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EVMap not available in Android Auto when installed from F-Droid #319
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I just installed EVMap and tried to use it via android auto only to find it was not available as an android auto app.
I figured it was just not implemented yet but now I see that it is supposed to support android auto.
The only thing I can think of is I installed via fdroid instead of Google play. Could this have any effect on it appearing in android auto?
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johan12345 commentedon Jan 7, 2024
Hi! Initially, Android Auto support was indeed only included in the Google Play version of the app. But since version 1.6.5, the functionality is in principle also available in the F-Droid version.
However, it seems that Android Auto itself is blocking apps that have been installed from "unknown sources". There are two possible workarounds that might help:
But it seems that even with both of these workarounds, people are reporting problems with navigation apps, at least on newer Android versions. See e.g.:
GrapheneOS/os-issue-tracker#3004 (comment)
osmandapp/OsmAnd#15400
osmandapp/OsmAnd#13514
Google also states in their developer documentation:
So it seems this is intended behavior and there's not really anything that EVMap could do about it. 🙁
[-]EVMap not available in Android Auto[/-][+]EVMap not available in Android Auto when installed from F-Droid[/+]johan12345 commentedon May 8, 2024
closing as there's nothing we can do about Google's policies here