Android Auto - live coding

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Live coding shows a small Android Auto media app that plays local MP3s and streams using the Android Auto SDK and Android Studio template, built in roughly 20 minutes. It uses the Android Auto emulator, implements MediaSession and MediaBrowserService, fills MediaMetadata via MediaMetadataRetriever, exposes playable/browsable flags, supports skip next/previous and sets playback state, and accepts voice queries via onPlayFromSearch. The demo has minor hiccups but the app installs and functions and the full code is on GitHub.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:43Android Auto Template
3. 1:24Media
4. 2:00Session
5. 2:57Route
6. 4:25Metadata
7. 5:41Media Items
8. 6:56Media Station
9. 7:56Playback
10. 9:56Playback status
11. 11:00browsable folder
12. 15:38transport controls

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