Updated Automotive System images w/ Google apps in Android Studio
Android Automotive OS Discussion Group
We are happy to bring you the following updates for developing media apps on Android Automotive OS:
Google Generic Automotive system image now includes Google Play, Google Maps & Google Assistant
Revision 5 in SDK manager
Verify ($ adb shell ro.build.fingerprint) after AVD creation for the following build fingerprint google/sdk_gcar_x86/generic_x86:9/PAG1.200629.001/6637954:user/release-keys
Polestar has also updated their system image to include the same Google applications (Google Play, Google Maps & Google Assistant)
Revision 2 in SDK manager
Verify ($ adb shell ro.build.fingerprint) after AVD creation for the following build fingerprint Polestar/ihu_emulator_ps_car/ihu_emulator:9/PAG1.200504.001/tpratt06220048:user/release-keys
Note : The Polestar system image is on par with the software that runs on the Polestar 2 car, and these cars are in the process of getting delivered to customers.
Documentation for media app devs has been updated
play.google.com/console now accepts Automotive apks
All the above means, if you are a media app developer - you can now design, develop, test & publish your media app on Google Play for cars !!
Quick tips / known issues
Use the latest Android Studio canary version (4.2+), older versions may have issues during AVD creation with these newer system images
If you have older AVDs created with older system images, please delete and recreate news ones using the AVD Manager with the latest system images
If you create custom AVDs (eg. changing screen sizes), the system images may not show up
$ adb bugreport, is known to crash and restart the AVD
If there are issues, please file them at https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708&template=840533
Thanks.
-Android Automotive OS Team
