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Offline Music Player with Android Auto Support (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Vladomo@lemmy.ml to c/fdroid@lemmy.ml

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Hi, as per the title; does anyone happen to know a good foss offline music player with support for Android Auto? TIA for any suggestions!

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[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure VLC supports Android Auto.

Of course, Android Auto itself is not FOSS.

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! I'll try out VLC for playing my offline music.

Yes, unfortunately I haven't been able to find a foss alternative for Android Auto. If someone happens to know one, I am open to recommendations.

Thanks for the input!

[–] brightandshinyobject@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You might try enabling developer mode in Android auto. You can then force apps to work with Android Auto.

[–] Godort@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use VLC

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I'll try out VLC.

[–] synestine@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've had good luck with Metro/Retro.

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! Trying out Metro now.

[–] RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Metro didn't show up in android auto for me.

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am trying out Metro now and it looks great. I had to enable developer options in Android Auto and then "allow apps from unknown sources". Metro then works very will in Android Auto. Good luck!

[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm pretty new to some of this, did you have to enable these in the car or on the phone?

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No problem at all! You will need to enable developer options in the Android Auto app on your phone. Find the AA app, then scroll to the bottom where it says "version and permission info". Tap on that section about 7 times until you see a message saying that you have enabled developer options. Then go to the three dots in the right top corner and you will now see developer settings listed there. Open this and enable "unknown sources". All your non-Google-playstore apps should now show up in your Android Auto, permitted they support AA that is (Metro music player does). Good luck!!

[–] Rambler@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks. Can confirm this works well. Nice to see when you do this it gives a list of all the apps that now have support - for me it's Harmony (github) and Spotube (pstor). Now to see what they look like in the car! Many thanks for the info.

[–] timo2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is Android Auto? I thought it only makes your phone act like a USB to share files right to your computer

[–] Vladomo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Android Auto is the Android equivalent to Apple CarPlay. I.e., it mirrors your Android phone screen onto your car display.

[–] Olap@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure Vinyl does this