Android Auto
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If you have a car that supports Android Auto, HD+ will let you control your Hubitat devices from the car screen.
Requirements
To start, this feature requires a car that supports Android Auto and an Android device connected via USB or wirelessly
NOTE: There's something similar called Android Automotive or Android Auto OS.. this is when a car runs a full Android OS and can install apps which can be run without a connected phone.
I might look into supporting Android Auto OS in the future if there's enough demand
You'll also need the HD+ app. The production version can be found here but today you'll also need to subscribe to the beta version since I haven't released it to production yet.
Make sure you have version 1.0.1984 or greater
NOTE: Android Auto requires the app to be installed from Google Play so you won't be able to use the sideloaded apk version
Usage
First, make sure you can login to HD+ with your phone and that you have some devices displayed
Next, connect your phone to your car (USB or wirelessly)
You should see HD+ show up as an app. Open it!
By default, HD+ will only show device types that can be controlled or viewed in a car interface -- switches, lights, locks, doors, HSM, thermostats.
Configuration
Once your device has been connected to an Android Auto car, a new setting shows up in HD+ called "Android Auto". This lets you control what devices and what order they should display in.
To add or remove devices from the list, use the little red "+" button
You can also re-arrange devices by touching and dragging the little icon on the right side
Here's some other notes:
I'm only supporting (showing) devices that I can display in some way with the very limited options that I have. Generally speaking any kind of switch or sensor.
By default I'm showing all switches and sensor-type devices but you can configure it using the phone app
I don't handle every possible device type just yet. I started with the simple ones (lights, switches, valves, locks and similar)
I'll try to handle any other useful device type one by one.. for example, HSM lets you 'arm' or 'disarm'; The thermostat device type lets you send UP/DOWN commands
It'll continue to evolve.. my wife's car has Android Auto support but I don't so I won't be using it that often.. so feel free to give feedback or suggestions!
In order to use an app with Android Auto you must be using the Google Play version. This is something built-into Android Auto
Links
HD+ Hubitat Support Page -- I always post new versions here and I'll try to post anything auto related to this thread too but just in case...
Google supports a 'tabbed' UI navigation but it's not available until V6 of the car API. I can't even test with it. But, I'll be ready to add it when it is.
