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[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Heya! Good news! Extras For AA is now compatible with normal Substratum!

Introducing Extras For AA Legacy

Extras For AA Legacy is the new flavour of Extras For AA designed for normal Substratum and it will work on any device capable of running Substratum (non-lite) and it's live now on XDA Labs!

A Few notes for who is used to normal Extras For AA:

Legacy is in beta state, there might be a lot of errors and my ways of reproducing them are limited. Please refer here any error

Legacy is designed for older Android version. It is best advised to keep normal Extras For AA if your device can run Substratum Lite

Madness mode will work on Android 8.0>

For Madness or the one button/two buttons/three buttons modes it is compulsory to also choose the dimension of bottom bar

Translucent heads up notification differ from normal Extras For AA because it's a separate option from the "Heads Up Notifications" menu

Legacy will follow, as much as it can, the normal Extras For AA, even in version number

I hope now more and more people will enjoy Extras For AA even on a old Android Device!

Do you want sneek peaks of new updates, as well as release candidates of next builds of WP4AA and Extras4AA? Be sure to join the update channel on Telegram

Please remember to take a moment and rate my themes on XDA Labs. Whatever number of stars you put, I will understand whether my work is appreciated (or not), and it helps me knowing that someone actually use my themes. Keep in mind that when downloads and userbase is decreasing then theme updates will also slow down by a lot

and eventually stop.

If you like my work please also consider a donation, even a small amount will be much appreciated :)
[Android Auto General] Jozo1911:
Hello.

I found one problem in AA Extras 3.4.1

If I set in Bottom and Status bar section "Bar 0,75x StatusB 0,7", first row (bar were the clock, weather and time is) the letters and numbers are realy big . They are not written whole. Bottom part of letters and numbers is cut off.

Can you advise me what is wrong and help me with it?

I uninstall previous version ( 3.3 - there works everything fine) and instal clean new one (3.4.1).

Do you know where the problem can be?

Thank you for help and for this useful application.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Hi Jozo,

I might now what's wrong, but could you please also attach some more useful informations such as:

-Android Auto version

-A screenshot of the "manager" section of Substratum

Thanks
[Android Auto General] Jozo1911:
Good morning.

Sorry that I forgot to add the necessary information into the message.

I use Android Auto latest release 5.5.602944

Actual setting on Substratum:

Theme Extras for AA (3.4.1)

Type1a Deep Grey

Type1b Bar 0.75x StatusB 0.7x

Type1c XS

Type2 One Button ModeR

If I set another choice in Type1c or in Type2 the same result appeared (big and cutted letters).

If I set in Type1c choice "S" or "XS" it seems the size of letters is the same.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
You will have to build "Fix height in status bar". I made that just to fix height of text elements
[Android Auto General] Jozo1911:
I did not noticed this fix choice in setting.

I hope it will work

OK, I will install it to Substratum and check the functionality.

Thank you for advice.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
No worries, I'm here to help!
[Android Auto General] Champagnemojo:
Is it possible to make an extra setting that makes the phone battery icon in the status bar be the text percentage rather than an icon? I'm not good at estimating based on the bar so like having the text. Great mods by the way. Thank you!
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Hi,

Short answer: no

Long aswer: there's no library in Android Auto that can be used to display battery percentage. There's technically a way but then it won't update. If phone is at like 69% when it's plugged in, it will remain all throughout the drive at 69%, making it basically useless
[Android Auto General] Jozo1911:
Hi,

I tested your setting,and now all works fine.

Thank you so much for help and for this perfect app.

One question, is possible to set "one button mode" transparent. I mean the "double circle " withoud beckground? If yes, how? What have to be set?

Thanks.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Nope, it's not possible (already made a lot of attempts)
[Android Auto General] Jozo1911:
It's a pity. But once maybe. Good luck.

Thanks.
[Android Auto General] Champagnemojo:
Understood. Thanks for the quick response!
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Heya!

Android Auto 5.6 is out: based on my inspection Extras for AA should work without further changes. Please share any issue if found. It is best adviced to re-build the options previously built after updating Android Auto to 5.6 to avoid errors like Android Auto crashing/not showing.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Heya! New version of Extras for AA and Extras For AA (LEGACY) has been pushed to XDA Labs

Version 3.6 brings the following changes:

NEW: Bar icon packs! Time to change the stock icons in your bottom bar with some alternatives and brand new icons!

FIX: Tweaked weather informations position in StatusB Just Clock style to the far right

FIX: StatusB Normal Clock Centered Style should now be fixed

NEW: option "Fix new notifications" fixes the notification bell with the red dot having a black stroke when changing bottom bar color (does not apply to icon packs, just regular icons)

FIX: Tweaked 0.5x bar dimension to have a bigger notification icon and nicer looking widget icon. Still not perfect but better than before

Removed unused resources for a smaller APK

CLEAN INSTALL IS RECOMENDED

If you previously built overlays of Extras for AA, it is best advised to first uninstall them. You can install them back just fine with new version.

Also if you want sneek peaks of new updates, as well as release candidates of next builds of WP4AA and Extras4AA, be sure to join the update channel on Telegram

Please don't forget to rate and review on XDA Labs. It helps the development a lot!

Keep in mind when downloads and userbase is decreasing then theme updates will also slow down by a lot

and eventually stop

.

So if you like my work please take a moment and give a rate!
[Android Auto General] BostonDan:
Seems that color options (primary, bottom bar, accent) is gone from this version.

Cheers,

B.D.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Hi,

Please make sure you downloaded the right version. Extras for AA Legacy is designed for normal Substratum and doesn't come with the custom colours option. Extras for AA is designed for Substratum Lite and has those options.
[Android Auto General] BostonDan:
Yes, that was the issue. I thought I had downloaded the lite version, so I'm not sure how I dled the legacy version.

Cheers,

B.D.
[Android Auto General] SaniaI:
Hello! I can't get the bottom panel back. I removed it in this order:

Open up substratum lite.

Go to Extras for AA.

Check the AA box.

Choose in the “Bottom and status bar” the option “Bar 0.01 and no status b”

Click Install selected at the bottom.

Reboot.

Open up substratum lite.

In the Manager tab, select AA with a tick.

At the bottom, select Enable.

Reboot.

Then I removed substratum lite and Extras. Everything works well. But now I wanted to return the bottom panel. Installed substratum and Extras, but the Manager tab is empty. Is it possible to return the bottom panel?
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Go to magisk manager and erase the Substratum Lite module
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Heya! New version of Extras for AA and Extras For AA (LEGACY) are arriving shortly on XDA Labs

Version 4.0 is a pretty considerable redesign of Extras For AA, here is the full changelog:

CHANGED: options for dimensions of bottom and status bar have now been resized. It was unnecessary to have combined option for bottom and status bar (and risky too because of maximum character limitation of one overlay). The options seems less but they are the same as before, just more compact and easy to understand. Please remember that you can install as many of them you want, just build one and repeat the process as many time as you'd like for each option.

MOVED: options for making heads up notifications (the notifications that appear on top) smaller are in the same place of status bar and nav bar

NEW: "translucent heads up" is now moved to last dropdown menu. This should increase compatibility with other options

NEW: option "Launcher Apply Color". This option has been introduced otherwise "launcher hide text" would be not fully compatible with other options. If you wanna change the color of label of apps in launcher, please also build this option

FIXED: text in the bottom widget when changing songs in any music app should now be displayed in correct size

FIXED: "widget has gradient" option should now have better compatibility with other options

CHANGED: "Fix new notifications" has been renamed to "Fix notification dot" to make it more clear

NEW: floating heads up notifications (should be also working with S and XS dimension of heads up)

Specific to Extras For AA Legacy:

NEW: welcome dialog will now appear to Extras For AA Legacy

NEW: thanks to the redesign a new drop-down menu has been introduce to apply color to bottom bar (like first option in normal Extras For AA). Soon I'll integrate coloring for also the widget and launcher icons text

Floating heads up in action!

CLEAN INSTALL IS RECOMENDED

If you have previously installed options of Extras for AA it is best advised to uninstall them before applying options of new version

Also if you want sneek peaks of new updates, as well as release candidates of next builds of WP4AA and Extras4AA, be sure to join the update channel on Telegram

Please don't forget to rate and review on XDA Labs. It helps the development a lot!

Keep in mind when downloads and userbase is decreasing then theme updates will also slow down by a lot

and eventually stop

.

So if you like my work please take a moment and give a rate!
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Depends on Android version.

Android 8 no-root is possible

Other Android versions, although Substratum can be used without root on OneUI devices, unfortunately this theme won't be applied.
[Android Auto General] ShadowJP88:
As anyone use substratum on widescreen version of AA? what does that looks like
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Heya! New version of Extras for AA and Extras For AA (LEGACY) are up on XDA Labs, ATTENTION: MANY CHANGES AHEAD!

full changelog of version 4.1:

IMPROVED: Attention message is now more helpful. If you need help with theming AA, click the exclamation mark near "Android Auto" in Substratum and you'll have explanation for a lot of things

CHANGED: "Bottom bar primary" is renamed to "Navbar Tint"

CHANGED: "Bottom bar accent" is renamed to "Navbar Widget Tint"

CHANGED: "One Button Mode" and "Madness mode" now are just "One Button" and "Madness"

NEW: All custom bar modes (Madness, One Button, Two/Three buttons) now have a centered variant

IMPROVED: Custom bar modes come by default with color picked in "Navbar tint"

IMPROVED: Custom bar modes should now have the icons take the space better

IMPROVED: Bar icon packs are now filled in a different way to work a little better when tinting navbar icons

NEW: "Gradient for custom bar" is back. Install this option to apply gradient to Madness or One/Two/Three buttons mode

FIXED: Picking a navbar tint should now work for users that have a right-hand drive vehicle

FIXED: Found a bug that made "Launcher icon text" not work in many circumnstances

MOVED: Translucent heads up is moved again. Now it can be found in misc coloring along side other heads up colors

MOVED: Black icons in bottom bar is now in misc coloring alongside other colors

MOVED: Black icons in widget is now in misc coloring alongside other colors

NEW: Misc coloring is the new section to pick more colors than ever for Android Auto UI!

Misc coloring was briefly introduced into Extras For AA (Legacy) for allowing theming what can't be themed in Substratum Lite:

Now Misc coloring allows:

Picking color for focus ring (change the color of selection ring for cars with physical control/no touchscreen)

Picking different colors for tinting navbar icons (just the tint of the icon)

Picking different colors for widget icons (please also build either Custom color widg icons or custom color widg icons and gradient bg)

Picking colors for heads up notifications

LEGACY ONLY: picking colors for launcher icons text

LEGACY ONLY: picking colors for widget

One Button Center + Navbar Icon Tinting + Red Focus ring in action!

Two side notes:

I'm not sure why but changing focus ring color does not work on Google Maps (on Waze it applies fine)

In the "misc coloring" menu you can ignore the first two letters, they are just placeholders

CLEAN INSTALL IS STRONGLY RECOMENDED

If you have previously installed options of Extras for AA it is best advised to uninstall them before applying options of new version

Also if you want sneek peaks of new updates, as well as release candidates of next builds of WP4AA and Extras4AA, be sure to join the update channel on Telegram

Please don't forget to rate and review on XDA Labs. It helps the development a lot!

Keep in mind when downloads and userbase is decreasing then theme updates will also slow down by a lot

and eventually stop

.

So if you like my work please take a moment and give a rate!
[Android Auto General] simoneser:
Is It possible to have stock layout with only the clock in place of the home button? My ford fiesta doesn't show the status bar so I'd like to show the clock in android auto but keep the rest stock lo
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
I thought about doing this and it's definitely planned
[Android Auto General] Jozo1911:
Hello.

I installed 4.1 version today (4.0 uninstall before) and I discovered problem with head up and notification to be translucent. Still stay grey not translucent.

I tried many option in substratum lite priorities but nothing helped.

In previous version 4.0 all works fine. All settings are like were set in previous version (in 4.1 some options has different places but it is nearly the same setting). Every options are set separately. Could you advice me what to do or what I did wrong? Thank you.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
I can reproduce this. It happens on day mode, not in night mode. I'll have to fix it.
[Android Auto General] Starzboy77:
Is there a way to reduce the size of the bottom "nav" bar. The height of it takes too much screen. I've tried the .9 And .75 options but they only make the icons smaller. Using the purple gradiant nav bar option.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Could you please take a screenshot of "Manager" section of Substratum and post it here?
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Heya! New version of Extras for AA and Extras For AA (LEGACY) are up on XDA Labs

full changelog of version 4.20 (codename joint):

FIXED: bug resulting in heads up notifications being tinted only when AA is night mode

CHANGED: options to apply gradient to elements are now renamed and condensed all in one place: "Widget has gradient" is now "Gradient to widget" and "Heads Up Have Gradient" is now "Gradient to heads up

NEW: option to apply gradient to notifications (the ones in notification center)

NEW: "misc coloring" have now options to apply tint to notifications (the ones in notification center)

NEW: a bunch of new colors for heads up notifications in misc coloring menu

MOVED: transparent notifications is now merged to misc coloring menu

Heads up notifications with gradient in action!

CLEAN INSTALL IS RECOMENDED

If you have previously installed options of Extras for AA it is best advised to uninstall them before applying options of new version

Also if you want sneek peaks of new updates, as well as release candidates of next builds of WP4AA and Extras4AA, be sure to join the update channel on Telegram

Please don't forget to rate and review on XDA Labs. It helps the development a lot!

Keep in mind when downloads and userbase is decreasing then theme updates will also slow down by a lot

and eventually stop

.

So if you like my work please take a moment and give a rate!
[Android Auto General] Jozo1911:
Ok, thank you. I have installed corected 4.2 version already. On Wednesday I will test it in car. Than I will let you know. I appreciate your quick reaction and perfect work.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Thank you! Not everything turns out as it should, I also spotted another visual bug about Icon pack 1 that I'll address in a new update :)
[Android Auto General] Starzboy77:
Here you go.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Everything seems setup correctly. You currently have the 0.9x option active. Maybe the difference between full dimension and 0.9x is not a big one for you to notice, but when choosing a dimension for navbar it decreases everything and not only icons.

A side note: if you apply a icon pack for the navbar there's no need for the fix dot notification cause it would change the icon to the default one when new notification comes :)
[Android Auto General] simoneser:
Do you know if there is a way to force the status bar in cars that don't show it?

In my Ford Fiesta by default there is no status bar so I can't check the time/weather/signal

I partially solved it using Madness version +Q+N: now I can see the time and the weather icon has appeared in the upper right corner of the screen!

But I would like it to be more polished and with the option to show Spotify commands/Google Maps indications in the quick access area.

As you can see now when I change the track there's the album cover art below the Spotify logo

2 other issues are that when I use madness in horizontal, the bar overlaps the Spotify screen area so the 2 left buttons cannot be used

When I use it in vertical, the keyboard in Google Maps gets hidden

So any chance to force the status bar or to show the clock in the navigation bar? Thank you
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Probably by tweaking Google Play Services database. The statusbar being hidden is definitely a SYNC bug that many people are complaining about.

Next update will feature the full classic bar with clock instead of launcher. Coming soon :)

That's definitely something I have to fix. Thanks for the report. Does that happen only when changing song?

That's intended behaviour. I know it's not ideal, but the alternative is to have the rest of the bottom area basically filled with black, which is not the spirit of the Madness (or One button, two buttons etc.) mode. The original spirit is to give more screen real estate for apps.

You might want to tweak Navbar dimension (with the fourth options menu). Decreasing size of navbar will help in not getting in the way of other buttons.

I'm not sure if I got this correctly. What are you using in vertical? Can you explain a little better what's your experience?

Also, what's the mode you activated? Three buttons mode? That does not look right, the whole bottom bar is filled. Maybe you are using Extras For AA Legacy?
[Android Auto General] simoneser:
Thank you for your answer! Can't wait for next update then! Thought that you could bypass the PlayStore database issue with some meagic, as with madness i'm able to see the weather in the status bar and the clock in the navigation bar, but that compromise of the clock in the navbar would be awesome too!

I am using Madness+Q+N, but that photo was messed up since it was shot right after enabling the theme in substratum lite manager. After a reboot of the phone it was working as intended. Sorry for the misunderstanding!

I have to correct myself on the buttons overlapping on the keyboard in GMaps. I was referring to the recent locations (like Home + 2 most recent places) that were overlapped by the vertical Madness mode. Resizing the bar as you suggested might do the trick!

About the Spotify bug:

AA recently inserted the song title in the navigation bar when you change a track (previously it was a heads up notification). With madnessH enabled, the cover of the track is under the Spotify logo when you change the track, and the track title is not shown too. So yes, only when you change the track!

But I've enabled "Floating heads up" and Madness vertical and it seems I can see the track title as an heads up now (even if the track title is smaller than the artist name in the headsup). Maybe it was a temporary bug, I have to check again disabling these modes.
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
That's good to hear!

About the widget: I have tweaked further more the custom bar modes, in a way that the widget is left unmodified. Most probably the update will come up today. This will also fix the tiny rectangle around the icon when having a custom bar mode and a tint of the navbar which is not the default black.

It's definitely odd, though, that music still comes up as a heads up. I mean, they still come as heads up when you ask GAssistant to play something, but when the muisc changes it still should show it in the bottom widget.
[Android Auto General] simoneser:
Don't know what I did but it's definitely there, maybe it's the floating heads up mode enabled, I don't know ?
[Android Auto General] shmykelsa:
Heya! New version of Extras for AA are about to go live on XDA Labs

full changelog of version 4.3:

IMPROVED: Tweaking color of widget icons from misc coloring section will not require installing also "Custom color widg icons" or "Custom color widg icons with gradient" anymore. Just pick and install.

IMPROVED: Tweaking color of text with app names in launcher will not require "Launcher apply color" or "Launcher bold text" anymore. Just pick and install.

IMPROVED: Picking custom color for widget tint can now have transparency set

FIXED: Fixed text of the widget being too big when applying a custom tint for widget icons

NEW: "Moderate madness". New option to have the normal Android Auto bar with just the launcher icon swapped with clock

IMPROVED: In misc coloring section colors will now appear near every color option

FIXED: Gradient to normal bar should now be applied correctly on layout with vertical navbar (yes, Extras should be compatible with cars that have the widescreen support)

FIXED: Fixed many bugs in custom bar modes resulting in having icons not correctly placed

FIXED: Tiny rectangle around the Q (quick acces app) should now be disappeared. This was the case of applying Custom bar mode with "Q", three buttons mode or when picking a color for widget icons

FIXED: Album art showing behind the icon of player in the widget when using custom bar modes

MOVED: Launcher no text and launcher bold text is now in misc coloring section

NEW: Launcher text can now be italic or bold italic too

IMPROVED: Misc coloring section has now caps lock for better identifying where the change will be applied

NEW: new colors for the options in misc coloring

FIXED: Bar icon set 1 visual bugs

Also there has been quite a big cleanup in code to optimize space and resources

LEGACY ONLY

NEW: All madness mode are now compatible with Android 7!

FIXED: Picking widget tinting not resulting in anything changed

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Here's moderate madness mode with bold italic text in launcher!

CLEAN INSTALL IS STRONGLY RECOMENDED

With many changes introduced, if you have previously installed options of Extras for AA it is best advised to uninstall them before applying options of new version.

Please don't forget to rate and review on XDA Labs. It helps the development a lot!

Keep in mind when downloads and userbase is decreasing then theme updates will also slow down by a lot

and eventually stop

.

So if you like my work please take a moment and give a rate!