Hi , i have mtcb unit , when i do a call , i can't hide button end call or go back to home.
if have any way to hide the dialer button when i do call? and go home or other app?
I think it would require modification of the application. It annoys me as well, to no end. Basically turns the thing into a brick until your phone call is over.
Same on MTCD. Think it is because Android doesn't actually provide HFP, so I'm assuming it is some sort of hardware interface provided by the MCU.
Anybody aware if the C200/C500 has this same issue? As said above, it is really annoying.
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Same on MTCD. Think it is because Android doesn't actually provide HFP, so I'm assuming it is some sort of hardware interface provided by the MCU.
Anybody aware if the C200/C500 has this same issue? As said above, it is really annoying.
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As of Android 5.0 (or was it 5.1?) Android *DOES INDEED* provide HFP-client mode.
What Android does NOT provide, however, is a UI for it.
Hi there,
As you might have read on the PX5 board threads, I was struggling with the ease of use of the stock FM Radio app when driving. If you don't have to SWC you first have to press home from navigating, and open the radio app, or use the widgets, to switch channels. I didn't like that like, so I started to inspect the radio and radio widget .apk files. In there I found some pieces of code that remotely allow to control the FM Radio app.
What my app does is 'listen' to the information the stock FM Radio app is outputting. It can get the current frequency and channel. It shows this information on a notification on your HU. This notification also consists of three buttons to go to the previous channel, the next channel, and turn of the radio.
The current frequency and channel are also pushed to the Android Media Session with media button support. This means other apps (like AnyAutoAudio) or widgets can display the currently playing frequency and channel. You can also control the radio with the media buttons Android support. USB keyboards or BT devices that support these buttons should work! I haven't tested it, but this also means the FM Radio can be used in Android Auto. As soon as you open another media app (like Poweramp), that app will take over the media buttons (as expected). If you want to switch back to FM just press the power button on the notification and you're back.
This app is at an early stage right now. I'd like to see it as a proof of concept. It currently only works with FM. It can't show AM information yet. I am not an Android developer, so it might contain a few bugs and glitches. Let me know if you find anything.
I made a little video a few days ago when I had my first proof of concept working. This video does not display the media button support. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/JNUAi0KNGmM
Let me know what you think! Ideas and suggestions are always welcome.
Download: https://gerbenbol.com/android/com.gerbenbol.hctradiocontroller.apk
So I gave this ago, it seems like it's nearly there for Android Auto. AnyAndroidAuto does pick it up and displays what station is on but AndroidAutos next/pause/previous buttons do not effect it. Also if I change radio station the widget in AndroidAuto does not update to reflect this. Any idea why this is?
That's too bad.
Does the info in the notification change when you switch channel? The media session which feeds info widgets etc. seem to be a bit flaky right now.
Do you have any other media widgets that show the current playing media?
edit: @Dec64, gave it a try this morning. My widgets didn't make it control, or had the latest station displayed, but the native Android media buttons worked fine. Very strange... Do you happen to know what commands AnyAndroidAuto send? It should work for the next/previous/pause buttons. I'll see if I can make some changes today.
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That's too bad.
Does the info in the notification change when you switch channel? The media session which feeds info widgets etc. seem to be a bit flaky right now.
Do you have any other media widgets that show the current playing media?
edit: @Dec64, gave it a try this morning. My widgets didn't make it control, or had the latest station displayed, but the native Android media buttons worked fine. Very strange... Do you happen to know what commands AnyAndroidAuto send? It should work for the next/previous/pause buttons. I'll see if I can make some changes today.
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Yeah the info in the notification changed, and worked perfectly just didn't feed that information down to AA. I had no other media widgets at that time.
No unfortunately I don't know what commands are sent. What is weirder still is this morning on my way to work, after about 20mins the HU turned off the radio and changed menus in AA to the music menu and said nothing is playing...Yet i touched nothing. I put the radio back on and after 5mins it turned back off and I was sent to the phone menu. The only thing new running was your widget, very odd, I dont know how that is even possible.
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Yeah the info in the notification changed, and worked perfectly just didn't feed that information down to AA. I had no other media widgets at that time.
No unfortunately I don't know what commands are sent. What is weirder still is this morning on my way to work, after about 20mins the HU turned off the radio and changed menus in AA to the music menu and said nothing is playing...Yet i touched nothing. I put the radio back on and after 5mins it turned back off and I was sent to the phone menu. The only thing new running was your widget, very odd, I dont know how that is even possible.
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Weird! I've rewritten a load of code, and it should be more stable now. I'm testing on an Android Emulator and and simulate some information the FM Radio would send, so I hope it's better now!
You can download the .apk again from the same URL in the first post. Let me know how it works on the HU. I'm gonna test it when I get home tonight.
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Weird! I've rewritten a load of code, and it should be more stable now. I'm testing on an Android Emulator and and simulate some information the FM Radio would send, so I hope it's better now!
You can download the .apk again from the same URL in the first post. Let me know how it works on the HU. I'm gonna test it when I get home tonight.
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Sweet, ill give it ago in 30mins on the way back from work.
@Bose321 Perfect, works 100% better now, reports, shows station changes when I use SWC to do so, shows a stop button now though instead of pause/next track on the AA widget, and the stop button does nothing, but for AA integration it works
this is encouraging.
can you help me with something mate:
i need to turn radio on/off via tasker.. do you think there is a way to do that.. i saw you do that via your app
Nomader0 said:
this is encouraging.
can you help me with something mate:
i need to turn radio on/off via tasker.. do you think there is a way to do that.. i saw you do that via your app
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You can user tasker or f1x's mtcdtools to do that, there's an intent to close the radio app.
intent action: com.microntek.finish
intent parameters: {"class":"com.microntek.radio"}
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Sweet, ill give it ago in 30mins on the way back from work.
@Bose321 Perfect, works 100% better now, reports, shows station changes when I use SWC to do so, shows a stop button now though instead of pause/next track on the AA widget, and the stop button does nothing, but for AA integration it works
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Can you show the AA interface? Not sure why there only is a stop button now, and why it doesn't work. I'll have to dig around in the code to see what causes that.
edit: I think I already know why there only is a stop button right now! Gonna push out a fix tomorrow! I also think why the stop button doesn't work. I only listen to the pause/play button, not the stop button. Thanks for testing, this is useful!
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this is encouraging.
can you help me with something mate:
i need to turn radio on/off via tasker.. do you think there is a way to do that.. i saw you do that via your app
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I use the intent "hct.radio.power.switch" to turn the radio on or off. This is different from the intent Dec64 posted. Mine only turns off the radio, it doesn't shut down the radio app. So use what fits the most.
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Can you show the AA interface? Not sure why there only is a stop button now, and why it doesn't work. I'll have to dig around in the code to see what causes that.
edit: I think I already know why there only is a stop button right now! Gonna push out a fix tomorrow! I also think why the stop button doesn't work. I only listen to the pause/play button, not the stop button. Thanks for testing, this is useful!
I use the intent "hct.radio.power.switch" to turn the radio on or off. This is different from the intent Dec64 posted. Mine only turns off the radio, it doesn't shut down the radio app. So use what fits the most.
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Thanks for your answers..
Which intent turns on the radio?
Maybe Com.microntek.radio.power?
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Thanks for your answers..
Which intent turns on the radio?
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I use the same one. It's a toggle. Send it once to turn it off, send it again to turn it back on.
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I use the same one. It's a toggle. Send it once to turn it off, send it again to turn it back on.
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Thanks mate I will try that.
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Sweet, ill give it ago in 30mins on the way back from work.
@Bose321 Perfect, works 100% better now, reports, shows station changes when I use SWC to do so, shows a stop button now though instead of pause/next track on the AA widget, and the stop button does nothing, but for AA integration it works
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Can you give it another try? I've updated the link in the first post again. Should now show next/previous/play-pause buttons if I'm right!
Tried the version of yesterday in my car, and it works a lot better for sure!
Are you liking Android Auto on the HU? Is it fast? I'm hoping Sygic is able to build the navigation for AA soon, I don't like Google Maps for offline navigation. Are you always connected via your phone or something, or have you downloaded parts of maps?
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Can you give it another try? I've updated the link in the first post again. Should now show next/previous/play-pause buttons if I'm right!
Tried the version of yesterday in my car, and it works a lot better for sure!
Are you liking Android Auto on the HU? Is it fast? I'm hoping Sygic is able to build the navigation for AA soon, I don't like Google Maps for offline navigation. Are you always connected via your phone or something, or have you downloaded parts of maps?
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I will try it on the way home from work again.
I like AA on my HU because it displays the info i need quickly and at all times, but the major draw backs where the radio not showing, and the phone menu not working properly.
I dislike google maps and prefer waze for the police/speed camera warnings as i drive a bit...spirited...but waze integration isn't working yet unless you have an AA specific HU. It also doesnt display speed limits/cameras.
Yeah I have 30gb of tethering on my phone so always connected using tasker to start tethering when BT is connected
tried updated app. Next/previous/stop now show on widget but do not work in AA, everything else works perfectly
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tried updated app. Next/previous/stop now show on widget but do not work in AA, everything else works perfectly
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Weird! I'll see if I can get AA on a device to test this. At least the right buttons are now showing. It's a start... :laugh:
Seems to be different from other widgets, because the ones I use seem to work fine (Ubiquity Music Widget).
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tried updated app. Next/previous/stop now show on widget but do not work in AA, everything else works perfectly
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same issue just tested today...
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same issue just tested today...
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Thanks for testing. I'll have to look into that. Can you try the native media buttons?
Just turned rds on my radio and noticed the widget doesn't pick station name or rds info. It would be amazing if it could and report that info?
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Just turned rds on my radio and noticed the widget doesn't pick station name or rds info. It would be amazing if it could and report that info?
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I've been looking into that, but I believe the radio app doesn't 'share' that information. But I'll have another look.
But first gotta look into the AA issue.
What I did notice on my own HU, as soon as the Radio app starts, the sound goes on, and directly off again at boot. Did any of you notice that?
Is there any way to decompile, edit, and recompile the MCU image file? I know it's risky and not for everyone. But wondering if the utility exists to make the later version HA a better fit for my JY unit.
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Is there any way to decompile, edit, and recompile the MCU image file? I know it's risky and not for everyone. But wondering if the utility exists to make the later version HA a better fit for my JY unit.
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There's no difference between ha and jy MCU. Im confused by what you mean by 'better fit' as all options configurable by factory settings.
It sure looks to me that there is a difference. One example would be the ability to adjust the panel LED color and brightness available on JY but not HA. Maybe there is some other setting or ? to enable the settings?
It works 99.5 % the same. BT is better. But there are minor differences. I suppose HA never marketed a unit with hard knobs or didn't care about it.
Going on recent first hand experience.
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It sure looks to me that there is a difference. One example would be the ability to adjust the panel LED color and brightness available on JY but not HA. Maybe there is some other setting or ? to enable the settings?
It works 99.5 % the same. BT is better. But there are minor differences. I suppose HA never marketed a unit with hard knobs or didn't care about it.
Going on recent first hand experience.
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Interesting, I came from JY and have latest HA. Did you realise that when LED type is correctly set in factory settings then led colour can be set in android settings menu?
So I can set LED brightness just fine. Ive analysed earlier HA and JY, they're identical per my thread. What is different is the factory settings config the resellers custom set in the MCU code.
Same for 'knobs' all - configurable via factory settings, in fact ive programmed my hard home button long press to turn off the display. All fully customisable. I had the same issues coming from JY, if you read my thread its all covered in the thread.
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Maybe custom settings in the MCU setting variables in the code rather than a different code per se. But different beyond the normal user settings none the less.
I am able to set day and night composite led brightness thru normal settings but not separate rgb as before in the JY settings.
This is not simple key mapping here as used for setting hard button short and long press. Nor is it selecting one of 3 full on colors.
You refer to a thread where you have information on this, but I have not read every post on xda nor did a search reveal any pertaining tags.
Perhaps a link would be worthy of thanks, only then maybe a "your welcome" would be deserved. Maybe not.
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Maybe custom settings in the MCU setting variables in the code rather than a different code per se. But different beyond the normal user settings none the less.
I am able to set day and night composite led brightness thru normal settings but not separate rgb as before in the JY settings.
This is not simple key mapping here as used for setting hard button short and long press. Nor is it selecting one of 3 full on colors.
You refer to a thread where you have information on this, but I have not read every post on xda nor did a search reveal any pertaining tags.
Perhaps a link would be worthy of thanks, only then maybe a "your welcome" would be deserved. Maybe not.
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Let's break it down. Two issues (1)led and (2) hardware button settings. No argument the issues you have are configurable and the mcu code is identical minus reseller specific customisation of settings.
See my signature or search for mcu cross compatability.
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Let's break it down. Two issues (1)led and (2) hardware button settings. No argument the issues you have are configurable and the mcu code is identical minus reseller specific customisation of settings.
See my signature or search for mcu cross compatability.
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Your comments did cause me to try every factory setting for the LEDs. Since there is no real descriptions available it is the typical learn as you go. One setting did cause the elements setting field in the normal user settings area to appear so LED control is solved.
Most things are configurable as far as the hard controls go. On that topic...
The knob rotation function is not changeable. Not really a big deal
The long press option settings are off by one about 1/3 of the way thru. Once you know this, just select one lower than what you really want but the last option is not able to be selected.
I'm trying to revisit my wish list before buying the PX5 upgrade. Maybe a different unit is better?
Things I'm still working on:
I would like to be able to assign the music app to one that has playlists. I use MediaMonkey. The problem is the third party app does not take control of the audio stream so two things are active together.
Repairing my faulty SD card slot. Trying to explain this to Joying is impossible. All they know "is send the unit back to us" which is more costly than a new unit. Still searching for generic parts. I work around and can live with only one slot if needed.
A2DP interface is my next test. Ultimately, with the upgrade, I would not need to rely on my phone and this would be less important.
Thanks for prompting me to double check the LED settings.
Is it possible to change the video out (rca) to full android interface from (only) dvd-tv output by editing mcu?
My problem is:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android-auto/android-head-units/informative-screen-t3650055/
Please help me
As in the title. Is this possible to do on Android head unit.
As we know we have various different physical button options and ways to link steering buttons to different apps. But as far as I know there isnt a way to shuffle running apps to bring them to the front or in focus with just 1 simple button (steering).
As we know using our phones we can press the left list button on our phones and scroll through recent apps and select the one we want to use to bring it back into focus. Well I generally have less than half a dozen main apps I might use any one time in the car and its a bit of a faff doing this with the screen. Id rather do it with just any easy dedicated button. And possibly assign the apps I want to switch between such as navi, radio, music, phone etc.
So can this be done ?
Its already done. I got a pumpkin px5 that has a mod button where in hal9k rom i set any numbers of apps i want and i scroll with that perfectly. Also i had assign for it a steering wheel button that works also fine.
I highly recommend the Hal9k rom as well. It does exactly what you want.
If you don't want to flash a new rom though I did this originally by using an app called MTCD Tools. I don't have a link but it's mentioned a lot in here.
I ended up using a combination of that and Tasker to get apps like Spotify or Pocketcasts to start playback automatically at different volume levels when cycled to.
But again, much less effort with Hal9k
Thanks guys, i thought perhaps mtcdtools might do it. But it is a bit scary as i dont understand most of it.
Good to no its possible tho. The more I think about it the more I like the idea.
Ive only just installed malaysk's rom which is very good + all my other apps so dont really want to wipe n flash again just yet. Did you also use Malaysk rom or go straight to Hal9k. I thought they were much the same.
I did install at 1st malaysk but it was too altered for my taste because i like just root and some extra options and hal9k rom fit the bill perfectly.
You sure malaysk doesn't have this option? Better ask in malaysk thread if you don't find it.
Yes I could do. Where did you find it in Hal9ks rom. Is it under settings?
Yes
Settings -> mod settings-> apps that cycle throw mode button.
If i remember right the last setting