year and havent had any issues.

I got Tasker set up to turn hotspot on when ARU Reloaded turns on. I cant get it to start screen cast, but I did find an option under all apps for "Cast screen". it just doesnt give the option to select a certain device to cast to. Also, now that I used installed the chromecast, I cant stream music over bluetooth a2dp on the appradio without hitting start on the ARUR app. got me a bit confused.
[Nexus 6  General] pradyg:
Please help! I tried to set up the chromecast using my N5's hotspot with my Ipad. It went to the last step and says 'chromecast is set up but can't connect to the Internet'. I checked that the Ipad is connecting to the Internet using my phones hotspot. The phone can't find the chromecast when I am trying to CS.
[Nexus 6  General] chadssteeltanker:
When I cast to the chrome cast it only show part of what is being casted like maybe a resolution issue or something does anyone know how to correct this would love to get this working
[Nexus 6  General] alillowr:
So far I have everything needed to be automated through tasker except the screen casting part. Has anyone figured out how to automate the cast screen part?
[Nexus 6  General] CREvo:
Here's a screen shot of how I have tasker and autoinput setup to cast to an appradio 2 on my nexus 6. I haven't tested it yet except for running it inside of tasker. I'm very much a beginner with tasker so it could probably be made simpler and smoother but I figured since everywhere I looked everyone was trying to figure it out and the few people who had it working never put out how exactly they did it, I'd get the ball rolling. Ok since I have less than ten posts I cant link to Dropbox where I have the screenshot, and uploading on phone only gives me option to take new picture. I'll try in minute once I get on computer to upload the screenshot of tasker.
[Nexus 6  General] T-R:
What kind of case is on your phone? Looks really slick
[Nexus 6  General] T-R:
Maybe someone else can answer if the OP doesn't check this forum frequently? I really need a case and this is the slimmest I've seen so far.

Thanks
[Nexus 6  General] pradyg:
Oh you smart geeks, isn't any of u can't help with my question? Cast screen doesn't work with my N5. Any solution?
[Nexus 6  General] dus1988:
Audio Question

LOVE this idea. Have been debating putting a nexus 7 in my car for years.... I like this better. One question though, does anyone know how the audio is being pumped to the HU? Is it through the chromecast or through the bluetooth on the HU? I ask because when I stream play music via cast screen, it gets occasionally choppy. Wifi Reception is not the issue, nor is wifi channel. I guess I could try to mobile hotspot stream some music to see if that makes a difference. Also, how does the audio sound?
[Nexus 6  General] thacounty:
This is an incredible setup on my 8500BHS, but I can't for the life of me get mode to switch to Navigation if the Chromecast is plugged in. If the Chromecast has power it only switches to radio and appradio, it will not go into Navigation. If I unplug power to the chromecast it goes to the navigation just fine. The only issue with an otherwise incredible option.
[Nexus 6  General] samrich:
Doesn't the N5 have mirrorlink and hdmi support?
[Nexus 6  General] dus1988:
For those who end up wanting to do this, I have done it with the AR4 (sph-da120). It raised some complications in that the Chromecast doesn't work properly with the new appradio so you have to use miracast (which I feel has better audio quality anyway and you don't have to start a hotspot). Also the developer of ARUR has not been able to enable GPS injection with the new radio hardware but is working on it. I will be shooting a video soon to demonstrate my tasker setup and process.
[Nexus 6  General] Area51©:
Today I got my AR4 and I tried it with my Chromecast, thinking it wouldn't work but actually it worked fine. I have to say I have the European version of both. I guess there might be a difference with the US version. Just to let you know.

Now I finally got my AR4 I can get start working on the GPS functionality for ARUR.
[Nexus 6  General] dus1988:
Awesome news! I suspected Chromecast should work but more than one person in your thread said it did not so I bought the Microsoft wireless adapter. I tried the Chromecast briefly but the audio quality was pretty muddy in the lows and the resolution was weird. Tried the miracast and it sounded better and looked right so I just stick with that for now.

Excited for GPS enabled!
[Nexus 6  General] diagnosisdroid:
Tasker Export

I've got this setup running super smooth. I even installed a Qi charger in my center console to charge the phone while casting. I can't tell you how nice it runs......one problem. I can't get the tasker/autoinput to work correctly. There are export options in both apps. Can someone please just upload their export? This would probably break the internets as I have seen several threads asking for the steps and automation. I'll keep working on it and send it over if I figure it out, but I feel stuck. Thanks in advance!!!
[Nexus 6  General] TLS2000:
I may go with this setup for my AppRadio. I've got a Galaxy S3 in my car on a tablet plan right now, but I think this would be better.

How is the battery life with this setup? I'm assuming it can stay fully charged without issue because it's able to be charged properly, unlike with MHL, which seems to be slower.
[Nexus 6  General] tilldain:
stuck on waiting for HDMI

I went this route, and i must be one of the first to have issues as i cannot find a whole lot of issues reported with the nexus 6 and chrome cast.

I am rooted nexus6 and ap3, used my tablet to connect my chromecast to my phone with WiFi hot spot on. using ARU and it does its connection protocols and gets stuck at waiting for HDMI input. i have uninstalled and re installed. (was still in my two hour window but uninstalled form the phone and had to buy again hope i dont get billed twice). i have made sure that the ap3 is on other. the bluetooth is connecting fine. just at a loss right now. any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated.,
[Nexus 6  General] trucktruck:
I have ap3 and a nexus 6, I used a the nexus6's hotspot and set the chromecast up with a laptop. Everything seems to have connected pretty easy. Maybe try the free appradio unchained?

Did you set your phone to selinux to permissive?

Only issue I am having is getting the touch calibrated correctly.
[Nexus 6  General] tilldain:
Turns out im ______ (insert derogatory adjective here) when i was sliding it back into the dash the HDMI came unplugged. thanks for the help i appreciate the response. No issues here all is well.

i see what you mean with the calibration. sometimes my button presses don't register at all, my phone will vibrate but it wont respond.
[Nexus 6  General] trucktruck:
Is there a step I may have missed in setting up the the touch? The only way I can describe it is that the screen acts like the phone is turned on its side even in landscape mode. I did the white button thing on the head unit played with the settings on aru and the ones in the app "second screen" touch is always the same no matter what I do.

Using n6, appradio3, aru, and a chromecast.
[Nexus 6  General] pifsworld:
Can't get cast screen to hook up to my lg smart TV in fact when I open cast screen it just says no devices available and there's no option to search or do anything else my n6 is stock any help would be good..
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
Does anyone else have issue with sound quality mine sounds like it's in a tunnel almost when hooked up to chromecast but fine when on bluetooth
[Nexus 6  General] vvveith:
AFAIK

Cast will only work with Chromecast accessory. Thirty five dollars at Amazon.
[Nexus 6  General] MMFW:
"Cast Screen" Wont click (tasker/autoinput)

It won't click "Cast Screen" either, anyone figure this out?
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
Anyone.having the problem of having to redo the white dots everytime you start the car
[Nexus 6  General] BertoAZ:
****, I cant do that, because I have Mini R56 from 2012 -.- But I want nexus 7 on my car as screen -.-
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
I'm using the note 4 on android L and the casting screen will freeze and stop after about 10 min I have an ellipsis jet pack that I'm using for my WiFi signal does anyone know a fix for this?
[Nexus 6  General] compuw22c:
I used AutoInput (requires permissive selinux mode)
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
have been using my appradio hooked up to MHL for years but just got my Nexus 6 this week.

really struggling to get this up and running. i setup my chromecast in the house using the wifi hotspot on my phone and set it up just fine. when i take it to my car the appradio connects to my new nexus 6, and i can see the screen saver for the chromecast, it is connected on the wifi hotspot. here is the problem though - for some reason when i go to cast screen it can't find the chromecast. any idea why?

i've tried everything i can think of but i can't get the phone to see the chromecast to cast the screen.
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
I had to use my tablet and the wifi Hotspot on my phone then do it
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
sorry, not getting what you mean here. my phone is the wifi hotspot. yes, i did have to use a 2nd phone to initially setup the chromecast to connect to the wifi hotspot. the chromecast connects and is on the same network, boots up fine and is connected. i just can't cast the screen from my phone.

can you explain what you mean a bit more i must be missing something, thanks
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
I tried doing it the same way you did with home wifi but couldn't get it to connect like your saying so I hooked up the wifi Hotspot on my tablet and did the setup on my phone

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That way I could cast the screen from my phone in the car
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
no, i did the setup in my home - but i did not use the home wifi. i used the wifi hotspot to set up the chromecast and get it on the same network.

so they connect successfully in my car - i just can't get the cast screen option for some reason. driving me nuts
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii2GebpoWjE

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Do a search for the video chromecast and no wifi that's the one I used
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
yeah, i have watched that video many times. i appreciate you trying to help though. going to try to setup the chromecast in the car though it shouldn't make a difference. one of my tasker profiles could be messing something up too maybe
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
With the mhl cable did you get the white noise screen

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Wait when it's plugged in the house and the moved to the car wouldn't it give it a different mac address
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
i finally got it connected, went in the car reset my chromecast and got it connected.

it connects and ARU connects but i have no touch on the screen when casting. no idea what is going on so frustrating. plugging in mhl as i've done in the past was so much easier.

is there a setting i need to change to get touch working on the appradio?
[Nexus 6  General] epic4grooted:
Is selinux set to permissive?

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The touch is run off bluetooth so try deleting the bluetooth pairing
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
ok, i finally got this thing running and can use the appradio like before.

now, i am struggling mightily with the tasker settings. i noticed that the original poster in this thread posted a new updated youtube video and linked his tasker settings:

first of all huge thanks to the original poster in this thread for his awesome videos and tasker profiles

his new youtube video is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAoJpOlhVbY

and his tasker profiles are posted here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9LqYxqEg-MoWThEYzFBX1g2ZjQ/view?usp=sharing

now, i have loaded the tasker profiles. from looking at the profiles i really can't tell what is going on in the programming but i have to assume i need to change the bluetooth profile to match my appradio, which i have done.

basically, the tasker profile doesn't even try to start. i don't know what i have done wrong or how to get it to start. tasker is running the profiles are turned on. nothing starts when i turn my car on. any ideas?
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
spoke too soon

****ing hell. i don't get this man, i am ready to smash my head off a wall. i got it connected a few times in the car an hour ago, now it will not connect no matter what i try.

i have setup and resetup this chromecast 10x or more now. factory resetting it many times. i have tried TWO different chromecasts now and the same thing keeps happening with each one

this is a picture of what i constantly get:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6zBYWywXsAdb1BJRjVxNkdlLXc/view?usp=sharing

basically, i go through the chromecast setup process and then the chromecast connects but can't get on the internet. i have no idea why. any other device i use to make sure the hotspot is working can connect to the internet no problem.

i've tried with security on my hotspot and without. doens't make any difference.

- yes, i know i have to use a 3rd device to setup the chromecast with the hotspot. hotspot (my phone's lte), another phone (connected to wifi via hotspot) and my appradio hooked up to chromecast. i can get through setup no problem, then it will not connect again.

any ideas?
[Nexus 6  General] bryanintransit:
I couldn't get his tasker profiles to work either. I have the same setup as you, nexus 6 and Appradio 2. I get random disconnects from the Chromecast from time to time, I just open up the settings on my phone and re connect. It's frustrating, but not that often. Sorry I don't have many answers for you, but I figured I'd let you know you're not the only one dealing with it. Not sure if it makes a difference, but I'm running CM12.1 on my nexus 6.
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
thanks, i appreciate any feedback. i'm just running stock 5.1 with xposed framework. i have no idea why i can't get this to work and coming from years of using appradio with mhl daily this is so goddamn frustrating.

i have tried everything to get this chromecast connected and it just won't work. two different chromecasts. any other device i try connects to my hotspot no problem and connect and use the internet. i can go through the connection process on the 3rd device and get success for setting up chromecast, then i can get nothing but that error picture i posted above.

it makes no sense why this isn't working. it did work a few times during the same session then i've been unsuccessful since.

WAIT - does this support slimport with a build prop edit? if so i will just do that. can anyone tell me what needs editing? damn, more reading and searching confirms this doesn't seem possible. is there anything special you need to do to try miracast?

i have messed with this chromecast for hours now i can't get it to work. ready to cry or break everything.
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
I'm starting back at square one today trying to figure this out. Here is what i do in the initial setup process is there anything wrong?

turn on car with chromecast plugged in and appradio unchained running.

ARU connects and i can see the chromecast setup screen

i turn on wifi hotspot on my nexus 6 and connect my galaxy mega to the hotspot. i then run the setup process on the mega and complete chromecast setup.

NOW - here is the thing, if i leave my mega on i can send casts to the chromecast no problem from my mega.

once i turn my car off and remove the mega from the mix so that only my N6 is the hotspot i get the no internet connection message. WHY? am i doing something wrong in the setup process here?
[Nexus 6  General] adfurgerson:
I have the Nexus 6 and Chromecast set up with AppRadio 4 and I see the screen that you mention or the screen telling me that my Chromecast needs to set up but if I wait it eventually connects. How are you trying to connect? The Chromecast app will not work as it wants the hotspot off so I have found using the cast screen quick toggle from the pull down navigation bar works but not until I click on the "more" button at bottom.
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
the problem is, it NEVER connects. i've tried everything. if my 3rd device is in the equation then i can cast from it, but i can never cast from the N6 if its only the N6 and the chromecast. its as if the chromecast is connecting through my 3rd device initially and always looking for it.
[Nexus 6  General] adfurgerson:
I literally just set mine up for the first time yesterday using an LG tablet for the third device. After setting up the Chromecast I powered off the tablet and the error screen came on the head unit saying not connected to internet, I then when into the actual settings menuand went to display then cast screen after which my Chromecast appeared as an available device and worked as it should after I selected it. This morning the screen on the head unit was displaying the message that my Chromecast needed to be set up like I had never ran the app on the tablet, this time I did it as I described by pulling down status/notification bar and toggling "cast screen" then selecting "more" after which my Chromecast again appeared as a device. I know it doesn't make any sense for it to behave that way but that is what I experienced.
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
yeah, i never have any devices found unfortunately.

i ordered a miracast i don't even really know what it is.... i'm desperate at this point. so so so so so mad that this won't work and i have no idea why. i've tried everything i can think of this shouldn't be hard to do
[Nexus 6  General] adfurgerson:
Sorry, I know this won't help your mood improve but maybe you can cancel that order before it ships. Attaching screenshot taken from this link.

https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/2865484?hl=en

I can't tell from your replies so I will ask. Have you tried any of the steps that I mentioned?
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
yes, i have tried the steps you suggested. had already tried them many times unfortunately. there is just nothing ever listed to cast to. there was 1 time when i got it to work initially but i haven't had it since and have setup and defaulted the chromecast many times.

i have read so so much trying to get this to work that i am aware of the miracast not being supported - however, if you add a line to the build prop many have confirmed it works and works well. so i am hopeful that perhaps it will work like others in this thread and the ARL thread have confirmed. regardless, with Amazon if it doesn't work and i have to return it not a big deal at all.
[Nexus 6  General] adfurgerson:
We have a similar setup except for the actual head unit which I wouldn't expect to matter as far as connecting to Chromecast. The only difference being that I haven't used tasker so I wonder if that could be the issue. Maybe try clearing data for app then uninstalling it to see if it makes a difference.

On a side note my previous phone would not cast by itself (unlocking bootloader on Sony broke the native screen casting along with many other functions) the only solution I could come up with was adding a standalone WiFi hotspot to my plan.
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
yeah, i thought i was moving on to tasker when i started posting cause i did get it hooked up once. never worked again, which is double the frustration. i'm not even using tasker profiles. i can tell ARU works great cause even with the picture on the my appradio of the chromecast saying that it can't connect to the internet i can swipe and see my phone swiping.

the only thing i don't get - why does it work when i have the 3rd device involved and once i take that away it can never connect to the internet again?

there has to be something blocking it or else it thinks it is connecting to my 3rd device i do the initial setup on? i am perplexed. i have read so much and i know its a simple solution has to be.
[Nexus 6  General] adfurgerson:
As I stated after using the tablet to run the Chromecast app for setup I powered off the tablet and got the reconnect me screen but was able to connect again. Unfortunately my job keeps me out of town through the week and am only home to play on weekends so am unable to do any hands on testing for now.
[Nexus 6  General] thacounty:
Probably not the issue, but you do have the Chromecast connected to the phone's Wi-Fi sharing correct? If it's connected to the tablet's hotspot, that's the issue.
[Nexus 6  General] knives of ice:
yeah, i don't even have the ability to make a wifi hotspot on the tablet.

nexus 6 (wifi hotspot)

galaxy mega (phone to go through chromecast setup process)

- setup of chromecast goes through.

- at this point my chromecast is connected to the internet no problem.

- now i shut my car off and turn my mega off

- the chromecast sees the wifi hotspot, but gives the can't connect to internet error no matter what i try

now, i have tried different secondary devices in the setup process as well a chromebook, a samsung tablet, etc but it makes no difference i get the same result every time. what i don't understand is why when i remove the setup device (my mega in the example) can this thing not connect anymore? what is preventing it from connecting? i can connect other devices to my laptop and they have no problem connecting to the internet so it makes no sense.
[Nexus 6  General] bigtimejdub:
Just to be sure, you are connecting both the chromecast AND the mega to your wi-fi hotspot on the Nexus right? The both have to be connected to same wi-fi. It may help to set it up on a TV and your wi-fi in the house first. Then set it up with both connected to hotspot instead of phone wifi. I've done it many times with no problem.

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I've had this setup running since March 12th, the day I got my phone! I had tasker setup to automate the process but haven't reloaded since I did last update. I was using tasker, auto voice, auto input, and secure settings altogether to get it to work. I'm not sure if tasker is able to do more natively instead of using auto input since I was last using. Sure would be nice!