[Android Auto General] zgfg:
I can only repeat that for me S2A still works, on the ROOTED Xiaomi Mi 9T (Xiaomi.eu Stable) with Android 11

1) Using AndroidAuto 7.0.614174.

By detaching from Google Play, prevented to be automatically updated (I tested 7.1.61 and it didn't work for me, hence downgraded back to 7.0.61)

2) Using Android Auto for Phones (user interface for the AA service) to put AA to Developer mode

3) Using the repackaged version of S2A - package name

ru.inceptive.screentwoautp (observe the p at the end), a good soul has uploaded to XDA

4) Using AA AIO Tweaker to patch selected apps, in my case CarTube, Fermata and Screen2Auto

5) Executed the schell script aa_block_3rdapp_hack.sh another good soul has created and posted to XDA

E.g., yesterday when I tested with AA 7.1.61 and it didn't work - I carefully re-did everything as above (writing it here also for my future reference)

I'm not going into details. Everything from above I learnt from these two threads in XDA - AA AIO Tweaker thread and S2A thread.

I got a car with AA about a month ago, when I started to read, learn and play with AA and S2A.

Everybody else can do his homework as well

Of course, certain steps from above require ROOT: 2, 4 and 5 (and 1 partially, too).

I don't know if there are alternatives for all of them for the non-rooted phones (e.g., I don't know does AAEasy substitute only 3 or also some other steps) - I don't care as long as I have my rooted phone 😍

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When I say that S2A works for me it means the following:

- When I connect the phone by USB and establish AA connection, I have S2A icom on the car head unit, and I can operate AA and S2A by touch from the car

- Usually I give it a minute or two (syncing the phone, etc), before opening S2A (if I want to use it)

- If my phone locks the screen then I cannot open S2A, I must first unlock the phone screen, then to tap S2A icon on the Infotainment (aka head unit)

- For some apps it may take seconds to open through S2A, and using the infotainment screen for writing mails or browsing Internet is definitely not friendly, but yes, in the need it works

- (Double) tapping to go back to the S2A launcher (its initial screen) does not work for me.

Instead, it goes to the landscape version of my home screen - very impractical.

Hence, I have enabled Permanent panel (in S2A, Launcher settings) as vertical bar on the left with app icons. That way I can easily switch between the apps inside S2A. On top, there is also the icon to go back to S2A Launcher.

- Netflix does not project for me to the car head unit but I didn't test the old Netflix v6.99 (as was suggested on XDA)

- Once I run S2A it minimizes the phone brightness that further causes me troubles if I have to unlock the phone before opening S2A or jumping in S2A from one app to another

I described these issues because for some of them (e.g., when phone locked, I first wrongly thought that S2A was not working, etc)

All together, I can now watch YouTube three ways om the head unit: by using CarTube, by using Fermata or by opening the YT from Screen2Auto

Few cents from my side, if all that could help to others

PS: After patching and unpatching many times in AA AIO Tweaker, I finally and for the first time succeeded to disable Maps navigation to start automatically when opening AA (I always flashed the same option and rebooted, but with no success - this time now it 'magically' works)