What's new for app developers in Android Auto
summary
Messaging apps now replace CarExtender with MessagingStyle, enabling group SMS/MMS/RCS support by putting conversation threads, reply and mark-as-read actions and a RemoteInput directly in notifications so Android Auto fires pending intents and transcribes replies. Media apps extend MediaBrowserService with onSearch to return extra results, annotate items with categories so Android Auto groups playlists, and add flags like explicit content and downloaded to show grids for playable items. RootHints enable these features; Universal Music Player and Android Media Controller are provided as working samples.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:07Different car platforms
- 1:30Messaging
- 2:03Messaging Style
- 2:45Messaging Apps
- 4:10Coding
- 7:45Media
- 8:17Media Architecture
- 10:24On Search
- 12:18Annotations
- 12:57Media Browser service
- 13:30Additional content styling
- 14:30Media app
- 14:47Universal Media Player
- 15:06Android Media Controller
- 15:36Summary
- 15:53Outro
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