[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
( 970+ Italian radios stations .. that's an impressive number if you live in Italy and travel all over the country, listening to FM radio all the time).

Yes, I'm one of the GEEKY ones lol

We obviously have different ideas on how things should be, and that is great .. would be so boring if everyone thought the same .. but this is probably not the place for such a detailed discussion between to differing views, nor do I think that such a discussion going to end in much of a meeting of the minds, so I'll not comment any more.

---------- Post added at 09:02 ---------- Previous post was at 08:36 ----------

SIGH .. with every new Android Release, they want to tighten up "Security", and more and more thing that use to work, now are not allowed to work because of security issues.

Another thought stuck me today ..

(1) The "Bluetooth Widget" is currently really a just a "BlueTooth Phone Call" widget, although I am pushing for it to also indicated the state of a "Bluetooth Media Audio" connection as well.

(2) Now it appears that getting the Device name may only be possible in Andoid 8 and below ( but maybe there is a way to do it in 9, 10 and beyond.)

(3) Most of the older head units, running Android 8 and below only support one Bluetooth Connection.

(4) It appears that some of the newer, high end model Head Units, can support 2 BlueTooth connections, and are using Android 9 and above.

(Do not know if the ability to support 2 Bluetoooth connections is hardware, or a feature of later Android Versions)

SO,

With only a single Bluetooth connection possible, it is fine to include both "Phone Call" and "Media Audio" connections into the same widget, because that widget displays the single, only, connected device.

If, going into the future, more head units support Dual Bluetooth Connections, from two different devices, then displaying the Device name becomes an issue, and would probably require TWO separate Bluetooth Widgets :- a "Bluetooth : Phone Call" widget, and a separate "Bluetooth : Media Audio" widget, (if in fact , these two connections can come from different Phones/tablets, and thus have different device names)

I can see, with support for 2 BlueTooth Connections, than a common configuration might be, the Drive having their phone connected for "Bluetooth Phone call", so they can use their phone Hands-Free while driving, and passenger(s) in the car, connecting their Phones with "Bluetooth - Media audio", to play music from their phone etc, through the car's Stereo system.

What still is not clear to me is if with a Dual Bluetooth Head unit, two phones can BOTH connect in "Bluetooth = Phone call" mode, and if they can, how that connection get shared between the two phones .. I would assume they both cannot make phone calls at the same time using the Head Unit's Mic & Speakers !!!

BTW: Did a test this morning, with my Single Bluetooth head unit.

It will not accept a 2nd connection from a 2nd device, even if the 1st is "Phone call only" and the 2nd is "Mutimedia Audio" only.

So the use of the Existing "Bluetooth - Phone Call" widget to also display the "Media Audio" connection makes sense, as both connection MUST be from the same device.

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Interesting .. I tried Torque Widgets about 5 months ago, (to get the Torque Compass), before FCC added a FCC Compass Widget.

I found that when I added the Torque Widget, the Head Unit (FCC) ran extremely slowly and unreliably !!!

Maybe whatever was causing that back then, is now "Fixed" in current versions of FCC / "Torque Widgets"

I should try it again now :) Thanks