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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    1 year ago

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

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      1 year ago

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

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        1 year ago

        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!

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          1 year ago

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

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            1 year ago

            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!!