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

What are you thinking of this?

It brings the launcher to a next level .

My opinion about the UI so far . It's good as it is now. I think that this thing give the launcher more dynamic and more possibility . You can add hide/show icon . Or always visible . Or only visible at selected apps.

Customisation will also be nice colour background.

Upload your own icons. And so on

Mabe when possible show everything what now the media widget is?

I personally think it brings the launcher to the next level

Here a example:
[Android Head-Units] Roerbakeitje:
Dave the strange thing is when give a MTC player a go back command it is closing proper. I has try this with tasker and that works. When press home. The MTC activity goes to background. When open a different player than it gives the sound issue. When you then go back to the MTC player and press back button . The sound is ok. Sometimes I see a MTC player activity In boot. And when open the launcher the sound and volume is disrupted.

Hope that someone have something about it?
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
I'm not sure what you mean? I'm just talking about safe volume, nothing to do w/ any player.

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OK strange thing w/ new update. When in radio I cannot hit back to close. Logging shows no action when hitting back but ONLY in radio.

Any idea what that is all about? It does it in other launchers too but it wasn't doing it until I installed FCC update. Oddly a reboot fixed it.

For some reason pandora AND jetaudio do not show album art for me. When i unpress and press album art again this pops up (see screenshot). Should I be changing something here w/ permissions? I do get song title and band. I also included a log of pressing all 3 of the options in the widget and switching back.

Dave
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Ok. I think I've found a workaround for this, even without xposed. I hope it will work.

Here is an apk if you're interested in quick check (until I upload it to Play Market): https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5t14AxB7bL0Sk5BMVdOekxXeUk
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
Sweet, I'll test it out as soon as you push it as i'm in the car playing w/ stuff right now. Also see my above about album art if you would. I included all you should need to resolve that (I hope).

The only thing I see regarding album art is "D/Utils ( 879): ALBUMART set DEFAULT album art" but I did include the log above.

Dave
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Re album art. What Android version do you have on your HU?

P.S. also see update to my post regarding volume
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
I saw your post and replied. I'm on 4.4.4 which many of us are on. The 5.1 version of these units is horribly slow. I'm pushing this update right now, standby for results.

Dave
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Album arts are currently fetched from notifications on 5.0+ only (I will try to add support for 4.4 but cannot promise)

However it is strange that you receive artist and title for Pandora. This should also work on 5.0+ only :confused:
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
Well that explains why i cannot see them. If I recall I do think I saw album art when I used another media player here. However it was a trial of it.

Dave

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OK was your workaround to always set volume to 0? That is where it defaults to now. I can deal w/ that if that's the workaround.

Dave

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Also I just noticed that when using jet audio it only shows the band, NOT the song. Whereas pandora NICELY shows song in white bold and band below it. And I also think I broke something, see I now have radio/poweramp/spotify on the right of widget for some odd reason. You'll also see how I just see the band name, not the song for jet audio. If I swap artist and song for jet audio the band goes to the top and then where the song would be is blank.

Deleting and recreating the widget doesn't resolve those three on the right of widget.

**UPDATE ON SOUNT**

Actually it is acting all sorts of strange. When I have my navi speak the volume returns to safe volume And when I slow to a stop it is going to zero. I'll report back on more findings as I do some more testing.

Dave
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Actually not. It should have set the volume to the required level :(

Does it mean that if volume is changed by FCC (depending on speed for example) it is always now set to 0?

Please note that safe volume works as Pa.ko suggested. It is set to minimum of two (last volume) and (safe volume set). So maybe you just switched off at 0 volume?

I was in the process of adding a new feature. Sorry.

Here is a fixed version (with a small change in volume too):

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5t14AxB7bL0cFUyZUtwWVlOdk0
[Android Head-Units] jun81:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

Could we change the volume by simulating volume +/- buttons presses instead of programmatically changing vol using app? It seems the local variable is link to the buttons?
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
So no, it just goes to 0. And when coming to a stop now it goes to zero. If I have a navi command that lowers volume it seems to go to 0 also. I've included a log for your viewing pleasure. Also, with the widget shouid I m anually have to open pandora for it to work or is that just because I'm on android 4.x?

Widget is fixed also! This update doesn't seem to be making audio go to 0 when navi talks which is good. I'll have to drive around a bit and see if speed volume is causing it. I think it isn't navi at all rather speed volume causing this. When I go over first threshold (20mph in my case) and go back down it is just going to zero volume.

Oddly, now when selecting pandora option the active player is not highlighted color and I cannot control pandora. It changes color as to highlight active player but then it dims back to inactive color. When pandora is selected in widget and click where the album art should be it tries to open google play store link. Jet audio and radio both highlight and function properly. However the song title and name are updating correctly lol.

**NOTE** The log i sent it prior to your fix for the widget.

Dave
[Android Head-Units] B3rt:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

How to install this on a MTCD PX5 unit? (android 6.0.1)

When i go to the play store using the links on page 1 my MTCD device is NOT listed, my other android (tablets) devices (android 4 and 7) are listed, but not my MTCD car head unit...

Want to try it, but cannot install it..
[Android Head-Units] jun81:
U can get the link for apk download in post #291
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
[MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION]

Ok what is happening is every speed volume increase it goes back to safe volume setting. So regardless of volume I have set it goes to 3 at 20 then if i turn it back up it'll go to 3 at 40. THen when I decent it'll end up at 0 when I am stopped. Ive I turn off speed volume the volume stays stable at what I set it at. Also when I went back out to car after it sat for 4 hours the volume was at 0 not the safe volume 3. I did not leave it at 0. Just now I had it at 16, rebooted head unit and its back to 0 to start.

Dave
[Android Head-Units] pa.ko:
Try me microG 5.1 ROM. It is fast as 4.4 (I used Malaysk before)

https://xdaforums.com/android-auto/...mtcb-mtcc-rk3188-5-1-1-firmware-apps-t3656297

(And with microG just be sure to update microG apps from their site regularly as they are not autoupdated via Play Store)
[Android Head-Units] TT_Vert:
What benefit does this provide over Malay's 4.4.4? Also, this will not brick the 4.4.4 units? What are microg apps btw?

Dave
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
This is unusual. Please give me a link to a detailed description of your particular head unit. Does it misses some hardware component? Please check that you have updated Google services.

And finally you can try to install apk. If it fails show what it says (and maybe send a log).
[Android Head-Units] pa.ko:
Lollipop (Android 5.1) has many improvements over 4.4. SpeedFire- noted few posts above that some FCC functions require 5.1 (as well as some other apps). So that is main point of upgrading. To be able to have some features not available in 4.4

Regarding microG, it is open-source project to replace/scale down some Google Services which are main reason 5.1 ROMs are so slow and sluggish and memory hungry. Look at the forum thread I provided and you will find many users confirmed that microG Lollipop runs as fast and low on memory as Malaysk or other 4.4 btw there is also openG version in same thread. Learn the difference among ooenG and microG and decide which one better fits your needs.

I use microG and I'm very satisfied. Yes you have to find out or extract from Malaysia ROM all these customised stock apps (if you really need different colour schemes etc). Personally Im happy with stock ones now.

Used Malaysk before with all his customized graphics and so, but found that most of that is useless and now I'm happy with stock. No really much difference. (For example, he put lot of effort to integrate cLock weather into radio, music etc but I found it useless as I have outside temp in car dashboard anyhow and current weather is much more precise looking outside windshield than on widget)

Only true difference and advantage of Malaysk ROM could be FUSE (partitioning in which data and app are one partition, which is not a case in stock-based ROMs as one with microG above). But for 99.99% of users it is of no interest, as data partition of 2GB is quite sufficient for all normal apps (except some rogue ones that are storing too much into data partition, which is not recommended by Android dev guidelines anyhow)
[Android Head-Units] AdekP:
1024x600 ;)

In Poland we have 2 RDS info:

1. Station name+song info

2. Hot news, next song etc
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
Mine is also 1024 x 600, and the display does not cut off like yours.

Hopefully SpeedFire can figure out what is happening.

So in effect there are 4 pieces of Information.

I wonder if the Player Widget will be expanded from the current 2 text fields, to 4 ? Interesting situation ... maybe already addressed by ADB (which we do not have here in the USA).

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I still have not got over how FAST FCC is now in populating the screen with Widgets.

It's like having a brand new Head Unit !!

No more patently waiting for FCC to load, and avoiding jumping the gun, and trying to change screens before it has finished loading.

A great way to start 2019 :)
[Android Head-Units] ab1702:
I have to agree, I don’t use the beta versions but I do agree that it is quite fast when it restarts and also the player widget for me is probably the best it has been while I’ve had this launcher in the last 6 months or so.

I were quite annoyed when I first got the launcher and paid for the premium version as there were quite a few things that didn’t work properly and it appeared that speedfire was more bothered about implementing new features rather than fixing the bugs which nearly made me uninstall the app and cut my losses. However I persevered and it’s now perfect for me(fingers crossed) and has everything that I wanted from it so credit where it is due [MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION] is doing and has done a top job!

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[/COLOR [MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION] I have a request if it’s possible.

In my ford custom work van when connected by Bluetooth, on the ford media screen home page there is something almost like a widget which shows the name of the Bluetooth device that is connected, the battery level and the signal level of that device. Could you in future possibly create a widget like this and if you clicked on the widget you would then have the choice to change Bluetooth devices?

I have everything else I need from your launcher so this is the only other possible thing that I could think of to add if it’s possible.

Thanks
[Android Head-Units] Smess1210:
[MENTION=1633144]speedfire[/MENTION] sorry to report still no GPS data getting to speedometer widget after sleep even tho GPS info app shows full correct signal speedometer widget flashes 0/- until reboot of device.

I'm also still unable to correctly use A2DP via media player (as mentioned before) I've tried every possible option in settings, the closest is v5 - newer px5 devices.... It used to work a treat with v3-mtcd+ devices, I don't know if it's linked but when I click Bluetooth in fcc settings/connections I get an error message saying "unfortunately settings has stopped". I've done a full factory reset of the device and cleared all cahces etc to no avail, I even came off the beta so I could try the general release version with the same results...

I can live with the speedo issue but I'd REALLY appreciate some help with A2DP as I tend to use it as my main audio source.....

Thanks, S.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
A Bluetooth Widget that displayed what was connected is something I have been looking for for over a year.

The only one I could find, that claimed to display the connected devices was only for an early Android OD (4 I think), and does not work with 5 and above.

Maybe with the added security in later Android Operating Systems, such a function is no longer so easy.

I do have a Widget that displays the Current WiFi network name.. That was working fine, till earlier this year when it got updated, to support Pie, and now no longer works on my Oreo Px5. Luckily I had a backup of the earlier version.

But a FCC version of both a Bluetooth & Wifi Widget, that can display network / connected device would be a nice addition, especially if some of it's parameter can be adjusted .. ie Color, Text Size, display 1, 2 or both networks. color when connected and color when disconnected. etc.

Maybe two separate widgets, so when you click on it, it opens up the corresponding system settings.
[Android Head-Units] Bluebaru:
Problem with adding widgets in 3.185 and the beta. After adding any widgets and rebooting then no widgets are shown.

It seems the widgets are stuck trying to load, if you click and drag where they used to be it seems the frame is still there but you cannot get any settings. I tried doing a backup while the widgets were working, rebooting, then trying to restore the backup but from then on there was a popup saying loading widgets that would never complete.
[Android Head-Units] abagos:
Hello,

The weather widget does not process my openweathermap api key. It does nothing when I enter it and simply displays a message that the key is being checked. Consequently I can't reduce the interval from 60 min. It does update on the hour though. Is this known?

Thanks,

A.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I had a similar issue ... and found that I needed to do a RESET, rather than a restart from power down.

ie

Uninstall FCC

RESET ( push a pointed object into the reset hole)

The Install FCC

*Then I would do another reset .. just to make sure)

Optional: make sure you can add a few random widgets, and that they work after a shut-down and restart.

Then try the restore.

Worked for me ... Before I was doing the reset, widgets were not loading correctly..

Might have been an error on my part when Installing or restoring, or that it really did new a RESET)

Now works 100%, can add widgets, and they work fine, even after a FCC Restart, Power Down or a full reset.

I backup my Config every time before doing any update or re-install, with a name that includes the current version number.

I also Export the APK and save it with that settings backup on my Google Drive.

Then if anything goes wrong with an Update, I can always get back to the previous Working system. :good:

The settings backup & the APK export takes less than a minute .. Sorting thing out if anything goes wrong, without a backup can take HOURS of frustrating work .

Backups are No-Brainers. ;)
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Some day I tried to make Bluetooth widget work properly but with no results. As far as I understand many Head units have a limited functionality of their BT modules, some of them are designed for BT calls only. But I am not sure that this is the cause of problem. Anyway, I tried several different approaches but none gave a good result on current BT status.

Out of curiosity I also installed other popular car launchers and none of them seems to have a working BT widget (am I wrong?).

If someone will find a working app in Play Store or somethere else which shows a correct BT state that will help.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
This is the only one I could find in Play Store, that claims to tell you what devices are connected.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.houseblend.bluewidget&hl=en

Hopefully you can run it on your emulator with different Android Operating systems, and maybe see how it works, and also that it may not run on later Android systems.

Does not seem to run on my Px5 8.0 Oreo system. I suspect that the new version required additional permissions and that made it not work.

The OLD one that does work on Oreo 8 is attached, with a .zip added to the end to make the forum software happy !!

ie For the Wifi Widget I have. thats gets the SSID.

Since Oreo 8.0, there are two additional permissions needed to get the SSID (Location permissions )

Unfortunately, a recent update by the Author, has stopped it working, but I did have a copy of the older version, that worked fine on 8.0

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ak.wifissidwidget
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I seem to recall reading something about that .. only the later version of Bluetooth support getting the information, and typical head units do need those later Bluetooth version modes, so do not use that later version.

So the Bluetooth is probably a non starter.

For the WiFi SSID, there is already a Widget available, that did, and hopefully will again, work.

Bottom line, although it would be nice to have a SSID FFC widget, there is one available on the Play Store if needed, and there are many more important FCC things that may need working on, rather than spend time re-inventing the wheel :)
[Android Head-Units] millab:
I am really loving this launcher and all its functionality. Just had a few bugs related to my head unit that I wanted to bring up as i'm not sure if this is a wide issue or just my hardware model.

Device: Eonon GA2171S - MTCE PX5 with DSP - WWW / KLD 2.94

Issue 1: Screen off command in FCC doesn't work. I have tried setting a button override to screen off, but it doesn't do anything. The brightness widget dims the display but it doesn't turn off entirely.

Issue 2: Bluetooth calling - does not function on my head unit, but works fine with MTCDialler. I tried all BT versions and the only one that doesnt pop up saying 'not connected' just does nothing at all when I try to place a call using google. I got around this by making my steering button launch Assistant instead of the standard speech button. This then launches MTCDialler to make calls

Anyone else seen this with similar hardware?
[Android Head-Units] Xorit:
Try that one.. have it on my PX5 since yesterday. Green'ish wifi symbol + SSID

simple wifi widget
[Android Head-Units] musicscore:
Audio player and Version 3.185

Hello,

I use FCC Car Launcher Version 3.185 Premium on AllWinner T8 (and Android Tablet to learn how to use it) and have this problem.

A have 2 player links in the FCC Player.

standaard player

FM Radio

When I select FM Radio and press the play button, the Radio is working.

When I select Standaard Player and I press play button, The FCC player swicthes to FM Radio but the Radio is not working.

So I can not play MP3 files using FCC car launcher.

On both the AllWinner T 8 (Android 8.1) and the Android tablet (Android 4.4.4) the same even thought the tablet has no FM Radio.

I think I can recall that when I used FCC car launcher 3.182, the player was working correct (I not 100% shure of that).

[MENTION=1633144]speedfire[/MENTION], please can you check. And thank you again for your great work.
[Android Head-Units] jostor4713:
Hi. Please [MENTION=1633144]speedfire[/MENTION], can you check post #2796, page 280 ?. Is it possible that it does not happen to anyone else? My radio is Dasaita HA2161 V840-8 PX5, only with two months of use. It only happens with FCC launcher. Stock launcher is fine, Nova launcher is fine, Agama launcher is fine ... I'm not sure, but I think it's not the fault of brightness, it seems as if there is a mask in front of the wallpaper. I do not want to change the launcher, I bought FCC after trying it because I like it a lot. But this thing that happens is annoying to me. I do not know from when this happens to me, I think that at first it did not happen but I do not remember in what version I installed it for the first time, which was at the end of November.
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
Thanks -- I'll give it a try this evening :)

See if I like it better than the one I am currently using, that has no configuration options.
[Android Head-Units] Xorit:
my suggested app has no config too and show always green.. not sure if intended.. :)
[Android Head-Units] Scopesys:
I have a very similar head unit .. the GA2170B.

Do you find the brightness of the 2170 to be somewhat lacking ?

Never tied the Screen OFF option in FCC.. will try it over the weekend.

Not sure about the Dialing bit.

What I normally do is to run Android Auto on the Head Unit, and dial from that. with a copy of my contacts on the head unit.

Try to avoid using the phone in the Car .. nice to get away from it for a rest from constant bombardment of calls.
[Android Head-Units] rigattoni:
Most probably [MENTION=534784]millab[/MENTION] means that the screen does not get complete dark.

The problem is, that the screen brightness can not be set under 20 due to system settings.

I´ve found no way to get this reduced to less than 20.

The irritation is, that FCC shows 0 as darkest setting... but may be [MENTION=4292729]SpeedFire-[/MENTION] finds a way to get this reduced.... ;)
[Android Head-Units] SpeedFire-:
Maybe this is a result of migration. Can you go to widget settings and select other player instead of Standard player and then select back a Standard player? Will it work?

Update: I reproduced this issue. Please check beta 3.186:

AllWinner - A2DP and Standard player fix

3.186
[Android Head-Units] r_james_s:
Hi!

Since using the SDVC option for a while I have noticed a bit of a bug. I don't know if it was as a result of upgrading the the premium version and customising the speed thresholds, or whether the problem exists in the free version.

When the device is muted using either steering wheel buttons or volume knob on the device, it will stay muted until the volume is increased by exceeding the next threshold, when it will unmute and play at the new volume. As far as I can tell, the device will stay muted when the speed drops below a threshold.

Can you advise whether speed thresholds are in the units set by the user in FCC settings, or in the default km/h? I believe they switch to mph when selected in the settings.

Also, I have found that I'd like to set the thresholds in 5mph intervals in order to fine tune to the acoustic characteristics of my car - 10mph intervals are too coarse.

Finally, in the SDVC settings page for -db delay, "breaking" should be spelled "braking" ;)

Many thanks for your hard work!