I'm writing an Android Automotive music client

[bendardenne]

So I recently received a new car which comes with Android Automotive OS (not to be confused with Android Auto), and of course I immediately thought how it would be great if I could listen to my Jellyfin-hosted music directly from the car's OS, and not have to fiddle around with my phone at all.

So I set out to write a client for AAOS .

It only supports music. I've been testing this in my own vehicle (polestar2), and a couple of other automotive emulators I could find and it seems to work fine on those, too.

It's not on the play store yet, I'm not even sure that's an option as I'm guessing the approval process might be very tedious... but if you would like to test this out, I can already invite you in for internal testing if you drop me a line with your email address.

Supports:

• Showing recently added albums
  
• Showing some random albums
  
• Showing favourite tracks
  
• Searching (queries album artists, albums, and tracks
  

Couple of caveats:

• you need a public facing server, mostly because I don't think there's a way to get a VPN client running on AAOS
  
• you need https, I think http should be possible with an extra android permission but I haven't tested this
  
• it's probably a bit too targeted to my own way of listening to music, but perhaps we can add some settings as to how the library is presented and which categories are available...
  

Code is at: https://github.com/bendardenne/sharkmarmalade/

[TheDreadPirate]

Now I just need a car with Android Automotive....

[bendardenne]

Now I just need a car with Android Automotive....

Yeah I realize the subset of people who both host music on Jellyfin and have an car with Android is rather niche But perhaps someone finds this useful.
I hope more manufacturers start using AAOS though, it's really awesome.

[Topomov]

Now I need a driving license.....

More seriously, I'm sure some will find it useful, and it's great to see a new client! Good luck with it

[deekarma]

Good man! I am onboard and have sent you a PM.