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- Android Auto. On your car display Official page that contains description main functionality, get starting for using. Focused on end user.
- Android Automotive Summarize page that contains information about technology. You can find several guidelines about development process, tools and testing process. It also contains release notes about each versions.
- Design for Driving Discover design guidelines for creating Android Auto and Android Automotive OS apps and designing in-vehicle infotainment systems.
- Learn Car App Library fundamentals In this codelab you learn how to build distraction-optimized apps for Android Auto and Android Automotive OS using the Android for Cars App Library.
- Build media apps for cars This guide describes the required components of a MediaBrowserService and MediaSession that your app needs in order to work on Android Auto or Android Automotive OS. After you have completed the core media infrastructure, you can add support for Android Auto and add support for Android Automotive OS to your media app.
- Test using the Desktop Head Unit The Desktop Head Unit (DHU) lets your development machine emulate an Android Auto head unit so that you can run and test Android Auto apps. The DHU runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
- Test using the Android Automotive OS emulator You can use the Android Emulator to test how your app runs on Android Automotive OS.
System images from OEMs An ARM v8a emulator image for API level 32 compatible with Apple M1 and M2 chips is now available via the Android Studio. But Custom images from car manufacturers not supported this chips.
| Vehicle brand | Supported architecture |
|---|---|
| GM | |
| Honda | |
| Polestar | |
| Volvo |
- Transforming Android tablet into Head Unit: detailed instructions Article describe how use Headunit Reloaded Emulator HUR for start android auto app on tablet. This way has limitation with debug app and simulation car movement. It is approach good way for more close simulate real user experience. !!! Unfortunately, I can't run this application with any combination of tablet and phone.
- Test using the Android Automotive OS emulator Documentation how setup and run emulator with Android Automotive OS.
- Bringing your apps to cars(Adroid Dev Summit 2021) / 15:18 In this session, you learn how to develop navigation, parking and EV charging apps for cars using the Android for Cars App Library. This session provides developers with the technical information needed to design, build, test and publish apps that work across Android Auto and Automotive OS.
- How to build media apps for cars (Android Dev Summit '19) / 14:46 Recently unveiled vehicles like the Volvo XC40 now feature brand new infotainment systems powered by Android Automotive OS with the Google Play Store built-in. Whether you are building a new app or adapting an existing app, this talk focuses on how to design, develop, publish and distribute media apps for Android Automotive OS.
- How to build Android apps for cars (Google I/O'19) / 31:04 This talk will focus primarily on how to build new apps or adapt existing Android Auto apps to the new Android-based infotainment systems. Developers interested in building experiences powered by Android can learn about new design changes and how to optimize their apps.
- What’s new with Android for Cars (Google I/O'23) / 13:12 This session will highlight Google's commitment to automotive, and how we’re enabling developers to bring new app experiences in the car - with minimal effort required.
- What’s new with the Car App Library (Android Dev Summit '22) / 4:38 Learn about the new features that have recently been added to the Car App Library to make driving optimized apps better than ever on both Android Auto and Android Automotive OS!
- RadioTok This project primary written how mobile aplication, but user interface adopted for running with android automative.
- Universal Android Music Player Sample The repository contains example of audio media players that were adopted for different platforms. Audio media player adopted for Android Auto and Android Automotive
- Knightec Parking application Simple application that designed for using for Android Auto and Android Automotive OS. It use Android Car App Library for create UI.
- r/AndroidAuto Group on readdit. Most of posts about problems with Android Auto on different cars and different versions. Also it present main news about platform and main changes.