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[General Topics] hagekic548:
okey so I installed a few apps from that AA Store but none of them show up on my car display. So I guess I would need an older version as you said. 6.3.x you said? What date was that?

UPDATE: ah I saw you linked the build from 2021-05-01 above, and the download count of 2021-07-18 on https://sourceforge.net/projects/nikgapps/files/Releases/Addons-R/ also looks suspicously high, I'm gonna see what that one contains.

UPDATE2:

20210501 = 6.2.610914

20210612 = 6.2.610914

20210627 to 20210711 contains only stub, probably broken?

20210718 = 6.5.612134

20220127 = 7.0.614134

So I will try to flash the (modified) package NikGapps-Addon-11-AndroidAuto-20210612-signed.zip now, let's see if that gets me those "not approved" android auto apps on my car display.

UPDATE3:

20210612 made Android Auto vanish from the App list in Settings and gave me a usb connection reset loop.

20210501 made Android Auto come back into the app list, but on the first connect it gave me a red error screen on the phone saying my phone is not safe not verified or something like that and on further attempts I got only usb connection reset loops again. I will try 20210718 next I think.
[General Topics] GrosMatou:
Hello,

I have a Galaxy A5 2017 with iodéOS (based on lineageOS 18.1)

I tried to follow the tutorial, installed the last version for android 11 (20220127)... but my phone is not detected by the car. So I tried the custom package by @AgeManning... same

I don't see the app in the app drawer but can access the parameters from system parameters > apps.

I installed google, google speech and google maps from aurora, and tried android auto for mobile (working great) but can't success with my car

I don't know what to do :)
[General Topics] undefinederror:
Holy crap I am very sorry you've had problem once flashing the other versions.

Regarding the apps showing up on the car radio drawer, you may have to go into your AA settings, customize launcher, and flag the apps you want.

Once you see them on the car radio they may still only present you with "no new notification during this drive" or something like that. That is AA blocking the app. And a common solution is to downgrade to 6.3ish. I found I had to do that when I first tried and I was on 6.6ish. I have never tried with version 7 and that is way I was curious to know if anything has changed.

Not sure if it helps but I am currently running 6.3.611324-release with no problems.

I would pass you the link from nikgapps (or at least tell you the release version) but I have flashed that months ago and I tried a few versions before settling on that, and I don't remember which on it was.

How did find the AA version from the nikgapp version? (list in UPDATE2)
[General Topics] hagekic548:
by extracting the included apk (from path AppSet/AndroidAuto/AndroidAuto.zip/___priv-app___AndroidAutoStubPrebuilt/AndroidAutoStubPrebuilt.apk` )

and running

`~/Android/Sdk/build-tools/30.0.3/aapt dump badging AndroidAutoStubPrebuilt.apk`
[General Topics] hagekic548:
and you're sure you got that from an nikgapps addon package? I think I've looked at all of the ones between

20210612 = 6.2.610914 & 20210718 = 6.5.612134 and couldn't find it.

All I was able to get from them is that red error page reading:

Googling for that error tells me to update Google Play Services, which I don't have on my phone because I don't want to have them on my phone, because I want to stick to MicroG and only run the bare minimum to support Android Auto...

UPDATE: okey so I found that I can upgrade from 6.2.610914 to 6.3.611324 using the Aurora store and entering 63611324 into the manual download textbox, will test that tomorrow morning, gotta go sleep now.
[General Topics] hagekic548:
Hey there, with 20220127 it works for me with my Subaru car. For the first connection I needed to launch Android Auto on my phone to give it the required permissions and accept it's conditions and stuff (after connecting the phone to the car). Managed to that even though it doesn't show up in the app drawer by clicking the run symbol in the Insular app list, which I use to freeze apps that I don't want to be able to run in the background.

Besides flashing the NikGapps Android Auto Addon package, you need to install using Aurora:

* Google = com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

* Speech Services by Google = com.google.android.tts

* Maps = com.google.android.apps.maps
[General Topics] GrosMatou:
Hi.

Thanks for your answer. I just tried insular, did not know it. Maybe it is because I'm not in the car but failed to launch Android auto. Will try tommorrow connected to the car.

Android of course maps, google and speech are installes, Android auto for phones is working
[General Topics] undefinederror:
Yes that is what I was going to suggest. What I found is that you cannot downgrade without flashing, but you can flash a very old version and then upgrade via Aurora store or downloading for APKMirror. I did not know about the manual download option in Aurora store, thank you!

You won't need it then but just in case this is the same version from APKMirror

As for being sure I flashed it straight from the nikgapps addon... I am not sure at this point. I did flash a few, and also downloaded some from APKMirror. I found the APKMirror link above in my search history, so... probably that one version was downloaded, not flashed.

Sorry but it's been a few months and I did try a ton of things, including completely replacing the ROM, so my memory is a bit fuzzy on some points of the process.

I never got the error you mention, "Communication error 8". I did get many times an error related to apps not being compatible with the usb (cannot remember nor find the exact wording) but only when on Resurrection Remix ROM.

I don't have Google Play Services either, only MicroG, and I completely agree with you on that. Unfortunately the bare minimum to run AA is still a ton of stuff, including all the permissions...
[General Topics] hagekic548:
yep, but at least when using MicroG for notifications you can use insular to freeze all google stuff whenever you are not in the car and don't need it.

stumbled upon it by clicking around. the download worked, the installation didn't though. had to go find the apk in /sdcard/Android/data/com.aurora.store/files/Downloads/com.google.android.projection.gearhead/63611324/com.google.android.projection.gearhead.apk with the file browser and install the apk that way. gonna go outside to my car to test it in half an hour.

UPDATE: so also with the 63611324 apk installed after flashing NikGapps-Addon-11-AndroidAuto-20210607-signed.zip which contains 6.2.610914 (the same as every package between 20210501 & 20210612) - I only get the attached error screen and or that usb re-connection loop.

20220127 = 7.0.614134 works for me, but as you suspected not together with those "not approved" applications from the AA-Store. But I still will go back to that version now, at least it gives me working Google Maps on my car's display, which is the main thing I need from it.

Maybe those older packages don't work for me, because there are some files in 20220127 that aren't in the older packages and therefore aren't overwritten when flashing one of the older packages - and those could prevent the older versions from functioning as they seem to do for you. To test this hypothesis I'd need to do a fresh clean rom installation, but I'm not dedicated enough to go through that for the chance to get videos playing on my car's display.
[General Topics] GrosMatou:
How to be sure AA is correctly installed after flashing the ZIP? I don't see it in system>apps or system>priv-app. The only thing I found is 50-AndroidAuto.sh in system>add-on.d
[General Topics] hagekic548:
you should be able to see "Android Auto" in the Settings -> Apps list. It doesn't show up in the app drawer. For me most of the time on first connect (after resetting the app data / flashing a new zip) the permission & legalese wizard starts automatically on first connect, after clicking it through the android auto icon on my car displays in the car's app menu becomes enabled and I can start it just as with a normal google phone.

@undefinederror where would you find those "not approved" android auto apps on the car's display? the launcher does show MicroG Settings which I don't suspect have been approved by google, but none of those I tried installing through the AA Store you linked above, see attached "screenshot".

UPDATE: aahh, but just as you said opening those "MicroG Settings" on my car's display only gives me that "No new messages during this drive" screen, so yeah I guess with 20220127 = 7.0.614134 which is the only version I got to get working with my phone & car (without starting with a fresh ROM installation of my phone after trying 20220127 first) I can just forget those 3rd party Android Auto apps.

But still strange that the ones installed through the "AA Store" don't show up at all.
[General Topics] GrosMatou:
The problem is I can't launch Android auto from my car because it's disabled because it does not detect it on the phone.

I already did the wizzard with Android auto for phone screens.

I have Android auto 7.2, and can see it in settings app list
[General Topics] hagekic548:
@GrosMatou hmm, sorry, don't know what to tell you. It works for me on my Xiaomi Note 9S running Android 11 ROM lineage-18.1-20220120-microG-miatoll.

Maybe try deleting android auto stored data and retry the wizard? for me it always worked after finishing the wizard on the phone screen that the android auto launch icon on the car screen get's enabled, at least when I've flashed NikGapps-Addon-11-AndroidAuto package from 2022-01-27 = android auto version 7.0.614134.

Where did you get that Android auto version 7.2 from?
[General Topics] GrosMatou:
I will try. I get it from aurora store after updating. But the problem was the same before I updated it
[General Topics] davDatsun240z:
Device info:

Samsung Note 8 exynos

Running Lineage OS 19 with no Gapps

Flashed:

NikGapps-Addon-12-AndroidAuto-20220127-signed.zip

NikGapps-Addon-12-GoogleMaps-20220127-signed.zip

NikGapps-Addon-12-GoogleTTS-20220127-signed.zip

Hey, was wondering if you could help me out?

I've followed the steps in the first post, got the latest micro g, flashed the changed Android Auto zip, TTS & Maps from nikgapps and installed the google app from Aurora.

When connecting to my car i can run through the Android Auto setup but i get stuck at the google maps location permission page. It's asking me to allow google maps to use location (which i have, and tested it out on google maps) but no matter what i do, Android Auto thinks that i have not let google maps use location services. I've changed the permissions to Always, only on app, and then off and on again, still no luck.

I have also updated google maps, android auto, and tts to the latest versions from Aurora to see if that would change work, but it didn't/.

Is there something else i need to flash? Some MicroG config changes ( all i did was install it)?

Any help on this would be amazing! Really Android Auto is the last thing i would love to get working to have my daily driver de-googled.

Thanks
[General Topics] hagekic548:
@undefinederror okey so I tried 20210124 = 5.9.604634 & 20210612 = 6.2.610914 on a fresh clean flash on an older phone I had lying around, a Xiaomi Note 5, also no success. really strange.

What phone running which ROM connecting to which car do you have?

The only thing I was able to get working on my phones running lineage-18.1 = Android 11 to work with my Subaru Impreza was 20220127 = 7.0.614134, but via that only the google approved apps.

@davDatsun240z

> Some MicroG config changes ( all i did was install it)

I have no experience with Android 12, but on my devices running Android 11 setting up MicroG was hard enough that I just gave up doing it manually and instead switched to https://lineage.microg.org/ which comes with MicroG out of the box.
[General Topics] undefinederror:
@hagekic548

Redmi Note 5

lineage_whyred-userdebug 11

RQ3A 211001 001 eng.root.20211109.015110

dev-keys

Car doesn't matter as mine is an aftermarket radio, an ATOTO F7 PE

Really(!!) strange it does not work for you as we pretty much have the same setup on the phone.

@davDatsun240z

I never got past that screen myself, asking for Maps permissions (both when I was on Resurrection Remix, and now on Lineage + MicroG). I just hit cancel. Then disconnected the cable and reconnected and AA just popped up. After that It never asked for permissions again.

As for MicroG setup, you should refer to MicroG github page https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki/Installation

Last time I did manual installation was years ago, so very fuzzy memories about it. I remember going through the instructions and one by one getting the green flags on the "self check" page
[General Topics] GrosMatou:
Maybe linked to the last AA update on aurora store, but now it's working !

Thank you guys, love you ;)
[General Topics] Chiranz:
Can we use android auto without the Google app?
[General Topics] gongoscho:
Maybe we have luck and AAUnchained is released soon ;-)

AAUnchained demo video
[General Topics] sosimple:
Anyone has successfully work screen2auto?

Thanks,
[General Topics] dieSuse:
Hi all,

I was so happy to find this solution for Android Auto on LinagueOS, because it was the only thing missing on my ent-googled phone. But as always, it didn't work on first trial.

I downloaded NikGapps-Addon-11-AndroidAuto-20220413-signed, followed the description and during flashing zip via adb sideload, I was asked if I want to flash a not signed package where I chose YES. After that the package seems to be uploaded, but then the following error came up: "Failed to find binary META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary". But update-binary is existing in this directory, as well as a file updater-script.

Has anybody an idea, what is the reason for that and how it can be resolved?

Using LineagueOS with MicroG 18.1-20220403 and Android Auto 7.3.620524-release downloaded via Aurora Store.

Thanks in advance,

Suse
[General Topics] oceanBT:
Hi,

i installed today nikgapps AA on a microg-lineage on a galaxy s10e via lineage-recovery (adb sideload) as described in #1. After that I had some big red error messages (communication error 8) in Android Auto. I had to update AA to the latest version via the Aurora store. Then Google Maps no longer had a location. I had to set up Mozilla Location Service ("Install Mozilla Stumbler") in micro-g settings.

Now it works as expected! Thanks again!
[General Topics] oceanBT:
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[General Topics] MatteoV:
Dear all, I followed the procedure but I'm not getting AA working. I own a Fairphone4 with e.os 0.23, honestly I found a problem flashing NikGapps-Addon-11-AndroidAuto-20220421-signed, if I try to modify the file "nikgapps_functions.sh" as per the suggestion in the first message, then I'm not able to sideload the zip I create, since with the following message: "failed to find update binary META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary"

Can you help me solving this issue? If I flash with the original NikGapp I don't get AA on my phone. Thanks, Matteo.
[General Topics] Speedmatze:
I had trouble with the newer verions as well.

Maybe try an older version from last year (e.g. 20210612; version 6.2). You can update it later to the newest version with Aurora store (if you want to).

Version 6.3 and older has the advantage of being able to run more 3rd party apps (like screen2auto, etc). All newer versions block those and the workarounds don't work with microG.

However, older versions tend to produce "error 8" messages. So you might need to update to prevent those.
[General Topics] hagekic548:
I think having installed Android Auto on my Xiaomi Note 9S as described here now prevents me from updating my ROM from "lineage-18.1-20220220-microG-miatoll" to "lineage-18.1-20220405-microG-miatoll".

The recovery prints those errors in the log while trying to install:

Has anybody else tried updating their ROM after using this method to install AndroidAuto?
[General Topics] lifesaver38:
I tried 20210612 version. I've got an installation error :

- Unmounting /product

Updater process ended with ERROR: 1

Error installing zip file '/external_sd/NikGapps-Addon-11-AndroidAuto-signed.zip'

Same error until 15 aug 2021. After, installation works, but android auto fails in may car...

Allways no solution for usin AA with microG ;(
[General Topics] sn00x:
I just created a Magisk Module that provides Android Auto for devices running microG on Android 11. I've made this mainly for myself, but wanted to share:

Basically just install aa4mg-v0.1.zip as Magisk Module, reboot, optionally upgrade in Aurora Store, profit.

But please see readme on github: https://github.com/sn-00-x/aa4mg
[General Topics] lifesaver38:
Yeah

Yeah man !!! You gave me the solution I was looking for so much !!! Thanks a lot !!!
[General Topics] Pommes9485:
That looks good. Do you know, whether it works with android 12 as well?
[General Topics] sn00x:
Unfortunately I'm pretty sure it doesn't work under A12. I'm going to add A12 support as soon as I get an A12 device though.
[General Topics] gongoscho:
@sn00x Where can I find the apk of Google App Stub ?
[General Topics] sn00x:
Release v12.48.23.23 · dylangerdaly/Gcam-Services-Provider

App faking only the absolute necessary Apis to use AA without Google's App - Release v12.48.23.23 · dylangerdaly/Gcam-Services-Provider

github.com
[General Topics] gongoscho:
I tested aa4mg v0.1 with fresh install Android 12: LineageOS 19.1-20220608-microG-beryllium and:

Magisk v25

(Installation Method: [Custom Recovery](https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/install.html#custom-recovery) for automatically patching boot.img after every update the OS through OTA 😎)

Google TTS (Disable Data) installed over Aurora Store

Need to Install Google Maps (Disable Data) installed over Aurora Store

Original Google-app (Disable Data) installed over Aurora Store

Didn't see any icon from AA after installation over Magisk. I need to open Settings via Apps (Settings),

and enable DEV-Settings and unknown apps.

AA updated to v6.3 first (by requesting 63611324 under "Manual download" in Aurora Store)

AA-AIO-TWEAKER v5.0.2 working

Screen2Auto v3.6.4 working only 85%. I see the Apps, butt the sound is not redirected (all Premissions set).

I cant open "Other settings". After tap on "Other settings", S2A close and i se that were granted SuperUser Rights.
[General Topics] sn00x:
That's interesting! For me, after upgrading to LOS 19.1, aa4mg didn't work, because two permissions and a library was missing. Though I manually made it work, I didn't update the module, yet. Will do so in a few days!

However, I recommend AGAINST trying to use the current version of aa4mg on A12. My device (Poco F3) didn't boot after installing aa4mg on A12 and I had to fix it using adb shell. Please wait a few days for the next release. I'm too busy right now.

Also a word of warning: Whenever you uninstall aa4mg or boot without Magisk, you have to make sure, that you "uninstall" Android Auto through Aurora Store (and thus go back to the system app provided by aa4mg). If the system app is missing (by disabling aa4mg or booting without Magisk), but the update installed by Aurora is still present, your device may fail to boot due to permission errors!
[General Topics] eralxda:
when i connected my car's heandunit that android auto told me commucation error #14, please thell me how to fix that, if i update android auto to newer version then screen2auto gone.

AA version 63611324

screnn2auto 3.6.4

crdroid 8.2 android12
[General Topics] sn00x:
I currently can't find enough time to create a module that works for both A11 and A12, but don't want you to wait any longer. So for now I just created an a12 branch of aa4mg here and you can download it from github here: aa4mg-v0.2-a12-pre.zip

Please note: I created that mainly for myself, so there are not much precautions to prevent problems when not following the instructions. So make sure you read and understand the Warning paragraph!

I'm going to create another release that supports both A11 and A12 at some point in the future. For now simply install v0.1 on A11 and 0.2-a12-pre on A12 devices.
[General Topics] starbright_:
I more or less followed the instruction. Deinstalled AA (but leave G app, Speech, Maps) installed (all installed via Aurora). Installed your module via Magisk and reboot. G App stub is not avaliable as apk, but must be compiled first - sorry, out of my scope).

A few things happened. Unexpected - there is no AA app to open. I only could go via Settings/Apps/all apps and see AA ?!? Only about this way I could give permissions.

I was not able to give permission to "Call List" and "SMS". It will be just ignored.

(one remark) I established a BT connection but disable access to contacts - as I don't want to have all my contacts uploadet to the car. AA should be mainly used for Navigation.

Giving all asked permission (stay offline - just to have no drop of data) I indeed could see the AA screen in car. But - maps doesn't work. Pressing that button - nothing happened. I can't operate with maps on phone when connected - that is probably intended. When I start a navgation before connecting to car, I could see a small green navigation bar in car screen, but not the map.

An app like "here" (that should work via AA), is not listed to add in launcher. I have to read more about this above.

What was the original idea:

Use AA just for Navigation. As less as possible information should go to google. So I download G Maps ahead and have been offline. In later stage that could be blocked via AFWall+

As traffic info are useful downloading that might be accepted. So giving maps ethernet, but not AA.

Other than that I would use Magic Earth (but I think it doesn't support AA) or Here.
[General Topics] starbright_:
What do you mean with "disable data"? Firewalled that app?

Installing unknown apps: which app did you give that permission? AA is not listed to handover this permission.
[General Topics] gnurzel:
I more or less followed the instructions in the initial post, but don't get Android Auto running on my car. Whatever I do, I end up in one of the four situations:

* Android Auto does not start at all. I am not sure which message I got exactly, but after starting the phone it showed a message saying that AA doesn't start as some versions are too old (I think it named Google Play Services) (using the magisk addon posted in this thread)

* Android Auto does not show up in the drawer. connecting my phone to the car I get error message 17

* Android Auto does not show up in the drawer, connecting my phone to the car I get error message 8

I tried different versions of the NikGapps AA AddOn with either Google App Stub (mentioned in one of the previous posts (got it from dylangerdaly's github repository)) or official Google App. I used current Google Maps and Speech Services. MicroG is 0.2.24.214816 (february, seems to be the most recent one). I also tried the Magisk-Addon mentioned here.

From MicroG I've installed DroidGuard Helper, FakeStore, Services Framework Prox and Services Core. I ticked all the boxes in the app. However, I currently don't have any location module installed / configured (forgot that and I am not sure if it matters).

Phone is CarbonRom, Android 11, Redmi Note 10 Pro. The goal is to use navigation on the car.

Any ideas on what I could do? Does it matter which versions of Google App, AA, Maps, Speech etc. I have installed?
[General Topics] Zatsando:
I manually installed android auto and the 2 required apps needed for this, just to test it in a friends car (Lineage OS for microG 19.1 btw). The main reason it didn't work on the car's dashboard (its working, but only in the phone's screen) its because android auto wasn't installed alongside with the system. So I 'm assuming that if you install it as a system app it will be fine? I don't know...