Displaying OBD data in Android Auto
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Ron Facciol |
My vehicle is an EV6 long range RWD. My phone is a Samsung S10. I am subscribed to ABRP premium, and I am currently using a CarSiFi adaptor to get wireless Android Auto on my vehicle.
I find that to get the display of OBD data on the Android auto screen, I have to open and run ABRP on my phone as well. If ABRP is not running on the phone, then the OBD data and the roadside speed limit do not display on Android auto.
I have updated all my firmware - running Android 12, with a security patch level dated Oct 1 2022. The problem occurs regardless of whether I use wireless AA or wired AA.
My ABRP version is 4.2.12
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Bo_ABRP
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Bo_ABRP
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Bo_ABRP
This may be due to a known limitation of some phones on Android 12+. The background process does not correctly start anymore due to restrictions on Android OS. You can either start the app already before connecting, or you can long click the ABRP icon, click on App-Info, scroll down to advanced and enable the toggle button overlay on other apps (or similar). That setting will also allow again to start when the app is in background. We are working on a solution.
Ron Facciol
Thanks for the response.
My mobile is a Samsung S10e running Android 12.
I changed the properties of the ABRP app to "Appear on top" setting it to ON.
For good measure, I also unchecked "Remove permissions if app is unused".
This workaround has solved the issue, in that once ABRP is run in Android Auto, it automaticcally starts up the App on the phone. The SOC data is now visible in AA.
Thanks for your valuable assistance.
Cheers
Ron
Ron_EV6
Problem still exists with ABRP ver 4.3 :-(
Scott Hilleard
I have a Galaxy S22 and have found it aggressively kills background apps (even if you try to override that in the app power management settings) - I have to leave ABRP in the foreground with screen on when using Android Auto to avoid issues. Unrelated to ABRP, but I also use the YouTube app to control YouTube on my TV and found the Galaxy S22 frequently kills the YouTube app losing my running playlist if I don't frequently turn the screen on.. I never had these issues with my previous Google Pixel phone!
Ron Facciol
I am using the Vgate iCar Pro OBD2 dongle.
Pascal Eisenbeiser
same here - E-Niro - VLinker OBD plug - ABRP app on the smartphone needs to be open before you can see live SOC and speedlimits.
Katya_ABRP
Status changed to: Investigate