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[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
Sorry, you have not even posted any issues with the Fcc and even not asked anything here...

If the developer has in the moment other things to do, take it as is.

Most problems reported in here are related to different units which are not fully supported or wrongly set up devices... not to talk about not reading the instructions.

I have 4 different units in use with different MCU and CPU and I don´t have severe issues, just not supported features. And this is already reported a couple of times: Some features are not even available due to restrictions in the MCU or badly designed, cheapo units.

He will come back as soon he has time. There are some reason that he is not available. One is the current political situation in his country. So live with it or choose any other car launcher... if you find something which is comparable with Fcc.
[Android Head-Units] pdedinski:
FCC has some bugs, that is true.. It took me lots trial and error to set it up to work (almost) correctly on my unit. I have now somewhat stable working setup with the features I need. I have tried (and bought) other launchers like AGAMA and Car Web Guru.. They are more stable in terms of performance, however are far less customizable, and FCC is the only one that can detect correctly the wake from sleep of my Rockchip PX5 based Chinese headunit with some god knows what MCU (my unit does not have the option of complete power off, only sleep after some time), and automatically start my music playback for example. It even starts from the position that it powered off (using Musicolet player). So I stick with it.

I would also like to see the development and bug-fixing resumed at some point as there is lots of room for improvement or polishing of the product.

If you want the least problematic experience, I would suggest to start setting up your screen from a simple skin.. Not the one containing the map or anything fancy. Since maps do not support navigation and, especially google often make API changes, they are not very useable, and most people use dedicated nav apps like Maps, Waze, etc.

At first I started using the skin that has the map, and heavily edited it, but the performance was quite unstable, and I often had to restore configuration from a backup due to problems with disappearing music info, fonts switched to size 1, making texts disappear and etc.. Then I chose the simplest skin, and used only the built-in FCC widgets, and it all works fine (mostly, with rare exceptions).. Even the TPMS widget works with my DeeLife TPMS caps from AliExpress like a charm, so I have a real time tire-pressure information available.

Also home screen widgets of other android apps are best to be avoided.. For me at first they seem to work, but at some point just stop updating, and I even got a situation where CPU was regularly spiking to 100% until I completely reinstalled FCC. Just keep it as simple as possible and it will work, while still providing plenty of useful features, combined to your convenience.
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
Out of curiosity am I the only one that the play and pause on the home screen doesn't work for? I think what would be helpful would be for the more pro users to help some of the newbies while SpeedFire focuses on his other project. I really love the customization but always makes me feel like I am missing a lot when it comes to the skins

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[Android Head-Units] pdedinski:
For me Play/Pause do work.. Though my player setup is a bit different. I have three instances of the player widget set-up.. One is set up to only show artist and track name, one just for the image and one only with the Previous Play/Pause Next buttons. Not that this should matter.

Does your previous/next buttons work ?

I see that you are using spotify, youtube and something else as players. Have you tried if it works with others like foobar2000,Musicolet or PowerAmp ?

In general as I understand the media control buttons issue a generic command to the currently active media player. I do not use the controls for changing the player as I only use locally stored MP3 and the built-in radio and due to specifics of my headunit the built-in-radio is not recognized as some player and FCC cannot control it, so I just switch them manually by having an app icon
[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
I can say that your screen is not optimized.

I also have different player widgets on my screen:

On top the title, album and source. Setting is to pause/play on tap.

in the middle the album art and nothing else. Setting is to open the current player on tap.

The 3rd one is used for the different player. I reduced my player apps to DAB+ , Online radio (Radionator), Black Player and the OEM FM radio. (Here I have 2 widgets, for 2 apps one single widget. No further apps are shown here.

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[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
At one point they all seemed to work but haven't been able to get them to work at all for a while now, have had other issues to deal with the car so wasn't as concerned about it and thought it may get taken care of with an update. I usually prefer to use Spotify but can go to something else if it works better. But the antenna on my head unit isn't great so usually prefer to stream music to get the best out of the unit. The other part I haven't loved is it isn't auto playing anymore, most times I have to go into the bluetooth tab of the unit and hit play on Spotify for it to start going then go to the FCC stuff. Been half debating on trying to undo it all and see what the android auto will do on the unit just for ease of use

How do I go about optimizing it?

Another big issue for me on the units which was touched on about the reliability of the GPS but I really enjoy having the upper unit run the GPS so that I can look at the street layouts in case I want to take a cut off of the main street. But I have had a lot of issues of the unit saying the file is corrupted for the map. Try to go in and re-download with out success
[Android Head-Units] pdedinski:
Try reinstalling it and setup from scratch, starting with some simple skin. Also I don't think there is need to go to Android Auto, when you have an android headunit. If you are too frustrated with FCC go for another launcher. AGAMA for example is pretty stable and in active support.
[Android Head-Units] pdedinski:
Here is my setup.. Player, speed, direction, altitude, tire presaure and time.. And shortcuts to some nav, bluetooth, radio, sound l, etc.

It was nighttime, so image is a bit blurry.
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
Thanks, I like the customization but may try it without to see how it goes. I think Android Auto did an update where it should work better hopefully
[Android Head-Units] HatManSan:
The only feature that I have trouble with everyday - but it doesn't stop me enjoying the launcher - is the player widget. If I am using PA all is perfect. If I swap to NavRadio, the widget will always jump back to the PA. I have to rapidly press NavRadio on the widget 4 or o5 times and the radio will play. Only one press of widget to get PA back again. For me this has never changed. So I am used to it now. By far the most creative launcher i know of. Love the fact I can have the map on one screen occupying a third of the screen and press a button and swap to the map full screen and back again.
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
Anyone else notice that the volume of their unit seems to be louder when not running FCC? I unistalled it on my lower unit to run the stock Android Auto in hopes of getting it to do Wireless but was unsuccessful so far. While I was doing that I changed the skins on my upper unit but for some reason it was stuck having the map in the middle of it even when I deleted that page of it. So not sure what to do there...
[Android Head-Units] pw44:
i agree. purchased and discover later that author is doing other things. it's a shame.
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
It is a hell of a product though
[Android Head-Units] pw44:
what do you mean with a hell of a product, please?
[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
Folks, stop blaming around, that doesn´t make any sense.

There are different circumstances the developer has to pause the development on Fcc. Do you guys really think that it makes it comfortable for him to follow up here?

Just blaming around should not be okay.

You are not even asking for help.

You did not even post any information of your setup.

You did not even post the type of unit incl. MCU and firmware version your unit is running.

You guys did not even explain the issues you are running into.

Shame on you guys.

If you are not even willing to take your time, playing around with the different settings, just stop blaming, use another launcher and get away.

Most of the issues are related to wrong setup, wrong widget settings or just a messy firmware.

If you want to get help, post your MCU, Firmware version, type you setup Fcc and give the needed information.

That had to be said here...
[Android Head-Units] HatManSan:
I think some have all lost sight of the $hit going on in the world today! If the launcher was ten Euro a month this would be debatably. But it isn't!!! It's cheap, very very cheap!!! We are lucky we have folk who can provide with an easy solution in the first place.
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
That it is a very good product, worth the price you paid for it
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
I'm hoping my posts were taken in a negative light, I wasn't trying to blame anything. I really meant about others helping in light of him being away which I see no problem with. If I had more knowledge about it I would gladly step up.

Totally agree, I am very happy with the product. Just wish I knew more to be able to use the full capabilities of it
[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
At least Fcc is not something like plug n´play.

The launcher needs to get tuned to your hard/firmware, which is not always possible due to restrictions from the supplier of the head unit.

So if someone needs help, any helping hand needs complete information about the unit in use.

MCU, Firmware are at least the important ones to get known.

Furthermore, Fcc asks during the setup process about the MCU. This is the most important part, why things are not working as expected. Using a wrong one, or the MCU of the head unit is not found there, there are problems with different firmware related widgets.

So any kind of help needs these information in front.

BTW... I did not talk about you, mclellan, I just talk about a lot of others, just blaming around that the developer paused the development on this launcher.

...and if this is one of the first postings here on XDA, I think they are just here to "mimimi".
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
Yeah totally makes sense, just didn't want to be seen that way cause I really do like the launcher and push it a lot in the Facebook groups. Like I said I wish I knew more about it, I know when I set mine up I wasn't totally sure on all that stuff either
[Android Head-Units] DrumVlado:
Did you sort this issue out? I can't seem to make the left (or right) panel working at all, and the allocated space seems too big.
[Android Head-Units] kramttocs:
Sorry, I haven't tried it for a long time.
[Android Head-Units] Krystlas:
How to set steering wheel controls on hizpo s2 roco k706 qf001. help please
[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
That´s nothing related to Fcc car launcher. Try to search the forum for your particular device. --> Search
[Android Head-Units] Krystlas:
Chciałem wybrać pomiędzy 3 aplikacjami, na które pozwala FCC

Mod Edit: English Translation Below

I wanted to choose between 3 applications that the FCC allows
[Android Head-Units] bukabu:
Hello.

I have an Erisin es8937m Radio on an MT8667 CPU.

Is it possible to control the radio on the FCC screen? It doesn't work for me...

The second question is where to download the offline map?
[Android Head-Units] DrumVlado:
Hi. You should switch off the left panel in the display settings
[Android Head-Units] mariodantas:
Was trying FCC in a vertical screen, seems good but I can't handle settings, they show only the side setting and not the content, maybe the settings layout isn't compatible with these vertical screens, I guess!
[Android Head-Units] DrumVlado:
You mean the side panel? Mine is also empty on a 12.3, so not related to screen ratio
[Android Head-Units] Guilherme J. Ceretta:
Hello ! Could anyone direct me to the right place in the topic or help me with the correct dimensions of the photo to change the background of the miniplayer? I put a jpg photo with the Honda logo to show while the music is not playing, but the photo appears in the entire background as wallpaper. (yes I chose the correct option) (translated with Google translator)
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
I have issues with both as well, others have said they are able to mine seems to be a problem with the app it is trying to control.

You can click on the settings while the map is up to download it, mine has the problem of downloading it and then saying it is corrupted. Try going in to download it and see what it does for you
[Android Head-Units] olli14:
When I Install FCC it ask me what device type I have.

I have

MCU version TS18V

CPU version UIS8581A

So what device type shall I choose during installation? Sorry for this question?
[Android Head-Units] olli14:
One more question: does FCC support the app Waze to navigate?
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
As I recall, you can use Waze but it doesn't run it as the pages that have navi in them
[Android Head-Units] DrumVlado:
Hi. Have someone played around with Google map color customization in the minimaps widget? There is a "custom" color scheme at the bottom of the list of options, but I am not sure how that works.

Also, same question about the Mapbox and another one - can you change the behavior of the map? Google maps have few modes, one of them is "drive mode" in which the map doesn't change orientation once you start moving and the movement is smooth/linear. In the Mapbox minimap this is not so - if you stop it rotates, sometimes even 180 degrees, and the motion is erratic, not smooth, you're even sometimes outside the road...

Thanks!
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
Yeah that was driving me crazy when I was using it
[Android Head-Units] olivier2591:
I will investigate.

As far as I know, the radio works all the time, it's just a kind of mute, and lets the sound of other applications pass.

to stop the sound of the radio

- you have to press the back button of android in the radio application

- launch the bluetooth application (mutes the sound of ALL Applications)
[Android Head-Units] surfer63:
Replying on a PM from olivier2591 about muting the radio.

I did some superfluous looking some time ago.

According to me (but again: I'm not a java programmer), the main volume methods are in module/main/HandlerMain.java:

public static void mcuKeyVolDown() {
HandlerSound.showVolUi();
HandlerSound.volSrcCmd(-2);
}

public static void mcuKeyVolUp() {
HandlerSound.showVolUi();
HandlerSound.volSrcCmd(-1);
}

public static void mcuKeyVolMute() {
HandlerSound.showVolUi();
HandlerSound.volSrcCmd(-5);
}

Based on the audio channel the muteSrc() is called from the volSrcCmd() (module.sound.HandlerSound). I *think* MuteSrc(1) mutes the radio.

This is all I know based on some quick scanning through the code last week.
[Android Head-Units] pa.ko:
Noticed that pausing stock Music player via widget pause button is bringing the Music app in foreground for a second and then returns to home screen. Very unpleasant.
[Android Head-Units] olivier2591:
i make somme test, and it work good. ;)

but i try to assign a logo to radio, name work good but logo doesn't appear. i try with *.png and *.jpeg

what format of logo is necessary ?

Do you have RDS in russia ?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Any. png should be OK.

Does the selected logo appear in the settings menu where you set it (next to the station name)?

If yes - send me a LogCat of switching between radio stations (where logo should appear)

Yes, we do. However on most devices RDS data is inaccessable to third party apps. In your case there is a small chance that it can be get (but it requires some investigation).
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
This should not happen. Can you send a logcat (with video)?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Someone asked:

- Audible and

- Pocket Casts

will be integrated starting next beta
[Android Head-Units] ZeroZorro:
I have a question i didn't find an answer for yet: when installing this launcher there will be several other apps installed. Will they be uninstalled too if the main app is uninstalled ( i know, why should i want that, ever?) and if you don't use some additional apps can they be uninstalled individually (or hidden) without interfering with the main app?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
These are actually not the apps. These are kind of shortcuts which start different activities of FCC Launcher.

They could not be uninstalled individually but they can be hidden in FCC Launcher by dragging the shortcut to the Settings button and then selecting Hide the app.

If the FCC Launcher is uninstalled they will be unistalled as well. So no problem here.
[Android Head-Units] jun81:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION],

Thank you for the great betas!

Was using the mini map with the new skin. Which after I realize will it be possible to do auto zoom in and out with respect to the speed? For example on the freeway the close up does not help and to manually zoom out at high speed would sometimes be quite dangerous.

Lastly maybe there can be a option to open maps using mini map.
[Android Head-Units] s.rahus:
Hi [MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION],

The new skin option just sealed this launcher for me. Been using the latest beta. Very nice, indeed!

One bug I have noticed is that, when we are listening to the music via the standard music player and a call comes in, the music gets paused and it won't resume even after the end of the call. I have to manually unpause it after a call. I can get you the logcat later as I am away from my car now.

Is it possible to have the mini map to show the turn by turn navigation to a destination instead of just the current street (may be an option to switch between the current street and turn by turn navigation)?

Cheers,

Rahul U S
[Android Head-Units] olivier2591:
Hello,

I did some tests in real this weekend with the player widget. I noted some details.

I dismount the car radio tomorrow to redo simulations to explain everything with if possible video and the corresponding logcat.

;)
[Android Head-Units] Sim08u:
Does this work on all Android Headunits? Mine runs an Allwinner T8 and all i'm looking for is something thats cleaner and a tad more customisable than stock AND the ability to say "OK Google, call XXXX"?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Not yet. Allwinners are not supported at the moment. But you can help with this if you upload somethere all apk-s from /sys/ and /data/priv/ folders.
[Android Head-Units] Sim08u:
Happy to do so, if you tell me how lol. Is it just as simple as downloading a file explorer and then copying all those files onto a USB/SD card? PM me exactly what you want.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Yes, but you need to have a root.
[Android Head-Units] Sim08u:
Haha still waiting on that one...
[Android Head-Units] olivier2591:
Hello,

Here is a summary of my investigations:

I think the main problem is updating the widget:

- when I change the radio to spotify (for example) the title updates but not the image. you have to touch the widget to update.

- when I change from spotify to radio the title changes but not the image.

- sometimes with spotify when the song changes the picture does not update. you have to touch the widget to get the right image.

Concerning the mute of the radio:

- when I change from radio to spotify on the widget the sound does not change.

- to change the sound it is necessary to open spotify and this mute the radio automatically.

for the display of the radio image everything works well, I had badly saved.

in spite of these small default I buy your application which for me is the best application for car. ;)

I attach the video link corresponding to the logat to better understand.

video : https://youtu.be/93oMCFm3Eow

logcat: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gMfu3KuvotH3zPAslBN8mU9z6uNA5gPN
[Android Head-Units] Roerbakeitje:
I attach the video link corresponding to the logat to better understand.

video : [youtube]93oMCFm3Eow[/youtube]

logcat: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gMfu3KuvotH3zPAslBN8mU9z6uNA5gPN[/QUOTE]

Little note on your findings . I have player problem when device start. The music starts but not title or image. Only when changing a channel it works correctly again.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
New beta with quick players improvements:

- You can set player logos instead of text, including custom logos.

- Cycle mode: only the active player is displayed. When you tap on it, the app switches to the next player. Works both for logo and text modes.
[Android Head-Units] olli14:
I want to set a wallpaper (that I created on my own) in the FCC homescreen as background. But I don''t know how to do. When I go to FCC settings there is a menu where I should be able to set a wallpaper as background. But in this "set-background-menu" I don't see any pictures. This "set-background-menu" is completely black with the text "myPictures" (or something like that) in the lower left edge and the text "set as background" (or something like that) in the upper left edge.

Is there a special folder where I have to save this wallpaper?

Can I use the file type BMP or should I use JPG or PNG as wallpaper file type?

My android head unit has 768 x 1024 pixel. So my wallpaper also has 768 x 1024 pixel. That's correct?
[Android Head-Units] DrumVlado:
Hi guys. What’s the story with the “left panel”? Can’t seem to make it work at all. I just get a very big empty space, that is probably 100 pixels even when the width is set to 1 in the settings. Maybe I am missing something basic?
[Android Head-Units] olli14:
Has no one a hint for me?
[Android Head-Units] Cuscio:
Maybe it's been said before, I have a problem with the mini map. The automatic zoom based on speed doesn't work for me. Is there a solution for this?
[Android Head-Units] mclellan83:
Only thing I can say is I had a hard time getting my head unit to recognize when I put pics in for the load screen. For some reason they didn't show for a while then finally started to show so I could add them to my screens. I personally never messed with the background on the units, next time I am messing with mine I will see what I can find
[Android Head-Units] Andreas1470:
Hallo,

Gibt es eine Möglichkeit, die Einstellungen so anzupassen, dass die Kopfzeile am unteren Rand eines 12,3-Zoll-Displays nicht abgeschnitten wird?

Schön wäre es auch, wenn man die bunten App-Icons durch schwarz-weiße ersetzen könnte.
[Android Head-Units] Cuscio:
you need to download a photo gallery on the store
[Android Head-Units] DrumVlado:
Hi. Please use English in this forum.

I have a 12.3 and I have no problem with lower part. Maybe you have some panel ON in the settings?

You can use any Android icon pack to replace any icon in FFC.
[Android Head-Units] Cuscio:
I installed the audio widget for Spotify playback but I have a problem, the forward and backward and play commands work but the pause does not work. I can't stop the music. Is this a known problem?
[Android Head-Units] zerokimura:
Hi bought the premium version. Great launcher but I could only pay for it on my phone so I installed it first on my phone. In my car it won't recognize I have the paid version. Un and installed again didn't work.
[Android Head-Units] zerokimura:
Never mind. I am just a dumbass...
[Android Head-Units] zerokimura:
Okidokie, another question. Can anyone point me in the right direction to get album art working on the home screen with the round...uhh....circle. I am using Poweramp.

Many thanks in advance.
[Android Head-Units] Cuscio:
This launcher is unique, let's hope development resumes. This is my setup

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