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[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
2. The speed limit indications are very inaccurate.

I also see this, but the inaccurate results from FCC are similar to the inaccurate results I get from other speed limit apps, running at the same time. Both give the same speed limits when they are displaying limits, but at times one, or both stop displaying the speed limits, despite still being on the same road with a prolonged speed limit section.

I am thinking this is just a failing in available data, and both apps are doing the best they can with inaccurate data. Both seem to work well on major interstates etc, but fail on some more minor roads.

I agree with OP, some sort of indication as to the reliability of the data , displayed on the speed limit graphic, would help , as I had suggested in an earlier post about a week ago.

3. Cover art and song/title text is still not 100% reliably working. Looking at the Logcat on the Emulator, it seems that when the Player is changed, sometimes there is no request to get the current info, and those request completely stop while that player is running. At other times, the same player will happily get the information, both when selected, and when songs change ..

It's not so much it is getting the WRONG information, it is more it is not getting any updates for the correct information, so keeps displaying the old players info.

Hopefully, this can be resolved soon... it has never been right, and although it is always getting better with each attempt to fix it, it is still a frustration and a distraction when driving.
[Android Head-Units] LinkseD:
Speed Limit indications are working very well at my location in Germany, even when there are constructions on the highway the speed limit is updated accordingly.

I also didnt encounter any cover art problems when useing the Spotify or Radio.de apps, both working properly.

I just would love to see a Waze integration as an alternative map, this would be awesome.

Otherwise Im very happy with the launcher.
[Android Head-Units] 007matman:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

I lost my premium features when I upgraded to the new beta version. How can I restore those?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Hi. What FCC Launcher version do you use?

What does it say when you try to tap on a yellow arrow?
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Regarding Waze.

I would also like to integrate Waze but they explicitly don't want such an integration:

And here:
[Android Head-Units] 007matman:
It says version 3.290

The yellow arrow was there earlier but it's not there now. Does that mean it is the premium version now? The other day I got this wierd notification that speed limits were only updated for the first 10 minutes of my drive.

Update- it does say I have Premium now.. the other day the option was there but it didn't do anything when clicked.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Yes, you have Premium.
[Android Head-Units] 007matman:
And just when I thought I had it fixed..

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

Ref: FCC Speed Limit Widget.

I am still totally confused about how this widget gets it's data. :confused:

I thought it was getting it over the Internet, so I would have to have an Internet connection to my head unit when driving. ie My Phone would be set as a Hot-Spot, to give my Head Unit Internet.

But even when my phone is NOT set as a Hot spot (and my head unit is not wifi connected to my phone), I still see the Road Name & Speed limits updating ?

How ? Is the data Cached for a given area in FCC, and retained between trips, so if I make a 2nd similar trip without Internet, am I getting updates using cached data ???

If so, how big an area is cached ??
[Android Head-Units] 007matman:
.. and it went away again.

Must be a glitch.
[Android Head-Units] mclaudio:
where can i find themes ?

a nice idea would be that music album name etc can show as a ticker on the botton of the screen

just an idea :)

other idea is that when you have icon: for example GPS, it opens a small windows that allows to choose waze, google, etc

this could work also for any other icons....more or less like popup folders
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Yes, street names and speed limits are cached. No limits as far as I can tell.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
FCC beta 3.292:

- Another important migration has been done. The app migrated to AppCompat as it is recommended by Google.

- This required reconsideration and optimization of Player Widget layouts. Now these layouts are more straight forward for android (though should look the same) and therefore should load slightly faster.

- Improvements in Premium check

- Fixed crash of 3.291 on Android 4.4

Please check this beta carefully. Is everything works or not? Do you see any positive / negative changes from migration?

Download: FCC Launcher 3.293 (available only via direct download)
[Android Head-Units] mclaudio:
What is the price for premium?

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[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
So effectively you are asking if the Player Widget could have the option to display a 3rd Text , ie the "Album Name" from the Mp3 meta data.. It already displays the "Song Title" and the "Artist Name")

Typically the Album name is on the Artwork (if you have decent artworks included in your Mp3 meta data), so maybe displaying the Album name as a 3rd Text item is somewhat redundant ?

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

Tried 3.293 .. Unfortunately, at around this time I had installed a Torque Widget addon (To get a compass), and ended up with a system that stuttered when playing audio, so after 5 hours of uninstalling FCC and re-installing multiple times, I finally found it was the Torque addon, and removed it.

So I am still back at 3.290, but for the brief time I had 3.291, it seemed to be the same for me as 3.290.

For me, currently, and for the past few months, the biggest problem I have with FCC is it constantly re-loading, almost any time I have any significant interaction with the screens.

Hopefully this can be addressed with some priority, sooner rather than later .. as it operates at the moment, anyone trying CC for the first time, without a big time investment in FCC, would probbaly move on to another Launcher .. which is a shame, as FCC is by far the best Android Launcher on the market.
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Beta 3.295:

- More processes related to the Player Widget are moved to a background thread. Please tell if you see positive/negative or no effect at all.

FCC 3.295
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

The best so far... 1st version to switch consistently between players, and always update to display both the correct Player Text, and Artwork.

A good indication (to me) that FCC is running better is how much smoother LONG text scrolls when it is too long to fit in it's assigned window. It has always been a good indication, and use to get really jerky when it was obvious that FCC was getting overloaded.

The only strange thing I see (and you can see it in the attached video), is that when I switch to RADIO, I momentary get a almost Blank (Grey) screen .. but only when switching to FM Radio, and I am assuming it is associated with the Radio app, NOT a big deal -- especially as it is probbaly just the Radio.

ITS GREAT !! Thank you .... :) And an added bonus .. for the short time I was testing (just the player, and making the video), FCC never restarted randomly by itself .. not seen that for a long time .. so DOUBLE Great !!

Attached is a small video, showing how well it now switches between players., and always updates the current players info when the song changes. :good:
[Android Head-Units] bossman4:
I would like to be as positive, but here is my experience with switching players with recent alpha version. I was using the quick player as the test.

1st position is Amazon Music (doe not seem to matter if I am using online or offline mode)

2nd position is Poweramp

3rd position is FM Player (a podcast player)

First, the audio always switches correctly, it is just the artwork that gets confused, still.

When I am switching to the third player (FM Player), it always displays the correct artwork.

When I switch to the second player (Poweramp), it is more erratic. Sometimes the art changes, and then immediately goes back to the third player art. (This behavior could be very repeated, like it skipped backwards after switching correctly)

When I switch to the first player (Amazon), it does not switch to the correct art.

When I go into the Amazon Music app itself, and I play a song, it will pick the right art. If I switch back to the quick player and the main screen the Amazon Music art is now correct......until I start switching music sources in the quick player. Then it goes back to previous missteps.

I did not switch the position of the three players on the Quickpicks to see if it was the order of the application layout in the quick pick screen or the peculiarities of applications (Amazon, Poweramp, FM player) themselves.

I did not see that FCC was indiscriminately restarting unless I was in the settings doing something.

I think I have the same audio unit as Scopesys in this car of mine.
[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

There are some new units sold by Klyde and Pumpkin with new BT and a CarUI.apk.

It´s no problem that the BT is not known by now, because it´s quite easy to use call by voice, but the radio is not included in the list of available player.

The radio application is not a single application, it´s part of the new CarUI.apk, which is added as attachment.

Would you please have a look if you would be able to add the radio?

btw: If I use Tasker to start the radio and do a long press on the radio icon, I get this list of intents:

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[Android Head-Units] bossman4:
Like I said the switching of music applications is going good , just the artwork stumbles. The startup sequence with my unit seems to be fine. It just takes a "minute" where everything is silent and then the last chosen music app starts up. I believe each of the three sound apps (last used) that I have (Amazon, Poweramp and FMTuner (podcast player) start up the same way smoothly with no fooling around. I have taken Spotify off and am using Amazon with the offline mode (downloaded HD songs)

Temperatures

I have not been playing around with this unit in the hot sun (Florida) since this is my play car and I myself am subject to high temperatures. I thought the unit was having trouble with the heat, but it turned out to be a bad rip of a MP3 album. Since it is a convertible, the ambient temperature around the head unit is what it is. I had quite the time installing the EONON unit with a Bose amp in a Miata, so I am a little hesitant to try any of the fan solutions.

I agree that the problem may be the fetching of the art on the various applications when these are changing. The FMTUNER application (which plays podcasts) does not switch art very often (no change for each song/artist), so it seems more stable in switching in FCC. I have not arranged a serial playlist (either Poweramp or Amazon) of one album (so art won't change between songs) to see if either of these help stabilize the picking of the art by FCC.

I agree this is a great launcher, I just wish I could get it in my other "play" car (Single DIN flip up by Pumpkin supposedly running under Android 9). When I blindly took a chance and installed FCC on it, I noticed the following behavior.

FCC did not recognize the stock FM Radio application

Fast forward and reverse (hard buttons) did not work

Home and back (hard buttons) did not work

The mode (hard button) would switch the FM radio, making it available?

So it was a hybrid in the present ...… After the screen opened up you could do FCC (and you could close it and keep playing). If you wanted the FM radio, you would use the hard buttons.

I did not get much beyond this, since I had not gathered up the MTC information and try to figure out the system.

---------- Post added at 12:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:16 AM ----------

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If you have the same Eonon unit as me, you might want to take a look at your CPU temperature. I discovered, that after 5-10 minutes, mine is up at over 220F , (according to CPU-Info app), which is NOT GOOD, and it might be throttling down the CPU speed to try to run cooler.

There is no Fan in theses Eonon Units (neither a CPU fan, or a case exhaust fan), so I suspect especially in the summer, they are running really hot (and slow ?)

I lost my AC for a few weeks this summer, and the CAR was getting up to 120F inside, at which time, the head unit was having a great deal of difficulty to keep running... ie GPS was useless and music was stuttering like crazy.

I intend to add at least a 12v fan on the CPU (and maybe one to the case) before next summer.[/QUOTE]
[Android Head-Units] bossman4:
Not sure if this ties into this request......

I have a second new radio and it is a new Pumpkin (Android 9.0) single DIN. The attraction was the form factor and high res screen.

https://www.autopumpkin.com/product...nch-with-gps-navi-dvd-player-ram-2gb-rom-16gb

I rambled on in a previous post today on some of the incompatibilities that I encountered with FCC installed.

Not sure how popular this type of unit will be (Android 9, single din), but it would be nice for me to get FCC working on it.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
A couple of thing when testing today. (Fun way to spend a Sunday morning)

(1) The FCC widgets use to be at the top of the Widget list, and identified as FCC with the FCC logo.

Now they appear at the bottom of the list, with an name "Android", and an Android Logo.

Would be nice if they were back at the top, and identified as FCC Widgets,

(used a lot, and a PITA to have to scroll down to the end of the list each time to select one)

(2) The FCC Altitude widget: When switched to display in FEET, still continues to display in Meters (Been like this for some time I think).

(3) Spotify Shortcuts. Probably not used by many, but since they now work in FCC, it would be nice if their size could be controlled. The default is so small, that the text is almost unreadable, and even then, often does not fit.

I have a separate screen for Spotify Shortcuts, so having them bigger would make it far easier to read and identify them when driving.

(4) Nice that the "BUY Premium" icon no longer displays as FCC loads, especially if one already has Premium. Now that it is not there, at least until FCC has finished loading, how about putting a LOADING Icon there, to display until FCC has finished fully loading and everything, and has settled down. ;)

If FCC is still loading, it is not always obvious, and if one starts trying to select items on the screen during this loading time, unexpected things can happen.

(5) It also seems that FCC loads widgets, and their updated parameters, in the order that they were created or modified, so for example:

If one creates a FCC widget on the Home page early on in setting up, and then later, after creating other pages and widgets, and then goes back and EDITS that original widget, what seems to happen when FCC loads, is that widgets display in it's initial settings, and then when all the other widgets have loaded on all the pages, then suddenly that 1st widget updates with it's new parameters (because that was the last thing edited) ????

Just like there is a widget REBUILD tool, maybe consider adding a Widget SORT tool, so that when a widgets gets drawn, it gets all it's parameter loaded at the same time, before the next widget loads.

(Either as a separate tool, or at the start of the widget rebuild tool)

A further optimization might be to sort the widget load order, so that widgets on the assigned HOME screen get loaded first. (and then when all widget have loaded on all other pages and FCC has finished other loading operations, then remove the LOADING icon as suggested in (4).
[Android Head-Units] mclaudio:
hello !

i would like to give a sugestion:

it would be great if for example on the left we can have a permanent bar with some main shortcuts

for example:

- Radio

- GPS

- Etc

it can be only 5 or 7 icons, like a permanent shortcut bar.

this would be very helpfull and reduce the number of clicks ti change between apps

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i have also other problem: when i open google maps, i cannot put it on the background...it always keeps opened. only option if to close it...is there any setting to solve this?

thanks
[Android Head-Units] nokian95ita:
New in this world I am exited to try it for now I began to customize my home

There are same torque widget I hope they will work correctly I love the map and the fully customization and the correction of volume with speedView attachment 4843399

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[Android Head-Units] skkrilec:
does anyone know how to download a minimap for a offline use??.
[Android Head-Units] michLQ:
With that version, the launcher restarts automatically every 10 seconds.
[Android Head-Units] bossman4:
I played with the latest alpha version some more this morning and I was not getting restarts on my particular unit (again). I would say it was fairly stable. The only time that I saw the FCC Arrow was when I was making some setting changes. Looked like FCC was resetting to keep things straight.

I was trying to isolate what was going on in the artwork. It looks like quick switching of the music apps in quick player was affecting the artwork between FMTuner (podcast app not radio) and Poweramp with the bad behavior when I switched to Poweramp, but it worked more often than not.

I thought for sure that FCC was not capturing the artwork on Amazon Player when I switched to it. Just before I turned off the unit after (a lot of tries back and forth), all of a sudden the Amazon artwork appeared. Of the 25 tries altogether, I think the Amazon artwork worked once and then went back to not working. Every once in awhile, I will get a hazy number "0" or "1" showing up in the artwork for Amazon music. It almost looks like artwork, but is a singular number instead of album information. My suspicion is that it is a "placeholder" artwork when art is not available. Is it an Amazon placeholder or Speedfire's placeholder, I am not sure.

For my particular Eonon unit, I picked the alternative 6 dialer in the FCC settings options and it seems to work fine, once I got some names in the phonebook. One thing that has been driving me batty on this head unit is the management of Google contacts. I think I have narrowed down the problem (not FCC related). On a standard Android phone, Google contacts syncs with your Google account (look under settings). When you look at the settings of Google contacts on the head unit, there is an option to store contacts on the Device Only. You can not access your contacts from your Google account. So you need to export your Google contacts from your phone or Google account on your computer with a .vcf file. Copy that to one of your USB drives that plugs into head unit and import it into Google Contacts under settings. That seems to fill up the head unit phonebook and allows FCC to dial your contacts.
[Android Head-Units] VBA_Dev:
Latest alpha seems a lot better on my intel Sofia unit. Parts that don’t work correctly:

- auto brightness doesn’t seem to do anything.

- increase volume with speed seems wrong (needs a test system to simulate speed so it can be tested without driving)

- show speed in status bar does nothing.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I find much the same ...

Switching between players is still not 100% correct, but it does seem to improve with switching many times, and eventually it seem to work pretty reliably.

I ended up doing the same with my Contacts, exporting them from Google and importing into the head unit.

(If I need a more recently updated contact, I dial direct with my Phone from it's up-to-date Contact list)

The PX5 BT setting did not seem to work with my PX5 Eonon unit, but the one above in the list did, so that's what I ended up using.

Pretty happy with FCC as it is now, seems a lot more stable, and everything seems to work OK, once it gets "warmed up" !!!

Not tried Power-amp for some time, abandoned it for Black-Player, but many of the other supported mp3 players , and streaming apps seems to work well now.

(99% of the time I just listen to mp3's on Black-player - only trying other players just to see how they are working with FCC updates, out of curiosity.)

Coming out of Power save, or re-booting, still seems to confuse FCC for quite some time ( many minutes, even if it seems to be running and responsive) -- it is still doing something and taking it's time to get "sorted out" to run correctly, so I have just accepted for the time being to be patient with it, and let it do it's "INIT THING" undisturbed!!
[Android Head-Units] Bueb:
Hi

I got some trouble using FCC, each time I left my car and start again next morning I get a blank screen. All apps and widgets I configure before are lost

I'm confuse, did this launcher need energy all the time from my car battery? Or how can I handled it?
[Android Head-Units] mclaudio:
Hello to all.

i have intel processor.... if i buy the app can i use the beta and comeback to normal version if necessary by saving settings and reloading again?

thanks
[Android Head-Units] AdekP:
[MENTION=1633144]speedfire[/MENTION]

I have the same on my px5 and android 8.0. the multimedia station cannot be used through these restarts. Somehow I managed to uninstall FCC (which was not easy by these restarts). For now, I am giving up using this launcher. I will wait for the correction.

I also noticed one very disturbing thing. I have been using my station for a year and today, for the first time after turning on the car, the station has started from full off mode. This means that overnight battery consumption by stations was so high that it went into full off mode (there is such protection) It is possible that the FCC's power consumption is high and it does not go to sleep when the car is off
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
Yes, I do this often when testing. I back up my FCC settings to my Google Drive - and restore after I do a fresh install of FCC.

You can also export the currently installed FCC version to your Google Drive as well. (using an APK Exporter app)

I mention Google Drive specifically, as many versions ago, the backup to local SD card seemed to have issues. I don't know if that was something wrong I did, or if not, if the SD backup is 100% reliable, but I do know that the Google drive backup works very well.
[Android Head-Units] LinkseD:
1) Go to https://openmaptiles.com/downloads/planet/ and select your region at the right panel.

2) Then you can download maps for free (for evaluation purposes) or purchase an .mbtiles file (select OpenStreetMap vector tiles).

3) Put it into /sdcard/FCC_Launcher/MBTiles/

Please note that only one map can be used at a time.
[Android Head-Units] mclaudio:
I Always get login error in google drive for backup but only in fcc. What can I do

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