Android auto

thehellboy

Hello.
Just to give a little context. My car does not support android auto natively, so I have a box to connect to it by wire.
The Android auto works for you? Does it need to be enabled and installed on the owner profile? Or it should work on another secondary profile.
I am asking this because I tried on both and did not work... On the owner its connecting (auto connecting) for a long time and then it just closes it. When I try to connect a vehicle it says to connect a cable... Are there any apps that need to be installed besides google? Do I need to connect my google account on the playstore?
I saw a video of an guy that enabled the dev options (android auto) and ticked the unknown sources and it worked for him (but not for me).
I am asking this because with stock android on a xiaomi, it just works...
Thanks for the responses

other8026

thehellboy Did you grant it the needed permissions?

After installation, Android Auto has to be set up from the Settings > Apps > Sandboxed Google Play > Android Auto configuration screen, which contains permission toggles, links to related configuration screens, configuration tips, and links to optional Android Auto dependencies.

From https://grapheneos.org/usage#android-auto

thehellboy

other8026 Yes.
But then I read this: "In order to show up in the Android Auto car interface, apps have to be installed from the Play Store and include Android Auto support.".. So does this mean that i have to login on the playstore and download the official android auto app from there?
Thanks

userofgos

thehellboy So does this mean that i have to login on the playstore and download the official android auto app from there?

The answer is no, you do not.

thehellboy "In order to show up in the Android Auto car interface, apps have to be installed from the Play Store and include Android Auto support."

This is not related to getting your car to use the Android Auto UI, but in relation to apps you may want to use with Android Auto such as Music streaming apps, navigation apps, and Messaging apps.

Spotify from the Google Play store has native support for using the Android Auto UI to play music. Apps downloaded from other sources like Outertune, an open source music streaming app downloaded from Github, requires enabling the dev options located within the Android Auto settings and and toggling Allow Unknown Sources.