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[Android Head-Units] c0rsa1r:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

Hi! I've just purchased the premium version of the app, so far so good. Very nice launcher overall, but the main feature for me is to be able to use an alternative dialer (as far as I understood, this is somehow possible with your launcher).

Unfortunately, I found out that my head unit is not supported (yet). Here's the specification:

Brand = Podofo (?)

Model = H-2007

In-system name = K6_01_IH

SoC = mt6582

https://i.ibb.co/MfLZFHv/pdf-1.jpg

I sent you a PM with a Google Drive link in order to download all the extract apk from a fresh unit, maybe they are useful.

Thank you!
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
Interesting unit :)

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Podofo-2-Din-7-Touch-Android-8-0-Universal-Car-Radio-Audio-GPS-Navigation-Bluetooth-Car/32883312898.html

Many are reporting that it's claimed Android 8.0 is really 7.1 ???

one report talks about a BlueTooth issue -
[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
No, this should be an Android 4.4 unit.

Based on a MT6582, which is a 32bit board and has only 1GB DDR2 RAM.
[Android Head-Units] c0rsa1r:
Exactly, it's a 4.4 with 1gb of ram. To be honest, it's not bad at all, and the bt work for me (on my huawei p20 lite), but the stock app is really bad. I mean, it does work but I'm facing a couple of "issues".: there's no space between name and surname in the contact list, it doesn't remember the recent call on reboot and it doesn't show the caller name when receiving a call. I suppose that switching to a better contacts/dialer app would solve this, otherwhise I'm pretty happy with it, especially for the price!
[Android Head-Units] tebukan:
I'm using a paid and beta version. As the day goes on, errors are decreasing. very nice program and my car looks very good. I would like to thank the developers. View attachment 4656698View attachment 4656699View attachment 4656700
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

Have you had time this past week to look at the Player Widget update issues. ?

Anything you can tell us at this time as far as progress and a temporary solution is concerned ?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Quick fix didn't work. So I am in the process of code re-considering / re-writing.

I don't know yet how far I will go in that direction...
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I am actually not disappointed to hear that the quick fix will not work, as it seems wasted effort, if the code really needs to be re-designed and re-written to work reliably going forward.

Hopefully you will figure out a way to make it work reliably. (even if there is only a alternative better solution for later Android Operating Systems)

Knowing that it can and will be fixed, is far more important to me than how soon it can be fixed - even if that extends into next year ...

To me, the one major flaw in FCC is the stability of the Player Widget because one experiences the frustration of it not working every time the car is driven, and throughout the trip.

Let me know if there is anything I can do to help -- not sure what I can actually do, but maybe there is.
[Android Head-Units] hapaman:
Doesn't matter what I'm doing but I cant delet a screen. The button to delete is simply not visible. Also setting no skin for home screen has no function. Bug or userproblem? View attachment 4657581
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
do you see the lock icon when long pressing a screen on bottom right? If so, click it to unlock.

Dave
[Android Head-Units] hapaman:
Yes the lock icon is there but when pressing the screen will be locked. So it's already unlocked.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Seems like a bug for vertical screen. Will be fixed it in the next beta.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
I do not upload this Alpha even to the Beta channel (because too many people are on Beta channel).

This is some preliminary work on Player Widget. If anyone wants to test it - install it manually.

Download new alpha:

v1 - FCC Car Launcher - Alpha 3.143 v1 (notifications only)

v2 - FCC Car Launcher - Alpha 3.143 v2 (notifications + media receiver)

Which version works better?

(version to roll back to in case alpha is too bad - Rollback Beta)
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
What a great surprise this morning !!

Loaded 3.143v2 and everything bust into life. !!

Switches correctly between players, and both Text & Artwork (and FCC Notifications) work 100% as expected.

Sometimes the update might not be immediate as the new song starts to play, but within a seconds or 2 it updates.. other times it is immediate.

I will do some more testing, as well as test the other version later today.

Before I do that, can you please explain the difference between the two versions, and what we might expect to see as differences between them.

Initially, I tried with 3.143 v2, ( V2's are typically better than v1's) ... but what, if any would be the advantages of V1 over v2 ??

NEVER SEEN FCC Player Widget work this well.

One problem I use to see before this version, was that after being in FM Radio (where artwork did tend to work fine), switching to another player, the artwork would tend to remain showing the FM radio. Now it switches correctly to the new player's artwork.

Tried FM, Poweramp & Blackplayer and as a 4th player Amazon Music.

Switches and work 100% correctly !!

I have a selection page of about 16 other Players that can be selected as the 4th player. I will try them all out over the next few days.

However, before do much more testing (I hate to change anything at the moment, it's working so well), I would like to wait till you explain the differences between the two version, so I can make a more informed comparison.

V2 looks great .. so once again, what would be the advantage or disadvantage of V1 ??
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Nice! :)

Actually, my expectation was that V1 would work better on Android 5+ devices and on third party players than V2.

V1 fetches data from notifications only.

V2 gets data from notifications AND from some broadcasts sent by players. Some players (especially PowerAmp) tend to send those broadcasts even when they are on pause. So they may confuse Player Widget. Next version will be based on V2 anyway. I will try to improve this media receiver.

The most significant changes in both Alphas as compared to the previous version are the following:

- Previously I tried to save only the latest track / artist and album art data received.

- Now I have a set of fields (track / artist / album art) for each player. So if any incoming data is received it updates the particular set of data for particular player. Player widget now just chooses which data to use (that's why FM radio album arts are not mixed with third party player's arts).

I hope this new approach will be more stable.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
Maybe V2 with a FCC option to turn OFF listening to Broadcasts (if that is going to mess up some Android versions)

Just so I fully understand :

There a 4 sets of (track / artist / album art). fields , one each for for Player 1, Player 2, Player 3 and for Player 4. ( does not matter what the actual player name is, its just the 4 for the 4 selectable players with the widget's quickplayer control)

If I have a 4th player set (say Amazon Music), the there will be fields for that 4th Player's (track / artist / album art).

Assume they have updated to that current 4th player.(Amazon Music)

If I then select another player to be the 4th Player, then that new 4th player should overwrite the 4th Players (track / artist / album art). If for some reason it fails to do so, then I should expect to see the old 4th player's last (track / artist / album art) being displayed.

I can imagine that "some 4th players" may not be as good, or have some issue in sending their data ???

All the more reason to test all the 4th players I currently have on my 4th Player selection page !!

(Yes, I went a bit overboard with listing a large collection of 4th players !!)

Only player type I cannot test are DAB ? players -- no DAB stations here in the USA :(
[Android Head-Units] hapaman:
This are great news!
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
You can check Alphas above. They include this fix.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
A little bit different approach.

The structure is the following.

1. FM Radio: artist, track, artwork

2. PowerAmp: artist, track, artwork

3. Blackplayer: artist, track, artwork

....

50. etc.

One set for each supported player. The order or selection of players in Player Widget doesn't matter (because you can have several widgets with different selections).

I really need to think about unsupported players. Because now I have only one set for all unsupported players. And this set is constantly rewriting. The better approach would be to add extra sets for each unsupported player based on its package name.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
That sound great .. and seems to match up with what I am finding when testing.

Poweramp & Blackplayer are working great .. those are my #2 & #3 quickplayers. #1 is the FM radio,

The 4th Player is selectable... and it is some of the other players that I am selecting as Quickplayers that appear to have issues.

I think now the basic Artwork & Text updates are working fine, and work for some players fine (ie Poweramp & Blackplayer) but some of my 4th players, especially "unknown Players" have issues -- some have update issues, and some don't even respond to the Player Widget controls - not unexpected, as they are not really supported, so their operation may be hit & miss.

What I will do this evening is make a table of all the Players I have, indicate which ones are in the FCC supported list, and then for each player, what works and what does not, in terms of Widget Controls and artwork/text updates.

It's look really good !!! Well done.

-----

One additional comment. ref 4th player

Now so much is working so much better, and it is so easy to switch the 4th player .

Currently, if a 4th player is selected and working, and one switches to Player 1 2 or 3, the 4th player that was displaying in the Quickplayer list, vanishes.. ie 4th Player gets set to "None/blank".

Could that be changed, so that if a 4th player is selected, it is retained, it stay displaying as the selectable 4th player, even if player 1, 2 o 3 are selected.

ie It stays as the 4th player, until a different 4th player is selected.

Stays as the selected 4th , even after a re-boot, or when coming out of sleep.
[Android Head-Units] tebukan:
Good news. I'm looking forward to the beta version.
[Android Head-Units] AdekP:
Hello

I use a pay version this great launcher :)

I wanted to ask if there is a possibility of adding several widgets:

- RDS data from the FM radio,

- Data from Google maps about the next maneuver from the designated route,

- Correcting the speed limit graphics so that the background is white and the numbers are black (the color of the numbers can now be changed and the background change does not work - it is still gray)

I greet the creators and thank you for the great job :)
[Android Head-Units] ZeroZorro:
Did a search in this thread but can't find if zoulou's DAB+ / DAB-Z is supported as music player and if so, if Album art/Radio info is showing in widget?
[Android Head-Units] Smess1210:
It is supported and works well....
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
Short Video of 3.143V2 running on my Px5 Unit, with 3 Quickplayers, and a selectable 4th Quick Player.

This is the 1st FCC version that I have found to switch correctly between these players, and have the Text & Artwork update as expected..

VERY EXCITING

Some of the other supported players did not seem to update as well... probably later, they may need to be looked at, to make sure they are working correctly with the updated Player Widget.. but it looks very promising.

I must admit, that some of the other supported players I tried (just to test), are not players I would use... some seem to be far too overloaded with Ads ... and really no way near as good as some other players.

Pandora I found did not react to widget controls

Amazon Music did not update artwork.

( I know that Amazon Music was only added a few weeks ago, but this is one that would be nice to get running well (later), as it is on of the best Streaming Music apps - lost of selection, and a very modest annual cost, as it is included with Amazon Prime.. (also a great bargain if purchasing from Amazon).

Also, Amazon Music can be Voice Operated by Alexa.. great to use when driving !!

GREAT WORK SpeedFire- :)

Sorry, Video quality is not that good .. dark and not too clear.. need to find a better recorder !!!

Screen is 1024 x 600 and very clear .. video does not do it justice !!

Any recommendations for a better screen recorder ??
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
A2DP

FM Radio

Standard Player

AIMP

Amazon MUsic

Audials Radio

Audible

Black Player

Black Player EX

DAB+ Player

DAB+ (DAB-Z)

Deezer

Folder Player

Google Music

Jet Audio

Neutron

Pandora

PC Radio

Pocket Casts

Podcast Player

Power Amp

Radio Net

Spotify

Stellio

Subsonic

Tune In

XiiaLive Pro

Yandex Muisc

Yandex Radio

Youtube Music

Zaycen-Net

UNKNOWN PLAYER
[Android Head-Units] hapaman:
Did anybody was successfull running fcc in an android emulator on windows? I was not, always says "fcc has stopped" after a while without displaying anything. However other apps or car launchers are working well.
[Android Head-Units] hapaman:
Alpa Test results with dab-z and poweramp: switching is fine, text is showed without problems in poweramp. In dab-z the text is going after a few seconds. Comes back when song changes or switching channels. You can check the video.

Delete screen is fixed.

It looks like since beta and this alpha autostart feature of apps does not work.
[Android Head-Units] ab1702:
Which version of the dab app are you using?

I had this exact same problem but I was using the older version of the dab app (and was reluctant to change because it was working perfectly fine) that realzoulou would upload onto xda for people to download. I then decided to try the newer version (dab-z) that he now has on playstore and as soon as I changed to that one the text began to work perfect.
[Android Head-Units] hapaman:
Exactly what happened here, but with an update of fcc it stopped working. I'm using v1.0.38. Maybe I also updated dab-z and it could be the reason also but don't remember.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
One more Alpha (with direct download only) 3.144 with some Player Widget improvements (hopefully).

Please check: FCC Car Launcher 3.144 alpha
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Do you have a root? Can you record Video + LogCat?
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
What should we be looking for as improved over 3.143 ?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Theoretically it can be even worse than 3.143, because another batch of code re-writing happened. But... who knows.

4th player should stay longer than before.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
And Theoretically it can be better ? :)

4th player staying is good :good:

Will check it out in later this morning ...

BTW: Do you have the Amazon Music app installed on your test unit to check that it works correctly with the Player Widget ? This is one where the artwork is not showing at all (at least for me)
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
No. As you remember I had issues with its activation.
[Android Head-Units] PatrickRiccardo:
Any reason why it recently doesn't want to continue playing after stopping and starting car? I'm on paid version..
[Android Head-Units] alatarqq:
Hi,

Please add support for Spotify Stations, it's great for people who do not have time to waste crating all those playlists, favorites and stuff :P
[Android Head-Units] kornholio788:
In with above. Would love if the launcher would allow spotify to add widgets to the home page. With it being the largest music app used it would be great to see more spotify support. I've debating switching to Nova and using KWLP to run the player until you can get a more stable set. I can't be the only one that just wants a reliable music player in their car with spotify widget support. The maps and all the fun features are cool don't get me wrong. But I along with what I would assume is alot of us just want a working, non glitchy music player that starts with the car.

Either way doing a great job and happy to be a paid user. Keep up the great work. Thank you!
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
I agree. Music is the core function of any car launcher.

In FCC Launcher it became over-complicated during the long development period. Now it's time to make it more simple and reliable. I work hard on this and would appreciate any help with alpha-testing.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Thank you for your testing.

I will upload this alpha as a beta to Play Market for a more massive testing.
[Android Head-Units] klevrslevin:
Making this the default launcher

This may be a stupid question but I'm attempting to make this the default launcher on an android head unit that I bought from China. I'm having trouble finding a setting to do so and whenever I hit the home button it goes back to the head units pre-loaded launcher. Is there any way for me to change that?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Go to Android settings -> Home app -> select Fcc.
[Android Head-Units] hapaman:
Here's the Log. Autostart issue I reported was false alarm.
[Android Head-Units] WarSpaz:
Got paid version, and most things work well, except for launcher freezing and restarting like every third time I'm using it.

Didn't use to happen for like 3 months ago but then started happen.

Head unit is still working while this happens and I can use buttons to go into android settings etc while this is happening.

Also, got tune in premium, and when using it I don't get cover art in FCC. Is this supposed to work or is it not possible to get the images from tune in?

Skickat från min ONEPLUS A6003 via Tapatalk
[Android Head-Units] AdekP:
The previous beta version worked better.

I use 2 players: FM Radio and Spotify. Player switches do not always work, when I switch from FM Radio to Spotify the album cover changes and the artist title does not.

ps

Is it possible to somehow disable the function so that the name of the street is displayed only the one on which we are going? The display of side streets introduces a lot of confusion also in the speed limit widget
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Which Android version do you have? 4.4 or 5+?
[Android Head-Units] AdekP:
6.0.1
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Hm. Please try a full restart of your head unit and check if it's better or not.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
+1

The ideal might be 2 lines lines (like the Player widget Song/Artist)

(own sizes, colors, and swap-able, and 2nd on on/off)

The 1st one would display the current side street with a damped update.

(ie would need not to see that current road for some time before changing)

The 2nd one would display any sidestreets detected, but would not ever display the same as the Top.. it would update as soon as a different street to the main one was detected, and maybe retain that street for a period after that side street is no longer detected, unless a new side street is detected.

This would get maximum flexibility for users to display whatever they wanted.

The Speed should also be damped, so that it requires a number of new value updates before changing. Maye also something that distinguishes between "NO Speed Limit", and "Unable to get speed limit data".
[Android Head-Units] AdekP:
Thank you, it's great now (I've only tested a few minutes). Switching between Radio and Spotify is OK, but there is a problem with the third player, which is not supported by the FCC (some android bug pops up but it's a beta player, so maybe there's a problem with it, not with FCC)

PS

What resolution should be radio icons? I have been struggling with this a few times and the results are not satisfactory enough.

- As I set 600x600 (it looks great on a PC) - it looks bad on the main unit.

- As I set 500x500 and less (it still looks great on the PC) - it looks a little better on the main unit, but it results from the fact that the icons are scaled up and become less frayed, but more blurred.

What resolution is the best? Does not it matter at all, and the reason is bad scaling of icons in the FCC?

Movie from my Head unit:

https://youtu.be/hzQhRg3mjvU
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Goog to know that it fixed the supported players.

Yes, I still need to fix 'unsupported' players. A lot of work is still required.

Regarding album art. Currently FCC Launcher downscales artwork to 200x200. Maybe I need to add more options here.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I made by Radio Icons 600x600 . ( also tend to set any MP3 artwork to that 500x500 or 600x600)

In both case, the artwork appears very clearly on my HU. (1024 x 600)

For Radio I use 600x600 jpg (lowest compression = best quality, Standard Encoding))

on a 1024 x 600 HU, the CENTER Artwork displays at approx 400 x 350 if the Top status line is being displayed or 400 x 400 if top status is turned off

I think if Top Status line is displayed, the top & bottom of the artwork is clipped. So it is actually displaying the same resolution in both cases, but in the Status Line case, the image is actually clipped at top & bottom.

Would be nice if it did not clip, but instead re-scaled, by shrinking the Y axis when the Top Status line is displayed.

While this would result in a slight image distortion, it would allow the graphic to fill the area, and display all of its content, rather than have the top & bottom missing when the status line is turned on.

Attached is an example one of my Radio Artworks.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
400 x 400 might be a good option, as it looks like that is the size of the artwork when it displays in the Center position, with the status line off. (on a 1024 x 600 display).

But a 200 x 200 upscaled to 400 x 400 should look almost as clear as an original 400 x 400 image
[Android Head-Units] tebukan:
I tried the beta version. The player widget works just fine. It's been a great job. thank you.
[Android Head-Units] AdekP:
After next tests, I have to write that switching players is working badly. What worked on the video after the device was completely restarted stopped working. The covers do not change, the titles do not change, the buttons change players do not work. In the previous beta it was better on my main device.

ps

The 200x200 icons look best on my head unit (i have 1024x600 head unit)
[Android Head-Units] klevrslevin:
EQ settings

I was able to get this set as the default launcher through the launcher settings but now it overrides the system launchers EQ settings. Even when you enter the EQ app and change them nothing happens. If I go to the "sound" settings in the FCC launcher it doesn't open anything.

Any thoughts?
[Android Head-Units] Bluebaru:
First I just want to say thank you for developing this launcher. I created an account on XDA just to say thank you!

This latest alpha version seems to have fixed all the album art and title glitches for me.

The media controls don't seem to work for Pandora however, that's the one thing from making this be a perfect solution for me. The only other widget or software I've had success with controlling Pandora outside of the app itself is Ubiquity Music Widget.

The only other thing I noticed is the ability to reskin icons that are added to the home screen as widgets (tasker actions, poweramp playlists). I am able to drag them to the configuration icon and select a new image and text but this doesn't populate to the home screen after the launcher resets.

These are only small suggestions I am already very happy with whats been made, it's turned an almost unusable head unit unit into a perfect one!
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
I don't know why EQ settings are mentioned here but..

Try to go to FCC Settings -> System -> Autostart -> Set as default launcher
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I can also confirm this:

Pandora: Text and Artwork update correctly, but Media controls do nothing ( Next, Previous, Start/Stop)

Known Players Working 100%:

BlackPlayer, BlackPlayer EX, Google Music, Jet Audio, PC Radio, Poweramp, FM Radio.

Amazon Music (as we know) does not update Artwork.