I have just created my first Android Automotive project:
when I run AndroidAutoDemo.mobile
module it works fine:
Unfortunately when I switch to AndroidAutoDemo.automotive
module I get:
Could not identify launch activity: Default Activity not found Error while Launching activity Failed to launch an application on all devices
This is the Android Manifest file in AndroidAutoDemo.automotive
module (left as default):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.androidautodemo">
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.type.automotive"
android:required="true" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:appCategory="audio"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/Theme.AndroidAutoDemo" />
</manifest>
This is my mobile emulator:
To run automotive app you need Automotive emulator and Automotive flavor with Manifest like below. Also there is no Automotive emulator provided by Google yet but you can get other open source emulator from like Polestar https://developer.polestar.com/sdk/polestar2-sys-img.xml and Volvo https://developer.volvocars.com/sdk/volvo-sys-img.xml You don't have to add new activity
if want to understand you can go through example source code https://cs.android.com/androidx/platform/frameworks/support/+/androidx-main:car/app/app-samples/helloworld/
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<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
package="androidx.car.app.sample.helloworld"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0">
<!-- Various required feature settings for an automotive app. -->
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.type.automotive"
android:required="true" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.software.car.templates_host"
android:required="true" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.wifi"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.screen.portrait"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.screen.landscape"
android:required="false" />
<application
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:extractNativeLibs="false">
<meta-data
android:name="com.android.automotive"
android:resource="@xml/automotive_app_desc"
tools:ignore="MetadataTagInsideApplicationTag" />
<meta-data android:name="androidx.car.app.minCarApiLevel"
android:value="1"
tools:ignore="MetadataTagInsideApplicationTag" />
<service
android:name="androidx.car.app.sample.helloworld.common.HelloWorldService"
android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="androidx.car.app.CarAppService" />
</intent-filter>
</service>
<activity
android:name="androidx.car.app.activity.CarAppActivity"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.NoActionBar"
android:exported="true"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:label="@string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="distractionOptimized" android:value="true"/>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
`