Thursday, 9 October 2014

Google’s Locked-down User Interface for Android Auto

A collection of Android Auto developer documents is released by Google to the developer.android.com that shows more of Google's in-car platform and providing a better sense of the system’s capabilities to the developers. Android Auto "apps" are not app but an additional Android Auto-specific content that developers are integrating to their existing applications. This is only way Android Wear works.

Those developers, who don’t have separate watch, car and phone application, can add extra interface attribute in their regular application to show on the other form factors. While using this, developers don’t have to test a custom UI for driver distraction that seems to be lengthy and costlier process, adding multiple legislations and different standards for each vehicle OEM.

Interfaces for browsing, searching, and listening are defined by the UI to content from media applications. Even, developers can simply customize the action icons, background images, UI colors, and more.

Launcher
All the compatible media apps that installed on the user’s Android device is shown by the launcher. It enables users to choose one of option from a scrollable list:


Primary App UI
The primary app UI is shown by the display after the user chooses a media app. Users can simply customize the UI to display their icons, app name, and background images. See the below picture of a customized UI:


User Actions
Four different types of actions on the action bar, the Return action and four auxiliary actions on the overflow bar are supported by the primary application UI. One can simply use standard controls and can customize the actions and icons like shown in below given figure.


Drawer Transitions
The drawer transition is also shown by the display for browse actions. Check out below image for more information.


You will see the drawer on the center after the transition from the primary app UI to the drawer UI. Moreover, it also displays the media containers and media files that delivered by the media service in user’s app. Drawers can also be customized with icons for list items.

Day and Night Transitions
Different types of color schemes are supported by the UIs for day and night. The state (day or night) and automatically adjustments are provided by the platform.


Customizing UIs
Developers have to provide app-specific resources and actions to the Android Auto media client for customizing the UI.
  • Actions - Multiple custom actions
  • Resources - App logo, theme colors, app name, and background images.
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