Seb3thehacker
cd7b13c88e
intro: Back and Next buttons like the setup guide, instead of tapping anywhere
2026-10-13 18:15:26 -07:00
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3d642c17c7
home: the Bluetooth warning is yellow, not red
2026-10-13 18:12:42 -07:00
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cce3b50b52
music: an app whose library never answers falls back to its playback controls after 8 seconds, instead of spinning for good
2026-10-13 18:09:04 -07:00
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88e1885b2d
car audio: with Bluetooth audio chosen, warn on the car and on Home when the phone isn't connected to the car 20 seconds in
2026-10-13 18:09:04 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
a84d36f17a
voice: app names match however the recognizer spaces them, so "with map quest" picks MapQuest
2026-10-13 17:57:30 -07:00
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8b269f4734
voice: opening a screen mid-download no longer deletes the download in progress
2026-10-13 17:54:36 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
3042e01e75
donations: at the top of Settings, and a popup on Home after the third drive that worked, then at most every three months
2026-10-13 17:42:05 -07:00
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71397a0777
settings: donation links are back, in their own section above About
2026-10-13 17:39:15 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
cae05ecdc0
car launcher: only apps that don't work get a mark, a red X, and the badge key is gone
2026-10-13 17:39:15 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
73be554eb2
car audio: pause the phone's music when the car switches to the radio, send AAC to cars that take nothing else, and open GM's own channel in GM cars
2026-10-13 17:14:32 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
2812613bca
wireless: say the car must be paired first, with a button to Bluetooth settings
2026-10-13 17:14:32 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
014942338b
usage notes: shorter intro and options, so all four fit on screen
2026-10-13 17:04:47 -07:00
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3c81980385
usage notes: name every field each option sends
2026-10-13 16:58:46 -07:00
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c029a0894a
voice: one button downloads Kroko and Canary in setup, with progress on Home and in a silent notification
2026-10-13 16:56:56 -07:00
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eba8ac1127
home: What's new and which cars work sit at the bottom
2026-10-13 16:45:59 -07:00
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1086e7c8fa
cars: a list of cars drivers have confirmed, linked from the README and the help screen
2026-10-13 16:40:21 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
470ec2f093
usage notes: say whether each drive was USB or wireless, and whether music went over USB or Bluetooth
2026-10-13 16:24:28 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
341e62d1d8
readme: notes say which boxes are ticked
2026-10-13 16:17:49 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
2891a170db
usage notes: say which boxes are ticked, so the server can drop details from unticked ones
2026-10-13 16:17:49 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
3855cc4781
readme: wireless, voice, the Bluetooth or USB audio choice, and updates
2026-10-13 16:13:02 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
f1a6901fbc
usage notes: ask after the first good drive only if setup never asked
2026-10-13 16:11:43 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
b848c5d910
home: What's new and which cars work under the status card; the usage notes switch stays in Settings
2026-10-13 16:06:26 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
4f1e6dcbfa
wireless: Disconnect works while the car hasn't answered yet
2026-10-13 16:00:40 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
10e8568aba
intro: thank note senders for confirming cars newer than 2020
2026-10-13 15:55:29 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
724dcf25c7
home: put Connect wirelessly in the status card, with the usage notes switch always under it
2026-10-13 15:48:54 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
dd1fd0242f
home: put Connect wirelessly in the status card, as a full button
2026-10-13 15:41:59 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
6faad9fdd5
help: say most cars work, group the steps, and show the adb steps only for USB audio
2026-10-13 15:39:20 -07:00
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3869258e0e
home: show only the car's status; help, preview, logs and the dev test message move to Settings
2026-10-13 15:38:40 -07:00
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7d9eb20ff0
updates: hide the channel picker until a pre-release ships
2026-10-13 15:27:15 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
8fd840bd8d
updates: offer the final release to people on its beta or alpha
2026-10-13 15:21:17 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
5947bc1e63
intro: add a step inviting drivers to the Matrix chat
2026-10-13 15:21:17 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
e13b0618db
voice: recommend Canary for the final words, at a third of Parakeet large's size
2026-10-13 15:15:41 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
9100dac290
settings: tidy the order, fold updates into one row with Stable, Beta and Alpha, and drop the donation asks and the after-drive notification
2026-10-13 15:05:45 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
f1fe94c487
bluetooth: offer to pair with the car on first connect, and pick Bluetooth or USB audio in setup
2026-10-13 14:55:11 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
5fe59d350c
wireless: send about a third of the cable bitrate at 30fps, so the video keeps up and the music stops cutting out
2026-10-13 14:31:03 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
909c3549d6
wireless: ask for Android 17's local network permission, without which the car never hears from the phone
2026-10-13 14:12:13 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
1514721498
wireless: connect over the phone's main Wi-Fi when it's already on the car's network, and log why traffic is held back
2026-10-13 14:03:55 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
4000e0a9e9
wireless: keep trying over the phone's own Wi-Fi when Android drops the car's network
2026-10-13 13:19:22 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
02d6cb546e
Merge branch 'experimental' into wireless
2026-10-13 12:41:09 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
59f323ec06
directions: speak each turn on the car's guidance channel
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Map apps' own voice prompts can't reach the car over USB, so Gearslip reads
the turn the cluster already gets and says it through the car's directions
sink, which ducks the music. On by default, with a switch in car settings.
2026-10-13 12:26:31 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
0d0bfd3d66
setup: the 0.3 look, with a badge, a big headline and shorter words on every step
2026-10-13 01:28:54 -07:00
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b3f2088a1d
intro: pick the car's button style, with sample buttons that redraw as you choose
2026-10-13 01:14:06 -07:00
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01a41c01c8
voice: "pause" keeps the music paused after the mic lets go
2026-10-13 00:52:00 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
62b1835444
theme: flat is the default
2026-10-13 00:45:39 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
1cd3d6f856
car mic: open a voice session and name the codec before asking for the car's microphone
2026-10-13 00:37:49 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
8912e88406
voice: "navigate to the nearest gas station" searches for a gas station near the car
2026-10-13 00:34:49 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
0bdc51ff6c
voice: answer back when sworn at
2026-10-13 00:09:58 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
361caf5ea3
car audio: name the codec in the audio Setup, so cars that rejected it play music over USB
2026-10-13 00:09:27 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
d53535e56c
voice: download the models as plain files, skipping the slow bzip2 unpacking
2026-10-12 23:59:43 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
49a064acc0
video: cars that give no touchscreen size get the largest picture up to 1080p
2026-10-12 23:52:03 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
6d4389c7ab
touch: shift taps past the car's cropped margin, so buttons land where they're pressed
2026-10-12 23:50:24 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
9fe463c4e7
Merge branch 'experimental' into wireless
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# Conflicts:
# gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/ui/HomeScreen.kt
2026-10-12 22:09:43 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
ceed61def9
security: scan the Kotlin code with CodeQL by building the app
2026-10-12 21:10:35 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
fd0ef64a42
security: a weekly Trivy scan and Dependabot updates
2026-10-12 21:00:25 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
28d99a3d87
voice: "play X" reopens the music app used last when none is open or it was closed
2026-10-12 17:16:25 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
a526db6cd1
templated search: keep the keyboard down when the app asks, so results opened by voice show
2026-10-12 17:09:51 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
000ca85479
voice: Canary 180M as a middle choice for the final words
2026-10-12 16:38:32 -07:00
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e76e9ddcf7
navigation: search near the phone, so "navigate to Del Taco" finds the closest one
2026-10-12 16:21:13 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
8069f54d8f
voice: free Parakeet after 5 minutes without use and both models when the car disconnects
2026-10-12 16:20:15 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
df85b0d1f3
car keyboard: taller keys, and search sits in the bottom-right corner
2026-10-12 16:19:27 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
4ac3d172d3
voice: understand natural phrasing for every command, open Gearslip's own apps by name, and say "exit" to hand the screen back
2026-10-12 16:10:23 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
d099193ead
car: call the Web app Browser
2026-10-12 16:02:53 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
bc8f2372b1
voice: start listening sooner, say so while it gets ready, and scroll the help list from anywhere on it
2026-10-12 16:02:53 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
3ca87d1afc
log: explain that answering every car with protocol 1.3 is on purpose
2026-10-12 14:16:51 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
8e98851e47
0.3 intro: a recommended apps screen, and AntennaPod in the recommended list
2026-10-12 14:12:04 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
7d6b9cf578
car audio: run the audio threads at audio priority so a busy phone doesn't make it skip
2026-10-12 01:31:24 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
b2df84c46b
voice and media search are built in now, with a voice intro screen and a new overlay over the car screen
2026-10-12 01:31:24 -07:00
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30d94bcfb5
voice: replace Whisper with sherpa-onnx, live words from Kroko and the final words from Parakeet
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Models download in Settings instead of shipping in the APK. Credits for the engine and models are in About.
2026-10-12 00:51:31 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
af9e9a7571
voice: play songs by name, a help list, and the phone's speech recognition as an option; Spotify connects without the wait
2026-10-12 00:20:36 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
7163598352
car media: drop the "Audio to car" line; name every audio focus state
2026-10-12 00:20:36 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
94ed58e13f
0.3 intro, donation links on Home, and About links for Matrix and the source
2026-10-12 00:20:36 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
59657c4f80
ixon fix mono color
2026-10-11 20:20:02 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
8abc8fe973
remove the "Before you plug in" popup on first launch
2026-10-11 20:01:36 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
4fe9421884
car audio: explain a blocked microphone permission instead of failing silently
2026-10-11 20:01:36 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
04b820cb22
wireless: wait for the car to connect when it publishes no Android Auto service
2026-10-11 17:22:58 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
669bf1f7ce
Merge branch 'experimental' into wireless
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# Conflicts:
# gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/GearslipActivity.kt
# gearslip/src/main/java/app/seb3thehacker/gearslip/ui/HomeScreen.kt
2026-10-11 17:22:58 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
83916a6397
wireless connection attempt
2026-10-11 16:10:24 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
fff2db63b0
updates: beta channel, and a switch to turn off automatic checks
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Beta updates counts GitHub pre-releases as updates. With Check automatically off, Gearslip contacts GitHub only when you tap Check for updates.
2026-10-11 14:48:46 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
fb6bc018d5
Add a contributor license agreement
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Contributors keep their copyright and license their work to Twink Software LLC, which keeps it available under the AGPL and may also offer it under the commercial license. CONTRIBUTING now points to it.
2026-10-11 14:48:46 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
580a8365eb
car screen: stop vibrating the phone on long presses
2026-10-11 11:39:22 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
5721b9efb3
icon: remove unused archive images
2026-10-11 11:34:06 -07:00
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ed331088cc
stats: name the phone's OS instead of only GrapheneOS or other
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Reports GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, /e/OS, iodeOS, DivestOS, LineageOS, or stock with the brand.
2026-10-11 11:34:06 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
33ed2d0653
setup: drop the GrapheneOS exploit protection step
2026-10-11 11:34:06 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
261e6a719a
car audio: choose Bluetooth or USB, offer Bluetooth after a refused screen share
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USB audio needs Android's screen-sharing consent every drive. A new Car audio setting on the phone and car screens picks Bluetooth instead, and the first refusal opens a dialog offering Bluetooth, asking again, or the one-time adb command.
2026-10-11 11:34:06 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
f9e38cbc45
icon: drop the black square behind the README icon
2026-10-11 00:59:45 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
e843f2adfe
car knob: move focus with the rotary knob, show where it is
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The knob's turns reached the car screen but never moved focus: keys handed
straight to the view left it in touch mode, where buttons refuse focus.
Buttons now show an accent ring while the knob is on them, map buttons wake
on a knob turn instead of only on touch, and web pages get the same ring.
The car's Home button opens the dashboard, Map opens the map, and Music
reopens the last media app.
Refs #9
2026-10-10 17:55:36 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
6f9fc061e3
tell the car about the Wi-Fi join before TCP
2026-10-09 15:30:41 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
239be1256b
place pages: name on top, actions as buttons, call a place's number
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Panes shaped like a place page (MAPS.ME's) show the name and kind first, short
tappable rows as buttons, and the details compact below. A phone number gets a
Call button that asks first with the dialer's confirmation. Other panes draw as
before.
2026-10-09 15:26:48 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
23f12884da
car toasts: take turns instead of replacing each other
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A new toast waits until the one on screen has had 2 seconds. Repeats restart the
visible toast, and a burst keeps only the newest three waiting.
2026-10-09 15:26:48 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
75dfaa3013
car icons: drop app tints that can't be seen, mark MAPS.ME and MapQuest as working
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MAPS.ME tints its map buttons dark grey for dark mode, which vanished on Gearslip's
dark buttons. A tint below 3:1 contrast now falls back to the normal text colour,
as Android Auto does.
2026-10-09 15:26:48 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
179a51ea25
car toasts: match the message popup and stay up longer
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A driver only glances at the screen, so short toasts now last 4 seconds and long
ones 7. The card uses the popup's colours, which read better over a map.
2026-10-09 14:24:32 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
006823232d
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/experimental' into experimental
2026-10-09 14:24:28 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
92d7940f56
car apps: let hosted apps start their own location service, fixing MapQuest
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Since Android 14, an app bound by a visible host may start a foreground service
only if the host binds it with BIND_ALLOW_ACTIVITY_STARTS. Without it, MapQuest
crashed as navigation began, and Flitsmeister and Vela ran their services without
location. MapQuest now gets the working check.
2026-10-09 13:50:40 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
fd658d4e57
certificate: say where it comes from, offer import alongside download, keep cert files out of the repo
2026-10-08 15:27:48 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
246f571a86
readme: around 2020
2026-10-08 10:37:53 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
a22d7936d4
readme: move which cars work to the top
2026-10-08 10:37:06 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
74330db01c
readme: say most cars work, and why some newer ones don't
2026-10-08 10:35:30 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
516f6c7f94
ask once to share after the first drive that works, cache the cert for settings
2026-10-08 00:27:54 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
40086e061b
audio pause when unplugged, theme tweak
2026-10-08 00:06:34 -07:00
Seb3thehacker
c212c2e2d1
usage notes changes, audio changes, video quality increase.
2026-10-07 23:50:47 -07:00
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