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[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
It is weird with the play/pause thing, I have to try and reproduce it. But AAA do not send any pause/play commands that have not been initiated by the user or the system, I do occasionally see Poweramp play/pause when plugging in/out a headset in my phone, this behavior is because Poweramp listens for changes in connections and acts on that. That is maybe what GPM also have been doing, and they have fixed that when using Auto. I suspect that is the issue, but it might be a Poweramp problem, have a look if it happens on BT dis/connection. Do you experience it with other apps?

Voice control is a tough one. For now only very simple commands have succeeded for me like "Play" "pause" etc. Native voice search is not possible as I don't have any access in the libraries the music apps have. I have only done little testing on this, so for the future it might change. But there is a method to pass search queries to music apps, but my tests have shown poor results as not many audio apps have implemented this, and if they have, it is poorly.

With the music being muddy, that can only be a local issue as the app do not touch any audio streams. Make sure the quality of your music files are the best possible like FLAC etc. GPM can play up to 320kbps, so if you can match that it should be the same :)

As crash822 wrote, you need to start some music playing and then launch Auto. This app detects currently running audio controllers and forwards them to Auto, that is probably why you see Youtube and not others :)

Thank you! I know Apple music is kind of weird, I can see it myself and still haven't found a way around it... Glad to hear that O works, I will directly code for it when it is released with the new Pixel :)
[Android Auto General] Shizzo:
Yeah, it doesn't work. YouTube is an audio source, no?

The video is playing when I connect to Android Auto, and then I select your app, which shows me an option for YouTube, and I never get the audio.
[Android Auto General] agamemnonn:
Thanks for great work. When will next version be released? Will it have folder browsing option?
[Android Auto General] linuxpir8:
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[Android Auto General] Emil Borconi:
Hi.

Nice up there, not using it myself but defenetly something needed, so great work.

As for next,play,pause,stop,etc it looks like AA doesn't bind the Play/Pause keycode at all, not sure how it's handling the play and pause but not through the keycode, which would explain the difficulties saw here buy others.

[MENTION=1398608]jvvpc[/MENTION] - check out my thread and let me know if I can help you with your work on this app. ( https://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/android-4-1-headunit-reloaded-android-t3432348 )
[Android Auto General] IronRoo:
Working great with Blackplayer EX. Only one suggestion is to alter the white background of the buttons as a bit bright & over powering for my tastes.
[Android Auto General] Boz1968:
Cant get my artwork to work w/ poweramp. I get the song and the artist w/ the play/ff/rew strip, but just black screen in the background. Did this just work for you ?

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Did the artwork just work for you? When I tried to use Poweramp, I get everything but the album art in the background. Is there something I am missing?
[Android Auto General] Mr-Steve10:
Hi, should this work with Samsung Music?

I've looked through the thread and searched but can't see anything about it :confused:
[Android Auto General] tensux:
yes the art work will work. i always have to wake my hone up to get it to show though..i also use the poweramp lockscreen
[Android Auto General] Boz1968:
Ok, so I got art work working. I have found that if I open Power Amp, then open Andoid Auto on my phone first so the auto screen is on my screen, then plug into my truck usb, the phone will stay on and art work will change with every song change.
[Android Auto General] Boz1968:
I have found a better way to make this work. I have 7Edge phone and if you go into the Developer Options, you can change the status of "Stay Awake" option which will keep the screen awake while connected to a charger. This will make the artwork transition w/ the songs in power amp while using this mod. (the before was really a work around and did not work 100% of the time.)
[Android Auto General] fly4you:
Hi,

first of all great work! Any update on the issue with Apple Music?
[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
Hi everyone! A long overdue update:

The development is still going strong, there have just been some vacation and work taking my time. Also, even though this is an alpha release I want to minimize the bugs as we’re closing in on 2k active users on the Play version alone. Even though I have to pull it from Google Play, more on this:

From the first release of this app, every time I have uploaded a new build to Google Play there have been some issues with the build. Within Android Auto, Google only allows audio and messaging apps. Sometimes they would give me a limited approval, other times they would reject the build. The weird thing was that when it got rejected, I could just create the same build with a new version number and then it would be approved when I tried again or a little later. After getting the app released the first months this way, it became clear it wasn’t viable when I wanted to push small bugfixes.

So I decided to reach out to Google, they looked into it and found that apps that allow other apps to play in AA are not allowed. So no point of keeping it on Google Play as I can’t update it. You can read their answer below.

So what’s next?

From now on, only the XDA version will be updated. The advanced version are almost ready to go, I have been using it for over a month now and believe it is ready for a release next week. It is awesome!

I know this is a long post for a change. But for those that are interested, I wanted to share it with you

Finally, you guys are awesome! Firstly I can see you are great at helping each other when I have been away and as always, thank you for the kind words here, on email and etc. I will get to answer the post here, that have been unattended.

Dev love <3
[Android Auto General] x X x:
Hello. I can't figure how to run Tidal app using this. I have go Tidal and newest AA app, and Tidal is not visible in AA, even if Tidal is running (playing music), I cannot find option to use it from AA (Tidal is not available under Music shortcut).
[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
Brand new Advanced 0.1.0 release!

Finally the new version with advanced audio browsing is here.

I am totally new to doing UI’s (I’m usually all backend), so this have been interesting to say the least :D I know there still is some small UI bugs, but I wanted to get this update out there. After all it is still a Alpha release so better to get it out, then hold onto it :)

- Startup tutorial

- new settings interface

- FAQ

- Feedback

- Analytics

- Pinned apps

The pinned apps works by selecting the apps you want pinned in the app, then they will always show up in Auto and open the audio app when selected. If selecting a new or non-playing app. When playing audio in the new app, Auto will relaunch. If selecting the currently playing app, the audio will pause and return to Auto upon play. The pause and auto return can be disabled in settings at “Continued play”.

There is a 2 minute “safe margin” where Auto will launch by it self if no new music is selected. I am not sure if I will keep this (maybe as a option), but felt there should be something if there is no user interacting. I estimated that 2 minutes should be enough to select a new song, but let me hear the feedback :)

Other running music controllers will also be listed as normal.

As the new normal, download from XDA Labs only:

https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/dk.jonske.AnyAutoAudio

Go to http://jonske.dk/archive.html to find earlier versions.
[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
I can't control the white color on the background. That is defined by Android Auto.

Awesome app you have there! Haven't seen it before. Will be very helpful when testing my app for headunits (not really happy with the emulator). I will send you a PM, have some ideas you might be able to help the direction with ;)

YouTube is not only a audio source. The reason it cancels when it get pushed to the background is a limitation in the YouTube app. There is different workarounds, but haven't tried any. Google is probably your friend :)

Check out the new 0.1.0 ;)

No sorry... I will tear the AM app apart at one point and see what they do :)

I can confirm it works with Tidal, as I use it myself. Is AA showing up? have you installed from Play or XDA? :)
[Android Auto General] x X x:
Installed from XDA and no, AA is not showing Tidal app, neither when Tidal is turned off and not running nor it is turned on and music is/is not playing.
[Android Auto General] Emil Borconi:
Feel free, till then here is what I'm working on (and I'm quite close to get it completed! )

[YOUTUBE]K0en-5XhNSg[/YOUTUBE]

:)
[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
And you have remembered to set AA into Developer mode? Otherwise it won't see AAA as it is sideloaded :)
[Android Auto General] x X x:
Now, I do not know about this. How to do this?
[Android Auto General] IronRoo:
Open AA app in your phone when not connected to car & open 3 bar menu and then About. Tap the "Android Auto" header 10 times till you see a toast message saying you are now a developer. Tap 3 dot hamburger menu select developer options to change settings
[Android Auto General] x X x:
Thanks man, it is working now ;) Pity that there is no possibility to access library of Tidal, but it not as bad ;)
[Android Auto General] fishyweb:
I've loaded the new version. I was hoping that the song title and artwork would update for each song, but it still gets stuck at that of the first song that is played, just like on the previous version. Is there a prospect that this will be fixed soon?

Otherwise, this is a very good app. Without it I wouldn't be able to use PowerAmp via AA as there is no sign that the dev is planning to add support any time soon. Thanks for the effort that you're putting into AAA.
[Android Auto General] mikebeatrice:
Please give a heads up in this thread once you create your own thread!
[Android Auto General] Emil Borconi:
Well here it is: https://xdaforums.com/android-auto/android-auto-general/app-obd2-plugin-android-auto-torque-t3657805 :D
[Android Auto General] fma965:
I've not got time to read the existing posts currently so apologises if this has already been discussed but is there any way to get YouTube to play? via a 3rd party app?

or does it already work with youtube?
[Android Auto General] Metalspree:
Thanks a ton for the update, appreciate it . I have been using the app since the day i came across it here in XDA. I just installed the latest update from XDA labs but keep getting notification from playstore to update the app, can you fix this?
[Android Auto General] fishyweb:
Same request from me, I'm also getting the "OUTDATED - AnyAutoAudio (unreleased)" notification in the Play store.
[Android Auto General] :
Playstore outdated version seems newer than 0.1.0 so an update is shown. Please fix!:)
[Android Auto General] Boz1968:
I get this error too. I have to constantly uninstall and reload it to get it to work? Anyone solved this?
[Android Auto General] Captain_Throwback:
Just disable auto-update for the app in Play Store for now.
[Android Auto General] Boz1968:
Thanks for the Info!
[Android Auto General] chrisk5655:
Says file is corrupt

I was using AnyAutoAudio with no problems then received a message telling me it was removed from google play. I came here to download the new apk and not it will not install, getting the message that the file is corrupt. Can you help me either with an older version that will install or a non corrupted version of the current apk. I really depended on this app to play my audio books through Android Auto in my car. Thank you.
[Android Auto General] Boal:
Uninstall the app. Re-install the downloaded apk. It'll work.
[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
Hi all, the annoying play update is fixed and a updated have been pushed to XDA to set a higher app version :)

Hmm, is this happening both from XDA Labs and the website? You can find all previous versions here http://jonske.dk/archive.html
[Android Auto General] sf103100:
hey guys, can someone help me how to properly use this app.

1. do i need to start this app before plugging in to my AA?

2. do start music app before plugging to my AA?

thank you in advance.
[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
Hi and welcome!

You only need to run the app once for setup, then you can leave it alone. For the music control you have two options, either setup the pinned apps setting in the app and the music apps will be listed in AA under AnyAutoAudio. The other option is just to run a music app before running AA and AnyAutoAudio will pick it up. If AnyAutoAudio is not showing up in AA, make sure you have enabled developer mode in AA. If not, run the intro again from the app. Hope this helps :)
[Android Auto General] sf103100:
my configurations are followed:

Developer enabled and my music app pinned.

when i plug in to AA from music menu i see "AnyAutoAudio" when i select i see my music app as well but when i click music app i want to use i get a sniping circle and nothing is starting.

FYI am trying to use DI.FM for android.
[Android Auto General] jvvpc:
Hmm, are you using a dashboard or just the app?
[Android Auto General] sf103100:
i am sorry should of started with this.

2016 Honda Accord with AA with OEM cable on Tmobile Samsung S8
[Android Auto General] zsamson:
SiriusXM isn't working for me. Shows up with description but when you hit play nothing happens. Hoping this can be updated to work with the SiriusXM app.
[Android Auto General] ahhl:
doesn't work on mate 7 + merz. apps listed but when try to play it just exit back to AA.
[Android Auto General] ericbill:
My Samsung Note 8 just broke AnyAutoAudio

I received my Note 8 early, and I used the Side Switch app to move everything from my ancient Note 4 to the 8. AnyAutoAudio menu settings menu loads when launching the app, but the AnyAutoAudio selection is no longer available in the Android Auto menu. I'm going to try a full uninstall, reboot, and reinstall through xda's app. Hopefully that will fix it. I'll update the thread.

FYI - This is my first post to the group. I'm not a developer, but I came over to keep tabs on this wonderful app, which is sadly not currently working for me.

Thanks

Eric
[Android Auto General] ericbill:
The fresh install didn't work either. :(
[Android Auto General] swallowingled:
Did you enable unknown sources in the developer settings?
[Android Auto General] ericbill:
Yup. Just double checked it... sometimes it reverts back to not allowing third party apps, but it's still allowing.

- Eric

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Doh! I forgot that I have to enable third party apps in both the OS *AND* the Android Auto app. My bad. Great app!

Only problem has been that Neutron doesn't want to play nice with the app most of the time, but I have other music apps that are almost as good.

- Eric
[Android Auto General] timurg:
The same here -connecting Verizon S8 to Honda Pilot 2017 and trying to use Poweramp and nothing is starting.
[Android Auto General] ajithrn:
Love the app, but there's a small issue album art and the song info not change when changing songs , but if i pause the song on the dash screen and play it again it do refresh the info, all the controls works fine, am using nexus 6p running on Android O.
[Android Auto General] ken52787:
Thanks for making this app! I wanted a way to listen to SiriusXM thru the app instead of having to pay to have the car service connected too. This does the trick. I am having two problems with the SiriusXM app though. It's probably the fault of the app and not yours, but I figured I'd mention it just in case.

I can't start playback from the Android Auto interface. From AnyAutoAudio, I can select SiriusXM from the list, and the album art comes up, but pressing play doesn't start the music. I have to use CM Swipe to break out of the AA splash screen on my phone and manually go into the SiriusXM app to start the music. Luckily once it gets going, I can now control the music from Android Auto.

The more annoying issue is that when Android Auto switches between Day and Night modes, it kills the audio. I have to do the above steps to get the music going again. I park in a garage, so that means I have to wait until I'm out of the garage and driving before I get the music going. A less than ideal work around I've been using is going into the Android Auto dev menu and telling it to always stay in night mode.

I blame SiriusXM for both those issues, but figured I'd let you know. Again, thanks for the app! I donated a few bucks thru the app :)
[Android Auto General] techguyone:
Wow I'm glad that I've discovered this app, how stupid of Google to not let you play local music through AA, not everyone has unlimited data plans to use GPM etc, well done!
[Android Auto General] fishyweb:
I use Player FM to listen to podcasts, natively in AA. After listening to a podcast, if I then switch to AAA via the AA audio selector, AAA crashes on my phone.

Note that I have PowerAmp as a pinned app, and I also start PowerAmp before plugging the phone into the car.

Hope you can fix this!
[Android Auto General] tensux:
can anyone help me thru pinning poweramp? i have developer options enabled, haven't seen any obvious way of pinning apps
[Android Auto General] ahhl:
i am waiting for this app becoming like nrxplay for carplay
[Android Auto General] fishyweb:
I'm getting different results. The album artwork never refreshes for me, no matter how much I pause and restart playback. It displays the artwork and title for the first song played, and remains like that for the rest of the drive.

Also, the Play button always displays as a ">" button i.e. it doesn't change to a "||" pause button while playing.

This is with Android 6.0 on a Moto X Style plugged into a Hyundai Ioniq, listening to Poweramp in "Shuffle all songs" mode.
[Android Auto General] IronRoo:
pinning is in the AAA app not AA

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I am seeing this as well on Blackplayer though not sure if exactly the same issue. I think it's related to the fact I have Blackplayer set to auto start on detecting A2DP headset over Bluetooth, does DI.FM have BT auto start? So I think there must be some conflict when AA starts and Bluetooth switches on AA as AA will show BlackplayerEX with the circular arrow for ever. The music will start automatically as BlackplayerEX starts automatically but AA will not control it via headunit or steering wheel buttons as it's playing directly via Bluetooth, so I have to leave AA to change tracks or pause/play. But AA still shows my music players listed.

My "workaround" is to connect Bluetooth first & only then plug in the usb cord once Bluetooth music is running as then AA sees the active music player and takes control. The advantage is at least I can tap BT from quick settings so don't have to unlock screen & start the music app player first.

Now if AAA could manipulate the AA/music player commands we could have our music players auto starting on usb plugin! :p

[MENTION=1398608]jvvpc[/MENTION]
[Android Auto General] Shah90023:
Cant use music function on my samsung galaxy s8

So ive installed the app (versions 0.1.0), allowed permissions and i can music through the apple music app (i got 6 months free apple music hence why im using that or id use spotify)but i cant stop the song or go back a song or forward a song. Rather frustrating when youre trying to change a song. The buttons on screen do nothing Any suggestions or is this a bug?
[Android Auto General] Saear:
Would it be possible to get a version compatible with Android 5.0/5.1?
[Android Auto General] manos78:
Hi,

This App is amazing! Great job!

However, I'm still without success with FM-RADIO and DAB-RADIO Apps. Please, can you explain what you need to add support for these Apps? FM-Radio is native, and DAB-Radio is in the Store. Futhermore, both work when you start them by hand with the phone connected with the Android Auto to the car (the audio outputs throught the speakers). But this App refuses to list them.

Perhaps the problem is how to detect the audio applications that display the notification bar. What is the BASE CLASS that you're looking for? You support SUB-CLASSES?

Please give us more information and we can find out how to support these Apps.

Thank you!

PD: FYI, in the Motorola's FM RADIO stock App, decompiling the code I see:

import android.support.v4.media.session.MediaSessionCompat.QueueItem;

If you support "only" MediaSession and not MediaSessionCompat, then please, add support for both if you can.

Thank you!
[Android Auto General] platano verde:
not working :(

so glad I came across your app, but unfortunately, it's not working as intended. I'm using your app with a Galaxy S7 (Android 7.0) and Android auto 2.6.573464 through a pioneer 4200nex. the head unit plays the song and displays the song title but no art work is displayed nor do the pause, skip forward or back buttons work.*

additionally, when I access AAA's pinned apps through AA on my dashboard, apps that I didn't pin, while setting up AAA on my phone, show up.

I did enable developer mode and notifications... not sure what I'm doing wrong. appreciate your time, consideration any feedback you can share to get this app working right!
[Android Auto General] icaroheaven:
It's not working right now (Galaxy S6 edge + Apple Music).

I'll try to record a video.
[Android Auto General] conbdebolio:
Can't pause, change songs, album art erratic, Nexus 6p, Android 8.0

Don't know if it has to do with my version of Android or my car unit (Suzuki SLDA) or Apple Music, but the controls don't work, neither does the album art. Sometimes it plays automatically when I plug my phone in but sometimes I have to start Apple Music before connecting.

I hope you release a paid version of it means improving the app and giving good support :)
[Android Auto General] fishyweb:
I'm pleased to say that I've found a way to fix this. I was previously using Tasker to start PowerAmp after my phone had connected to Bluetooth, and then I'd plug the phone into USB and start AA. I've now modified the Tasker profile so that it starts PowerAmp

after

AA has started. Now, the album art, song title, and play / pause button are all working perfectly when using AAA. ☺️
[Android Auto General] socheat78:
Apple Music allow us to use Volume rocker to control music. Is there a way we can use the method to make this app control Apple Music that way?
[Android Auto General] StevenSeegal:
I know it's a long shot but I figure I would ask. When using this with Poweramp I was hoping I would actually have a Poweramp style layout as opposed to the stock AA music layout with: previous track, play/pause, next track buttons. I would ideally like to navigate my folders and fast forward (pressing on various points of the track or using the jog wheel that I would with the native system to move around a track). Is there any way of doing this, either with this app + Poweramp, some of the pairing, or another standalone app used in AA?
[Android Auto General] tensux:
Works fine with anyautoaudio
[Android Auto General] StevenSeegal:
But can you control these through AA (via the vehicle controls) or on the phone?
[Android Auto General] RBMIKE82:
Apple music

Set any auto audio going. Open apple music. Then open android auto. Plays fine but as soon as I plug phone in to car it stops playing
[Android Auto General] tensux:
I answered quickly before carefully reading your question . I can skip songs and control volume using the controls on the steering wheel, but I can't chose artist or folders except using the phone.
[Android Auto General] StevenSeegal:
Same, I was able to use Rocket player to navigate folders but it was a bit clunky.