Have not heard back from the Dev unfortunately. Was hoping @fberbert might confirm they paid and it worked while moving
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I am using this: AAAD
where I can download âFermata Autoâ, which has a built in youtube and webbrowser app. The only thing that doesnât work while youâre driving are any search options, which require the keyboard. You can setup a startup website or a bookmark to HomeAssistant, which works perfectly fine for me.
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Same here. Just intalled it, opened Custom app 1 but there is a prefixed url which you cannot change. Same for Custom app 2 and 3âŠAny solution?
Iâm glad I did not attached it to my car yet, including my family in itâŠCustom app 1 was a XXX website 
What can I do, or is it scam after all.
I guess you installed a different one to the OP maybe? I have not had this issue when i installed it.
Donât know what you mean by âa different one to the OP?â
I downloaded this one:
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Hi,
in this video you can see how it works
Actually i see my custom app 1 has an update available, perhaps this is the change that is locking you guys into hardcoded urls
I just installed Custom App 1 this morning. Open the app on your phone first. It doesnât look like you can change anything but go ahead and tap on the âURLâ text on the app. This opened a prompt that allowed me to change it.
I did get the âsome features are not available while vehicle is in motionâ display when I connected to my truck. So pretty useless to me as the main reason for having this in my vehicle is garage door control and outside lighting as Iâm driving home/away.
The donation page is interesting. It does look like it might unlock features on the app but Iâm not going to just blindly donate to a foreign account without confirmation that itâs safe/trusted.
I downloaded AAStore, installed Custom App 1 again (just now):
Here you can see that the URL is already filled in. And noâŠI donât want this url showing on my Android Auto screen⊠So I tap on the âURLâ text to change it, like you are describing here. But, the only thing what is happening here, is that it opens the URL. I donât see any possibility to change this URL.
Same for Custom App 2 and 3âŠ
Here you can see the screen when I tap on âURLâ, where I cut the images out of this screenshot as it contains 18+ stuffâŠ
Really strange that I canât replace this url?
It seems once set you canât change it. I didnât want to risk my working custom app 1 but just installed custom app 10 and this is what it shows.
And once set I canât change it. But I could enter anything I wanted originally.
Even reinstalling the custom app didnât help.
Not sure how the xxx site is getting there in the first place. I trust you guys arenât doing it haha. Try a different app and ensure you set the url correctly right away
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So I guess nobody has figured out how to make the functionality work while driving. All I want to do is check a few Home Assistant sensors to make sure doors are closed and maybe lights are off. There are much better apps (Formata) to watch videos for you law breakers - SURE you only want the passengers to be able to watch videos on your 10 inch screen instead of the DVD player they should be using.
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I guess itâs just useless for everybody then. Waste of decent programming
So far nobody has commented on turning off the warning screen - or rather getting anything to work while driving. I hear the word useless here pretty often, but maybe it works for some people. Not sure how and I guess if it does, they donât care to help the rest of us out; which is usually what these forums are for.
No i never worked it out, but the functionality i wanted is available via android auto directly now. Itâs clunky but at least available.
Are you using Home Assistant on Android Auto? I havenât tried it yet because the home page I made for my phone comes up so beautifully on the screen in the âcustom appâ. I really wanted it to work. Seems like the layout of HA in AA will be just as dull as the AA screen and sorted by I already have Google Home/ Assistant routines to turn on booleans that start automations. Just canât change anything on the buttons (ie Garage will always be G unless I change the name); no icon or color or⊠Having to scroll to Booleans and find the 3 or 4 I use in the car is more distracting than just pulling up AA - and Iâd bet no prettier
its going to allow whatever Google approves for the app, its a very strict review process and they only allow certain things to happen. Support for smart home apps started in January this year so itll only get better.
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Oh yeah I agree. I love the actual webview on the custom app. The HA app is trash on android auto as you describe. But it works while moving.
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I agree. Everybody has to limit their liability when people misuse their product. If HA had come out with this 2 years ago before I had learned how to use Google Home/ Assistant routines via booleans in AA I would have been thrilled. But then I am still disappointed that we donât have the flying cars they promised me as a child. All in time I guess.
The one thing I need that the routine buttons donât provide is a screen with a few sensors on it to show status of certain things - did I close the garage door/ gate and set the alarm? Sure I can remember hitting that âbuttonâ but did the command go to HA? Sometimes âthe assistantâ doesnât tell me if HA and AA arenât communicating - a few times my internet was down. The other day I had the urge to fumble for my phone to see - it would have been safer to look at my car screen.
Iâm going to give Fermata Auto a shot later today - looks good on phone. I donât need anything but the web browser and I will only have my Home Assistant Cell phone page bookmarked.
After finding and reading this thread I decided to skip straight to Fermata Auto and it works great. First you download and install KingInstaller and follow the instructions depending on your device. Then download Fermata, copy the .apk onto your device and use KingInstaller to install it. If you have steering wheel controls also download the Fermata control app and install that the normal way.