I really like the idea of being able to access HA on my Android Auto screen. But I do not want to have to dig through a bunch of menus (choose whether I want a switch, light, cover etc) just to get to what I need.
There are very few items that I’d want to see on the screen under HA. I’d like to be able to create a dashboard that shows the few items I want to access and assign THAT dashboard to be used in Android Auto.
All of which you can do.
Create a minimalist dashboard for your car.
Assign it as the default dashboard in your car.
It’s the last part that I haven’t found a way to do. I’ll poke around the website and see if I can find info.
Since I couldn’t find any mention of it in the HA app or within the HA/AA interface, I didn’t think it had the option.
unfortunately not in teh android auto interface, no webviews are allowed there so the app needs to build a custom screen. Current implementation is to let users control all entities
i actually submitted a PR for this a couple days ago, needs to go through review process then you will be able to select favorite entities to appear in a new category in the android auto app.
Hmm…
I just found this link indicating that the companion app should have a section in the settings to manage it’s android Auto interface.
My HA companion doesn’t have it. Google play store indicates that I have the latest version.
https://github.com/home-assistant/android/pull/3670#discussion_r1269680319
no no you misunderstand lol, its a pull request to add the feature still requires code review and to be merged before you can use it 
you also need to be on the play store beta to get the update otherwise need to wait for the next production release.
Ah, I see. Apologies.
Ok. That makes sense. Thanks!
Did your PR ever go in?
Just discovering this limitation, and wondering how to beat configure the automotive dashboard.
yes a long time ago actually
you need to access the app settings to do that, unfortunately if you installed via the google play store the settings button is hidden there per Googles requirement.
Yeah, I installed it via the app store on the car. It seemed to be the only way.
Once installed, is there a way to modify it? If not, is there an alternative way to install it so that I can access the settings?
Did you find a way to access the settings menu in the android automotive app?
And a way to get a dashboard on the screen in the car?
i was able to force my way by enabling notification from the app then in HA push a notificaiton to it and when you open the notification a full HA app open ! but I don’t know if you can make it default
no and that only works when parked, Google specifically blocks it and has that logic in place to switch to the driving optimized screens when not in park.
with that said hopefully they never hear about that workaround
Could I “hack” into my car system from there ? there is a lot of limitaiton in my car system so I tought that maybe i could use home assistant to open let said the default android file explorer ( that i know it’s install but can’t find a way to lunch it )
I tried things like adding a button in home assistant and call the file explorer :
show_name: true
show_icon: true
type: button
tap_action:
action: url
url_path: “"intent:#Intent;action=android.intent.action.VIEW;type=/;end"”
name: Fichier 1
But it’s not working… it redirect me on a qr code app that ask me to scan with my phone the get to this url …
