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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] lpasq:
Confirming that Chromecast latest firmware update broke my screencastning via mobile hotspot. F Google!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
The Galaxy S8(+) supports Miracast and also has DP Alt mode so a wired HDMI connection is also possible. The only issue with the S8 is it's aspect ratio which causes black bars. Depending on the head unit, it can be fixed with the video settings.

The Bluetooth issue is something separate from Chromecast. Bluetooth not connecting properly, it helps to clear the pairing from both the head unit and the phone and then pair again. Apparently the head unit's BT gets a bit corrupted once in a while. In one case it was necessary to do a factory reset of the head unit in order to fix it.

In addition there's a nice new Android bug that may cause Bluetooth issues, see here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/37136490

Basically on Android 7.1.1 and higher, switching BT on/off a few times causes Bluetooth to lock up and no BT communication is possible anymore.

Rootless uses BT switching to improve connection so that triggers the bug.

The app already tries to detect the Android bug and then displays 'Accept thread error' as status.

As described at the bug report, it helps to disable BT background scanning on the phone (Settings -> Location -> Scanning (from top right menu) -> Bluetooth Scanning).

I don't think that you have this issue as that would require a reboot to make connection possible again.

For the Chromecast issue, I plan to add Miracast support to the app internally so that would make Miracast on Google devices work as well. It's not going to be available soon though, at least a few months.

There's a workaround possible to make Rootless not switch the hotspot. In the 'Screencast settings', if you change 'Part of text to identify hotspot switch' to something else the GUI automation won't be able to find the hotspot switch so it can't switch it on/off. The hotspot settings screen will still popup but the casting screen should popup over that. Only thing you would have to do manually is to close the hotspot settings screen.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
[MENTION=4336512]injo503[/MENTION] My advice is no longer valid, Google now made it impossible to use Chromecast via the mobile hotspot of your phone.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Focused Haunter:
[MENTION=5417637]Area51©[/MENTION] thank you for the information. How many phones does this effect? I have an HTC10, and ARUR no longer works with my AR2 or AR4...both are enabled by Chromecast.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gInx52:
[MENTION=5417637]Area51©[/MENTION] Thanks. The workaround worked.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Pig Vomit:
Anybody here using T-Mobile Syncup? http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/05/10/t-mobile-syncup-drive-now-supports-24-cars

Trying to think of a workaround. I actually have a spare Nexus 5 I can run a hotspot off of, but it seems like a pain in the butt to keep two phones charged at all times. Maybe I could get Syncup and just use my Nexus 5 SIM card on the existing line (includes hotspot)?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
The beta is now available. To get it sign up here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/mars.area51.arunchainednr

V0.08:

- Fix for calibration out of range.

- Fix for delay of casting start.

- Support for automatic casting on Samsung Android 9.

- Fix for startForegroundService.

- Fix for rotation locker.

- Change HDMI wired connection trigger to be triggered by Bluetooth connection.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
It's Samsung's BlackScreenView. The black screen that's activated when SmartView is active. There's a workaround for it in the new beta.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
Kool, thank you

---------- Post added at 04:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:40 PM ----------

It won't let me get the beta

Says,"app not available for this account"

I'm signed in to Google ?

how else can I get it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
It might take a while to become available.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Works much better now. But still u have black area on my head unit. Picture is not all the way from edge to edge. OnePlus 6T. With model 5 it works fine
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
Ok, got it

Note 10+ screen is full screen like it should be

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Sorry but that's not something the app can change.

In general the Android SDK offers no way to change the screen resolution or aspect ratio.

It works with Samsung phones because these have the ability to switch to 16:9 aspect ratio. But only when casting wirelessly. In case of a wired adapter it will still be 18.5:9.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
And the Samsung's BlackScreenView is not locking the touch like it used to

awesome ,Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Anybody has any issues with the beta version? About 72 people have installed it now. I guess no news is good news.......

In the meantime I made a workaround for the text color being black in the app's overflow menu. It seems a bug in Android 9 as the correct text color (white) is being displayed when running on Android 7 and 8. It's just cosmetic but it makes the menu very hard to read.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
Actually, I'm a real happy camper !:good::D

actually there is one thing

Is there a way to have auto connect to the MS display adapter?

Mine is called "MSDisplayAdapter_C7"

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
It works fine on my end with exception on the screen resolution, but that is not your app problem, it is OP ratio vs pioneer ratio
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Yes that should work. That was the goal of the update.

Short instructions:

- Set 'Connection trigger method' to 'Bluetooth - Screencasting'

- Set 'Head unit bluetooth address' to the address of your head unit.

- In 'Screencast Settings':

- Set 'Casting start delay' to 20

- 'Casting method' to 'Miracast'

- 'Casting device name' to 'MSDisplayAdapter_C7'

That should do it.

Additionally set your head unit as a trusted device so the autoconnect will even work when your screen is locked:

In the phone settings:

- Lock screen->Smart Lock->Trusted devices

do 'Add trusted device' and select your head unit.

What should happen when you switch on your car:

- Phone detects head unit's Bluetooth

- ARUR service is started & connects to head unit

- After 20 seconds Smart View screen pops up & selects miracast device

- Connection to your display adapter is initiated
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
Did all that to the T,but still doesn't auto connect

going to try removing the app and settings and try it again

will report back,Thanks

edit:

I reset the app

now ,It still doesn't auto connect ,but

when the screen comes up showing the MSDisplayAdapter_C7

if I tap on the screen of the 8500bhs,it will connect

which is better than trying to find the smartswitch on a black 10+

screen ,lol

so I guess I'm good for now unless there's anything else I could do

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Can you send me a log file? Before connecting, from the menu select 'Start logging'. Switch on head unit / car. After connection attempt from the menu select 'Stop logging'. Email app will open with log file as attachment. You can then email it to me and I can have a look.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
New beta is now available. To get it sign up here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/mars.area51.arunchainednr

V0.09:

- Fix for black menu text color, now white as it should be.

- SWC commands can now be directed to a target app.

To set SWC target app:

- Goto 'Settings->Screen Settings and more'

- Hit 'SWC target app' and select an app from the list that can handle media buttons

An example that works is 'Google Play Music'.

The Steering Wheel Control commands are injected as media buttons. In Androids 7 those were sent to all apps than can handle them. However since Android 8 they only work when being directed to a specific app. This is now possible.

Tested with 'Google Play Music' and 'Youtube'.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
OK,here goes

I updated it 30 min ago

program starts up ,but same it brings up the smartscreen box and my MSDisplayAdapter_C7 is shown,but I have another roku ultra that appears as well

could that be why it doesn't automatically connect to my adapter?

or does it not matter?

also I'm confused as how these swc work ?

my lincoln town car has swc and I have the adapter installed

they control the volume,track next,and mode

but that's only on the hU side not the display side

I'll send you another log file if you want

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
Does anyone know if the AVIC-W8500NEX work with AUR ?

it has a hdmi input

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
It doesn't support AppRadio Mode at all so it's not supported. It looks like Pioneer is dropping AppRadio support.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
oh,boy well I guess it's on to the 4201nex then
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
Does it work with any of the avic models such as F77DAB? Thanks

Anyone????
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Sym_Link:
I have used tasker and the autonotification tasker plugin to allow me to use the SWC for multiple apps. I have ARUnchained pointing to taker for the SWC app. I have four tasker profiles for each app I want to use. Two of them uses autonotification to see if an app is running by checking to see if it is in notifications and sets a variable to 1 or 0. The other two are for next and previous tracks. Those are triggered by the next/previous commands sent by ARU and whether the variable is on or off, then send the media command to the app.

This works great for Poweramp, Google Play Music, and Pandora. I tried to do LiveXLive (Slacker) but it just wouldn't work. LiveXLive doesn't work if I set that as the SWC app either, so it must just not take media controls, which is terrible for a music app. I imagine if the apps works being set in ARU as the SWC app, then it will work with tasker.

I was having an issue getting the variables to switch back to 0 when Play Music and Pandora stop playing. Works fine with Poweramp. It has something to do with the way the notifications are dismissed in those apps. It detects when the app starts playing music, just not when it stops. I worked around it by having tasker set all of the app variables back to 0 when one opens. For instance, when Poweramp opens and sets it's variable to 1, it also sets the other app variables to 0. So, I never have more than one app receiving media controls.

I can upload my profiles if anyone wants them.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Great idea. I was considering to make it possible to add multiple apps and just send the media buttons to all of them but I wasn't sure what would happen. If only the currently running app would respond then it would be fine. But it might be that it would activate a non running app that then in turn could stop the active app. Kinda not what you want.

I didn't have time to test it with multiple apps. So decided to make it so that at least one app can be controlled.

Do you know if it doesn't hurt to send media buttons to multiple apps? It would probably not be too much work to add that.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
You are doing this on Tasker without root?

EDIT :sorry, not the good related post... I send a new message at the end of the thread
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Please define "this". Change the text color?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Sym_Link:
I did try that at first and results weren't great. Each app behaves a little different. Poweramp will change the track even if not playing, but it didn't actually cause it to start playing. So it would always be changing tracks in the background. Play Music always starts playing and takes over, even if it hasn't been open at all recently and definitely not running background.

Pandora and YouTube music were fine and didn't do anything unless they were actively playing music. Even if they had just been closed and probably still in running processes, they wouldn't react.

So, you can see with just those four apps, you get three different results. I don't think you could get away with sending to multiple apps without some serious testing to know which apps play nice together. I imagine it would create a lot of headache for you from users complaining if you left it up to them to figure out which ones work together, lol.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
Are you doing this with a rooter device?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Sym_Link:
No, no root needed for these tasks. Tasker doesn't require root for most of the stuff it can do.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
OK. It's good to know if I decide to switch to a non rooted device a day.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
I have a avh-x8500bhs and aru

is there a swc app that I need to have installed on my phone as well to

make the connection between the swc controller and aru?

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Orthok:
Hi I have an Appradio 3, is there a way so that when I receive calls I can still use the head unit and see the whole screen? I cant even use the dialer for touch tones since the head unit highjacks the display.

When I turn off bluetooth for calls it resolves the head unit recognizing the phone call but then I lose call audio.

Any solutions that can keep phone call audio playing through the head unit, but it not recognizing it as a phone call?

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Sym_Link:
FYI - I got the Samsung S10 Android 10 beta today and everything works fine with ARU
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Thanks for the info.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
So finally now with latest second screen app everything works great, screen resolution and touch screen work.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2766268&page=6#post80586689
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Fcgrande:
Hi, bought aru rootless and using a miracast adapter. Screen mirroring works just fine but theres no audio. What can be the problem. Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
I just bought a avh-4201nex

hdmi in ,appradio support,etc,I'm stoked!

275.00 spotless
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Jeremiah_cox:
What Is the beat used in the Samsung folder 2 video by xda

I have been searching for ever and have found no luck I would love to know
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] philgriffin423:
Problems with ARU rootless on S9 with AppRadio 4

I got my AppRadio 4 set up with my Samsung S9 through an MHL adapter today and it seems to connect but it only gives me the home screen, with very tiny icons at that. It gives me the message that says drag corners of the screen to adjust size and press okay. Anytime I touch the screen though it just brings up the Pioneer controls, (settings, etc.). I'm wondering if I have a setting wrong that's not allowing the touchscreen to control the phone? I also really wish I could explain it better.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
Hello, I'm on the rooted ARU. Galaxy S10 now and calibration don't look nice. If the fix calibration listed here mean availability to catch correct touch input with smartphones in more than 16/9, do you think you will add it to rooted version?

It feels OK for me to buy the rootless but if steering buttons don't works as expected I prefer stay on rooted
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] astracd:
Hi,

I update to Android 10 (Oneplus 6T), and again auto connecting to cast screen doesn't work.

Not sure if you remember few months ago I was sending you info to fix it for Oneplus. I can do it again if needed, thank you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
also BubbleUPnP works with the stearing wheel controls

just have to figure out how to autohide the left sidebar

this radio does soo much more than my 8500 did and looks soo much

nicer too
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Orthok:
I have an S9 and auto cast doesnt work it just hangs up on the casting screen and never selects my miracast.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
What version of SmartView do you have? Open SmartView, click Settings->About.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Orthok:
6.0.61

Months ago it used to work but now it will never complete the automatic casting. "SBWD C33845" is the name of my device, I tried SBWD_ and SBWD_C33845 but they didnt work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
Ok, I took the jump and purchased the app. I installed and everything seemed to work good but one problem and that is what made me uninstall was the resolution on head unit, it was very poor. I have a Samsung S9+ and Pioneer avic-F77DAB. I connected up an amazon fire tv stick via hdmi and the resolution is great
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
I checked with the same SmartView version on my S8+, it still works. What Screen resolution is your phone set to?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
The app doesn't do anything to the HDMI input signal. You are not by any chance using a USB-C to HDMI adapter and it's set to DEX mode?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Orthok:
Interesting I have mine set to change the resolution on casting to 1920x1080 but my normal resolution is 2960x1440. If I manually hit the button it casts fine but it just wont automatically hit it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
Nope, using a microsoft wireless display adapter
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Can you try your normal resolution? I figured out the GUI control structure using the highest resolution. It might be that in a lower resolution the GUI controls are arranged differently.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stargate125645:
Mock locations decided to stop working on my S8+ once I enable ARUR. I'm not sure which phone software update broke that. It seems to be receiving the GPS signal just fine according to the diagnostics tools. Any other ideas? I'd be fine just using phone GPS but that doesn't seem to be an option.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Orthok:
I've made a minor breakthrough and could use your help, I changed the the "Status when device not connected" to "Mirror the screen." Which is the text that is listed on the casting screen under my screen beam mini 2's name.

Interestingly

1. Device begins auto connecting but does not complete and fails

2. When I manually select to connect it succeeds

3. There must be something else that the appradio is doing during the connection that is causing it to fail. I have casting delay set to 20, changing it to other numbers doesn't seem to help.

The other 2 statuses in the appradio menu are in their default state of connected and disconnect .

Any suggestions?

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BiohazardX99:
Well it seems you have indeed fixed this one, I have your beta and it is working really good. Since the switch to bluetooth trigger, I have noticed it loads more reliably.

I have tested the SWC buttons and indeed they work on a variety of apps really well.

Since my car controls are very basic, the only two that get passed through are Track up/down. so easy to map it to my favorite player. Now I can use any dashboard software.

Well done, much appreciated keep up the excellent work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
Does anyone here have a 4200nex?

I'm have a tough time finding a fast way to get this connected to my note 10+

If I have the smartphone setup set to bluetooth ,it doesn't see the msdisplay adapter

if I have it on hdmi,it will see it ok,but I always have to turn off the radio and reconnect to aru

it takes forever though,and most time I lose touch the second time and have to reconnect uru

my 8500bhs was perfect ,just connect and it was fine [MENTION=266368]area51[/MENTION], maybe you have ant ideas? should I switch to Android auto?

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
Go back to the 8500BHS :laugh:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
It does work ,I was just looking for a faster way to connect

as far as the radio,the 4200nex is way nicer than the x8500bhs

plus I already sold it,lol
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
Good luck getting it to do that, support on here isn't the best. Last time the developer appeared was almost 3 weeks ago!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
To just use the phone's GPS go to the phone's 'Developer Settings' and at 'Select mock location app' make sure that nothing is selected.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Apparently you now partly triggered some 'old' GUI tree analysis function and it's anyone's guess what this will exactly do. For sure this was not designed to handle the Samsung Smart View screen. Sorry but having to use the GUI and trying to handle it is a major PITA. I can kind of make it work on devices that I own but for other devices it's just too unpredictable.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Sorry, that I have a life. I was on holiday.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Can you make a log file and email it to me?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bigcid10:
Yes
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
:good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
[MENTION=266368]area51[/MENTION]

Did you get anywhere with AA
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Area51©:
Nope, I couldn't find enough time to work on it. Also there's a big risk that audio streaming in normal quality won't be possible. This would make the whole development effort kinda useless. Only video streaming is not good enough.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
[MENTION=266368]area51[/MENTION]

From what I read it is possible to use ARU with android stick but is it possible to use with a Fire TV stick as that is sort of based on Android system?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
I'm interested too.

Maybe someone should try it.

If we don't have answer I will do it in the comon weeks and tell you.

Usually, I'm on rooted aru and pay for the rootless version just to test it is almost the price of the Amazon stick
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
Is it possible to have ARU as stand alone download and not via playstore?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
It's a paid app, you need to download it from play store to activate license
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
Yes, I understand it is paid app. But how can it be transferred to fire tv to test as fire tv has no play store?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
Pretty sure your answer can be found on Google.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sinbrad:
So, you don't know then?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] seburton:
https://www.google.com/search?q=sen...9i61.4968j0j4&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

[youtube]-ANaCIzufNc[/youtube]

https://xdaforums.com/fire-tv/general/fire-tv-stick-how-to-sideload-install-t2954744/amp/
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thedubone:
App radio 3 and Samsung s9+

So I guess the screenbeam Mini 2 I was using froze in my car so I bought another one... Only thing is now when I connect it to aru it just shows the screen ready to connect and then I have to open up my Miracast 2 cast and get a display... Only problem with this is I lose touch functionality out of my app radio... Before it would just connect and load it up right away I don't get what I'm doing wrong