.NET MAUI for cars: Android Auto Tutorial

Christian Strydom

Learn how to build your own Android Auto app with .NET MAUI in this step-by-step tutorial. In part one, I’ll guide you through building your very own Android Auto app with .NET MAUI.

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💻 Environment setup:
– Android Studio: https://developer.android.com/studio?gclid=Cj0KCQiA6rCgBhDVARIsAK1kGPJzpr1tvuEJrEnr7enayclE2B8vh2-hoL6-R3MUISbdUd5PtnP_zi8aArCMEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
– Visual Studio: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/community/

🛠️ Other tools:
– Scrcpy: Control and see your phone’s screen on your PC, Mac or Linux machine https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

📃 Documentation:
– Android for cars: https://developer.android.com/cars
– Android app quality for cars: https://developer.android.com/docs/quality-guidelines/car-app-quality
– Android for Cars App Library design guidelines: https://developer.android.com/static/training/cars/Android%20for%20Cars%20App%20Library%20design%20guidelines.pdf
– Don’t think your Android Auto app fits any of the available categories? You can request a new category here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcobt-pJ9BRK7nPXPAhgSnyqIXPGNB3Dh_nNKtB-kun8OSow/viewform

🧑‍💻Code and useful info:
– GitHub source code repo: https://github.com/christian-strydom/MauiForCars
– Location where Android Auto Head Unit emulator is installed: C:Users%USERNAME%AppDataLocalAndroidSdkextrasgoogleauto
– CMD command to forward your adb port so that the head unit emulator will work with your phone: adb forward tcp:5277 tcp:5277
– Attributes to add on top of your CarAppService:
[Service(Exported = true)]
[IntentFilter(new string[] { “androidx.car.app.CarAppService” }, Categories = new[] { “androidx.car.app.category.POI” })]

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⏲️ Video timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 Demo
02:42 Documentation background
05:00 Environment setup
06:20 Project setup
14:45 List template
23:22 Android Auto phone settings for emulator
24:18 CMD port forwarding
25:17 First hello world demo run
27:46 Images from shared resources to Android Auto
31:05 Navigation OnClickListener
37:32 Message template
41:00 Toast message OnClickListener
44:03 Second demo run
44:30 Pane template
51:08 Grid template
55:52 Final demo run
56:39 Goodbyes and questions