Play Youtube Video on Android Auto using this app
29th Dec 2017 : v1.0 released
29th Dec 2017 : v1.0.1 released to fix install errors on Android API level < 21
30th Dec 2017 : v1.0.2 released with safety disabled. Safety was showing blank screen when fullscreen. Controller support for nontouch screen still pending.
30th Dec 2017 : v1.1.0 Controller support for non touch devices done. Includes fullscreen and back nav support as well.
1st Jan 2018 : v1.1.1 Fix for app not installed on Marshmallow and lower Android phones. Install this version if you face “App not installed” error
1st Jan 2018 : v1.1.2 Stability fixes and support to resume video if was playing before app was minimized.
2nd Jan 2018 : v1.1.3 Ability to open any website via “Google search” option. Also send any custom url from the phone app. The car app remembers the last url visited and loads it automatically.
2nd Jan 2018 : v1.2.0 Speech to text for youtube searches. Minor fix to controller inputs.
2nd Jan 2018 : v1.2.1 Possible first fix for audio volume not controllable.
3rd Jan 2018 : v1.2.2 Full screen videos can be toggled more easily due to floating toolbar. Speech recognising view not hiding bug fixed. Its clickable just in case it doesnt hide. Progressbar to show page load progress.
3rd Jan 2018 : v1.2.3 Possible second fix for audio volume not controllable on some cars
5th Jan 2018 : v1.2.4 Fixed black screen which appears sometimes. Possible third fix for volume control in some systems.
6th Jan 2018 : v1.3.0Night mode support for Youtube added. Switch on your headlights to see the magic.
9th Jan 2018 : v1.3.1 Full screen mode now persists across videos. No need to switch fullscreen mode for each video on a playlist. It also stays on across app launches. You also should see a slight page speed boost.
9th Jan 2018: v1.3.2 Initial implementation of playing local offline videos/music/images. To enable, open phone app, grant “external storage” permission, then long press on the home icon (to the right of back button) on the car to open the SDcard folders. Now you can select a file and play it fullscreen. (Demo)
12th Jan 2018: v1.4.0 Now you should be able to use steering mounted controls (for next and previous video). This update also allows a “somewhat” background playback which allows you to listen to the audio without the video, but the catch is that you have to select the video first using the UI and then switch to background mode. This update should fix any volume control issues you have been facing in the past. (Watch the Demo)
12th Jan 2018: v1.4.1 If you have crashed when accessing youtube purchased videos, this build will fix it.
13th Jan 2018: v1.4.2 Please uninstall all previous builds and install this one if “youtube auto” has suddenly disappeared from Android auto (from last 1-2 days). If you dont uninstall previous builds, there is a chance that 2 similar looking apps show up.
This is possible because Google has blocked my previous app. Still not 100% sure.
13th Jan 2018: v1.4.3 About link redirecting to 404 page fixed.
14th Jan 2018: v1.4.4 Safety Warning popup added which pops up everytime you start driving. This warning will disappear if you use handbrake/parking mode.
15th Jan 2018: v1.5.0Aspect ratio support to remove black bars. You can toggle between aspect ratios in full screen mode. Also irritating notifications have been removed.
15th Jan 2018: v1.5.1Fullscreen controls support for controllers, use right,left,up and center to seek, change aspect ratio and play/pause.
15th Jan 2018: v1.5.2Bug fixes for “I understand the risk” not clickable for some users. Fixed steering mounted controls not working the first time.
15th Jan 2018: v1.5.4Fix for “I understand the risk” button not clickable. Irritating notifications are back because without them there is no way to make steering controls work reliably. Will be fixed soon
18th Jan 2018: v1.6.0Youtube auto renamed to CarStream with new logo. Looks like google bannned again. So if previous app is not showing up, use this app.
19th Jan 2018: v1.6.1Youtube auto renamed to CarStream with new logo. Looks like google bannned again. So if previous app is not showing up, use this app.
25th Jan 2018: v1.7.0Bookmarks support added. Click on last icon on the top toolbar. Long press on a bookmark to delete. Demo
25th Jan 2018: v1.7.1 Italian and chinese translations added. Check the credits section for how to add more languages. Thanks to everyone (mentioend in credits) for translating.
26th Jan 2018: v1.7.2 External SD card support works with most devices. Look for the ‘external storage’ bookmark. French translation added.
27th Jan 2018: v1.7.3 Basic keyboard input added. Translations to finnish, portuguese, danish, turkish, french added. Thank you everyone
6th Feb 2018: v1.8.0 More translations added. Revamped local offline player. Now play SD Card videos with next and previous support. Also supports formats like MKV. Also Bookmarks issues have been fixed. For a full list of supported formats read ‘Standalone container formats’ on this page
6th Feb 2018: v1.8.1 Bug fix release,
issues related to local videos not playing correctly fixed.
7th Feb 2018: v1.8.2 Bug fix release for bookmark dpad support in non touch screens
8th Feb 2018: v1.8.3 Bug fix release for audio focus issues. If carstream overwrites other players, this version fixes it. Also local audio/video continues to play in background.
21st Jun 2018 : 2.0.0 Introduces a way to unlock carstream in rooted phones. Thanks to ‘slashmax’ for figuring out the trick.
The following message is shown if handbrake is not applied. Please make sure you use this app safely.
8th Feb 2018 : For raising bugs or enhancement requests please visit https://github.com/thekirankumar/youtube-android-auto/issues
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How to install the app
How to watch local videos of all formats on SD Card
Raising bugs, enhancement for new features
CarStream is developed and maintained by me in my free time. In order to efficiently manage my time, it would be great if you can use github for raising bugs and feature requests. I have been using this blog’s comments section till now for this, but it doesnt scale well. So if you put anything here, it will mostly get ignored. So please use github. I know its painful to create a github account, but it helps me. Before raising a github issue, check if the same issue exists, otherwise it will most likely be closed.
Use this link to reach github issues page
Debugging black screen issue
Black screen when switching on Youtube auto is usually related to Power saver mode on your phone. Some phones have it as “aggressive doze mode” or “advanced battery optimization”. For youtube auto to work seamlessly, you have to switch off power saver mode completely or disable it just for Youtube auto.
Also sometimes you can follow this trick of switching on youtube auto phone app on phone and then connecting to the car. Please try this on Xperia and Huawei phones. Also some huawei phones are not compatible with android auto in general. Even Waze doesnt work. Source
Disabling the bottom bar in fullscreen mode
Many users have requested this feature of hiding the nav bar when in fullscreen mode. Unfortunately google doesnt support this feature and we can expect google to give an API in future version of android auto. So this is not feasible.
Source code
If you want to add new features or checkout the code visit https://github.com/thekirankumar/youtube-android-auto/ Pull requests for new feature are welcome.
Donation
If you like this app, please make a donation.
My bitcoin (BTC) address 1MHUymspbm3FgJexAFcvxxq6QdHS9bJjZh
My paypal address https://paypal.me/thekirankumar2
My litecoin (LTC) address LXRkN1JDm1weqDL6WKCQRTcqqfPnSiGaCQ
Credits
Unofficial Android SDK https://github.com/martoreto/aauto-sdk Without this SDK this project wouldn’t exist. Thanks to Martoreto for reverse engineering the Waze app and coming up with a easy to use SDK and a sample app.
VideoEnabledWebview https://github.com/cprcrack/VideoEnabledWebView This webview makes fullscreen videos easy to implement.
Thanks for helping with translation :
German : Timo Neumeier
Russian : Ilja Skobelev
Italian : Gabriele Rizzo
Chinese : Nelson
French : Adil Bousfiha
Finnish : Joona Ahveninen & Raitsa
Portuguese: Daniel Stuart
Turkish: Ufuk Ata
Danish: Hayrullah Celik
Bulgarian : Boby
Polish : Krzysztof Białek
Estonian : Magnus Jaaska & Olev Kaas
Spanish : César Formica & Miceot
If you want to translate to your local language, please visit the github repository and raise a pull request or just mail me the strings.xml file at [email protected]
Note
Disclaimer :This is my personal project and I maintain it in my free time. The work here is in no way related to my Employer. It is a hobby project where I have not committed to anyone about maintaining it. With Google blocking every move, its getting more difficult to progress. You can imagine how it would be to fight as a one man army against google.
Unblocking instructions
[21st Jan 2018] Google has blocked the app multiple times till now and its becoming difficult for me to release just a new version to unblock it. Here are some tricks to do it yourself when google blocks the app.
Google blocks the app’s package name. This is how apps identify themselves and google is able to block the app easily by just identifying my app’s package name and then blocking it. As a workaround, if you are an android developer, just clone the source code and change the package name in build.gradle as well on the google-services.json file.
If you are not a developer, I recommend you use APK Editor Pro app (Its a paid app, but the apks are available everywhere). It allows you to change package names of any app without creating the APK yourself.
- Download APK editor PRO (free version doesnt allow many features)
- Open the settings and click “sign APK with” and select “key created by APK Editor”
- Exit settings and come back to main menu
- click “Select APK from app”
- select the car stream apk
- select “Full Edit”
- click on the third tab on bottom called “manifest”
- click on the second line from top called “manifest xmlns:android….
- click on “package” and change the package name to anything you want. This is the most important step. You should use something which is unique to you. Use maybe your name or username in it. Do not use special character except “dot”. If your name is john doe, use maybe “com.johndoe.testapp” as the package name. Be creative here, because this is what google uses to block the app
- Click save button, be careful not to press cancel.
- Now click the build button on the top-right corner of the screen
- This will take a few seconds and finish the creating a new APK
- [IMPORTANT] Once it finishes, uninstall the old version of car stream. If you dont uninstall, the new APK wont install
- Now go back to APK pro and press install the new apk you created which has your custom package name
- After installation, Car Stream should work for you
If you get install issues with APK editor, try APK cloner. It doesn’t let you change package name, but it automatically chooses a package name and is easy to use and free.
If google blocks the apk again, come back here to this section for a new workaround.
8th Feb 2018 : For raising bugs or enhancement requests please visit https://github.com/thekirankumar/youtube-android-auto/issues
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This no longer works guys. Google blocked it. Until someone finds a way around it, there are no other options except buy a new radio.
FOUND THE SOLUTION…!!!!
You need to enable “developer mode” in Android Auto and then enable “unknown sources”… (search how with Google)
Carstream is back…!!!
Installed using Gabrielle Rizzo installer…
even works with latest Android Auto 3.1…
Enjoy…
Doesn’t work for me!
“Unknown sources” is enabled already by default in my Android Auto, and I updated AA to the latest, uninstalled Carstream, and re-installed using Gabrielle Rizzo’s installer. Still does not work.
Work for me, using Gabriele Rizzo installer or installing from apk directly too….
Are you sure enabled “unknown sources” in Android Auto ???
Using Android Auto 3.1.581054
Android 8.0
Yes, when I went into the Developer settings on AA unknown sources was already ticked……
I posted a workaround yesteday but seems it was not allowed… I don’t know why.
Works fine with latest Android Auto.
Again, for everybody…
FOUND THE SOLUTION…!!!!
You need to enable “developer mode” in Android Auto and then enable “unknown sources”… (search how with Google)
Carstream is back…!!!
Installed using Gabrielle Rizzo installer…
(not tested yet with “normal” installation)
Even works with latest Android Auto 3.1…
Enjoy…
stoped working for me because android auto updated, so i installed and old version of android auto and it works great.
I came out with a good version of aa.. i wiped twice my phone (actually before wipe your phone try to clean manually gapps) and it worked with android auto 2.9.574923 downloaded with aptoide… and, of course disable automatic update
ne sono uscito con una versione “giusta” di android auto, ho anche formattato s volte il telefono e downgradato da 7 a 8, ma tutto sta nella versione probabilmente… comunque prima di formattare il telefono provate a pulire manualmente le app di google… io ho usato la versione 2.9.574923 (attenti perchè mi sembra ci sia un’atra versione che finisce col 4 e non credo funzioni) e l’ho scaricata con aptoide… a monte di tutto ciò, disabilitate gli aggiornamenti automatici
Hello!
I was using your application and I was happy!
But, the vehicle went for review and when it returned its app did not work anymore.
I bought the “APK Editor Pro” application and followed its instructions, however, it did not work.
Any idea that can help me?
Vehicle: FIAT ARGO
System: Uconnect
Thank you so much
My god…. nobody read my post…!!! hahahaha…
Works…!!!
New test…
Carstream works fine even with “normal” install using the apk…
Just enable “developer mode” in Android Auto and then enable “unknown sources”… (search how with Google)
Enjoy…
Can anyone make a youtube video about Gabrielle Rizzo installer
@JHAres
Don’t say bullshit. The Car Stream don’t work with AA 3.1. because they blocked every time the 720p and 1080p Video.
I tested yesterday two times but nothing happened.
Is NOT bullshit….
Now I saw it APPEARS only in the phone, not in the car….
Bad News….
In fact… Carstream appears in the car…. BUT nothing happens when the last icon in the button bar is clicked…
I installed Carstream, but I didn’t see “send to car” function in app, please help me.
“Send to Car” option is not available in latest version of Carstream,
If you want to watch videos click on the last tab of Android auto from your Car screen, and select Bookmarks,
then select Internal Storage/External storage of your phone,
Your phones file structure will be displayed on car screen (Just like using your phones File manager),
Navigate the folder containing videos and select one, your videos will be played. ( all the above steps are done thru your cars screen)
use Android Auto 2.9 and Car Stream 1.8.3 till a fix is found that works on AA3.0 and 3.1
Hello there, I’m sorry for being radio silent these days.
In a few words: Google just killed the switch.
I’ve been trying several method to get around it, and no easy method will do the trick right now.
Altought my patcher is still pretty much functional, or at least it fully was up until Android Auto 3.0, now Google is blocking apps server-side. There’s someone claiming that rolling back to 2.9 is the solution, and CarStream is still working, but my suggestion is to don’t rely so much on that. Eventually Google, through Google Play Services, will block the usage of custom apps on any version of AA, whether it’s 2.8,2.9,3.0. You can rollback as much as you like, but one way or another Google will bust you and force you to update and no patcher will do, and don’t expect a new patcher right now.
So what now? My work here is basically over until a new solution is found, but I’m pretty positive no easy solution will make it right now. It’s basically all down to @thekirankumar to try and solve it (I personally spoke to him, he’s fine).
For the records, I have raised a thread on Android Auto’s product forum, and you can find it here https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-auto/pLTqJpGGFPs;context-place=forum/android-auto but I think that our opinion on this matter it’s like water off a duck’s back, because YouTube Auto is what got Google angry on the first place.
This is for my Italian friends
scusate per il silenzio stampa di questi giorni. In poche parole, Google ha bloccato definitivamente l’accesso alle app di terze parti.
Ho provato alcuni metodi per farla franca, ma nonostante il mio patcher è stato efficace fino ad Android Auto 3.0, ora Google con i nuovi Play Services, in un modo o nell’altro, non ti lascerà usare le app di terze parti non certificate da Google.
C’e qualcuno che afferma di essere riuscito a far funzionarle su Android Auto 2.9, ma io non ci conterei tanto su questa soluzione poiché o prima o dopo, Google attuerà un blocco server individuale e ti bloccherà dall’uso delle app.
In questo momento il mio “lavoro” qui è finito fino alla scoperta di una nuova soluzione, che con tutte le probabilità non arriverà mai. È tutto nelle mani di Kiran (ho parlato con lui e sta bene)
Ho messo su una discussione sul forum ufficiale di Android Auto e la si può trovare qui https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-auto/pLTqJpGGFPs;context-place=forum/android-auto ma penso che la nostra opinione a Google entrerà da un orecchio e uscirà dall’altro. YouTube auto è ciò che in origine ha fatto arrabbiare Google.
Hello there, I’m sorry for being radio silent these days.
In a few words: Google just killed the switch.
I’ve been trying several method to get around it, and no easy method will do the trick right now.
Altought my patcher is still pretty much functional, or at least it fully was up until Android Auto 3.0, now Google is blocking apps server-side. There’s someone claiming that rolling back to 2.9 is the solution, and CarStream is still working, but my suggestion is to don’t rely so much on that. Eventually Google, through Google Play Services, will block the usage of custom apps on any version of AA, whether it’s 2.8,2.9,3.0. You can rollback as much as you like, but one way or another Google will bust you and force you to update and no patcher will do, and don’t expect a new patcher right now.
So what now? My work here is basically over until a new solution is found, but I’m pretty positive no easy solution will make it right now. It’s basically all down to @thekirankumar to try and solve it (I personally spoke to him, he’s fine).
For the records, I have raised a thread on Android Auto’s product forum, and you can find it here https : // productforums . google . com / forum / #!topic / android-auto /pLTqJpGGFPs ;context-place = forum/android-auto (please erase spaces) but I think that our opinion on this matter it’s like water off a duck’s back, because YouTube Auto is what got Google angry on the first place.
This is for my Italian friends
scusate per il silenzio stampa di questi giorni. In poche parole, Google ha bloccato definitivamente l’accesso alle app di terze parti.
Ho provato alcuni metodi per farla franca, ma nonostante il mio patcher è stato efficace fino ad Android Auto 3.0, ora Google con i nuovi Play Services, in un modo o nell’altro, non ti lascerà usare le app di terze parti non certificate da Google.
C’e qualcuno che afferma di essere riuscito a far funzionarle su Android Auto 2.9, ma io non ci conterei tanto su questa soluzione poiché o prima o dopo, Google attuerà un blocco server individuale e ti bloccherà dall’uso delle app.
In questo momento il mio “lavoro” qui è finito fino alla scoperta di una nuova soluzione, che con tutte le probabilità non arriverà mai. È tutto nelle mani di Kiran (ho parlato con lui e sta bene)
Ho messo su una discussione sul forum ufficiale di Android Auto e la si può trovare qui https : // productforums . google . com / forum / #!topic / android-auto /pLTqJpGGFPs ;context-place = forum/android-auto (eliminate gli spazi) ma penso che la nostra opinione a Google entrerà da un orecchio e uscirà dall’altro. YouTube auto è ciò che in origine ha fatto arrabbiare Google.
Ciao Gabriele ,
il problema è che Google sta bloccando l’app tramite i Google Play Services…..
bisognerebbe trovare il modo di installare e bloccare gli aggiornamenti del servizio (cosa pare non possibile\fattibile)
“Per curiosità” sul mio sito trovi un mio pacchetto per l’installazione di quanto necessario …..
Ciao
Non va piu nulla.da qualche giorno speriamo in soluzioni
Hi,
I have not this option in the list. Maybe it’s in link with an file manager app compatible with android auto. Could you tell me which file manager app you use ?
Thanks
Been on AA 2.9 for a while now and happy to say I have none of the issues mentioned.
Everything works fine. The only thing I have had to do is exclude AA from auto updates.
At this point I really think it has more to do with the version of android, google play services and android auto you have installed. Ever since AA 3.0 it has not worked for me but I also got a new version of GPS and the March 2018 update to my Pixel 2 XL. All those things are (I’m guessing) preventing me from using carstream. If it is working for you, don’t update your OS or the aforementioned services or it will stop working.
Very great method nice thanks
Thanks GABRIELE RIZZO for the valuable information.
and We are very much happy to learn that Kiran is OK.
Me and my friends use CarStream not to browse/Play youtube, We use it to play music videos / movies from the internal/external storage of our Phone, We use it to entertain our kids while on drives, And it never distracted me,
I am able to use carStream with AA 2.9, but I know google may block it from server side as you said.
So please make a Patch or ask Kiran to update CarStream leaving Youtube playback.( If google is angry about Youtube Auto)
Hi. I’m still using carStream app on AA, I use it to play offline videos from SD card.
Is it possible to add a feature to shuffle files when playing from folder, not to play it every time from the beginning (it’s kind of annoying) and even to remember the last file played and to continue from that one when resuming playback.
Hey would you mind sharing which blog platform you’re working with?
I’m going to start my ownn blog in the near future but I’m having a
hard time making a decision between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal.
The reason I ask is because your layout seems different the most blogs and I’m looking
for something unique. P.S Sorry ffor
being off-topic but I had to ask!
ciao gabriele e grazie di tutto in primis
quindi se non si aggiorna aa e i service di google si continua a vedere?
Amazing blog! Do you have any tips for aspiring writers?
I’m planning to start my own blog soon but
I’m a little lost on everything. Would you propose
starting with a free platform like WordPress or go for a paid option? There are so many options out there that I’m totally
overwhelmed .. Any suggestions? Thanks a lot!
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I was running version 2.9 on a Samsung S8 with Android 8.0. everything worked ok. I even disabled auto update . Suddenly it stop working . I did not update Android auto . Worst thing is that I still can use it with my Nexus 6p which Aldo has Oreo 8.1 and the same version of Android Auto 2.9. the question is why in my S8 it stopped working while in my Nexus still works ??? Is really weird . I have not updated my Android auto to 3.0
That is pretty much what happened to me on my Note 8 on Android 8.0. I had videos playing this morning for my son on way to school and when I left work today suddenly nothing works…I’m also still running AA 2.9
Just installed on my Galaxy S6 with AA 2.9 works as described.. also you don’t have to pay for apk editor pro.. just download Aptoid, there u can download older version.. get 1.8 version of apk editor pro for free..
waiting for update where it will work with AA 3+..
Thank you for such awesome work
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do you know why it stopped working? I did not update my android auto. Still using version 2.9 but suddenly it stopped working
Same here no updates but stopped working
“do you know why it stopped working? I did not update my android auto. Still using version 2.9 but suddenly it stopped working”
Same problem.
A me funziona con Android auto ver 2.953***. Se non funziona consiglio fare cancella cache
It works in 2.9 working with samsung note 8.
My ioniq hyundai car
WOW, simply amazing! Awesome!
Changing AA developer settings worked and i can see Carstream in list of AA apps on my head unit, but i get the “click last icon to play” message and the last icon just brings up a menu to return home screen. it doesnt play any videos.
Looks like this is not working on my Honda head unit.
Like i said in previous post.. when i click on the last icon (next to the headphones) it just brings up a list of Android auto apps.. maps, phone, media, etc).. there is no Android Auto listed there.
By clicking the headphone icon i can bring up Android Auto and listed to the sound from the youtube videos but no video
i meant to say there is no Carstream app when i click the last icon next to the headphones..
Like others Carstream Lover. Having same issue that cannot find carstream icon on last tap.
Yesterday was working fine on AA but just happen today.
Able to see icon on music tap but refer me to last tap to play.
Hola hace exactamente una ora de actualizo y ya no puedo visualisar el carstream en mi auto alguien podria ayudarme ya desistale el AA y regrese a la version antigua pero sige sin reconoserll
same situation. aauto 2.9, no update, galaxy s8 – anrodid auto and others unnifcial apps woroking under developer unnated mode are gone. hopefully find a solution for this becasue CarShare was brilliant.
SOLUTION HERE!!! Click on my name, only works with windows. I do not know how long it will work, but for now it goes!
Clik last icon in bottom bar and start playing from youtube
Good morning, I do not work with version 2.9 has been blocked, that another solution can be done
Google has blocked 3rd party apps with google play services update. So if some people’s have working that means their play services still not updated to latest version.
And for those, not working, they can try to uninstall play service update.
You can download app play services info from play store and check it. It is updated to latest then no third party app works with ANDROID AUTO.
Is it possible to downgrade the Google Play services. I try to installed a older version but I can not. Any ideas?
Problema este de la google servicii play. Trebuie instalata versiunea 12.2.21 cu auto android 2.9 functioneaza perfect carstream.
Take it easy guys! Just install 2.9 apk, search and download in Google. Carstream come back, remenber desactivate automatic update androidauto in playstore.