diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 704c7c1..b496660 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ An Android Auto alternative built for everyone. +[Get it on Obtainium](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 diff --git a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/car/CarLauncher.kt b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/car/CarLauncher.kt index 6669c07..5a4e7d0 100644 --- a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/car/CarLauncher.kt +++ b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/car/CarLauncher.kt @@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ private fun groupOf(entry: Entry, mediaPackages: Set): 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 diff --git a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/host/CarAppCatalog.kt b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/host/CarAppCatalog.kt index a9b2ca6..31ad0db 100644 --- a/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/host/CarAppCatalog.kt +++ b/gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/host/CarAppCatalog.kt @@ -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", ) }