Merge pull request #10 from iscle/feature/host-media-category

Recognize media templates and group them under Music
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An Android Auto alternative built for everyone.
[<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ImranR98/Obtainium/main/assets/graphics/badge_obtainium.png" alt="Get it on Obtainium" height="54">](https://apps.obtainium.imranr.dev/redirect?r=obtainium://add/https://github.com/Seb3thehacker/gearslip)
## Which cars work
Most cars work. Starting around 2020, some cars added newer security standards that reject
Gearslip's certificate, and Gearslip can't run in those cars.
## What Gearslip is
Gearslip is an Android Auto client for the phone. It speaks the Android Auto protocol
@@ -61,8 +68,6 @@ mode.
- **Some apps refuse Gearslip.** Spotify, Waze, and Google Messages use a version of
Google's car library that accepts only Android Auto itself. Spotify still plays through
Gearslip's own player.
- **Gearslip works best with cars from before 2020.** Some newer head units reject its
certificate.
- **Calls use the car's Bluetooth,** as they do in Android Auto. Pair the phone with the
car to hear calls through its speakers.
- **Audio reaches the car by capturing playback, not by mirroring the screen.** Android
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ private fun groupOf(entry: Entry, mediaPackages: Set<String>): AppGroup {
return when (app.kind) {
"calling" -> AppGroup.PHONE
"navigation", "poi", "parking", "charging" -> AppGroup.MAPS
// Template-only media apps may have no legacy browser/player tile to identify them.
"media" -> AppGroup.MUSIC
"messaging" -> AppGroup.MESSAGING
"settings" -> AppGroup.SETTINGS
else -> AppGroup.OTHER
@@ -78,5 +78,7 @@ object CarAppCatalog {
CarAppService.CATEGORY_SETTINGS_APP,
CarAppService.CATEGORY_IOT_APP,
CarAppService.CATEGORY_WEATHER_APP,
// Newer apps declare MEDIA, but our AndroidX 1.7 dependency has no constant for it.
"androidx.car.app.category.MEDIA",
)
}