Introduction: Android Auto on Raspberry Pi
Recently my news feeds been filling up with android auto on raspberry pi, so i decided to investigate and attempt to install it on my raspberry pi. i have also made a install script that will help you guys with installing android auto as well. thanks for the view!!
Equipment List
Raspberry Pi 3 ► http://amzn.to/2tY7F9r
7inch touch screen ► https://goo.gl/B1Rc2X
7inch touch ► https://goo.gl/B1Rc2X
5inch touch screen ► https://goo.gl/B1Rc2X
Software List
Raspbian Pixel ► https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
Etcher ► https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
github ► https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
f1xpl ► https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
crankshaft ► https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
Step 1: Install Raspbian Pixel Desktop
First you will need to download Raspbian Pixel Desktop version.
Step 2: Compiling Android Auto
download the install script from my github
$ git clone https://github.com/novaspirit/androidauto_rpi_install
now we need to change over to that directory
$ cd androidauto_rpi_install
in order to execute the install.sh script we need to change permissions to allow it to execute.
$ chmod +x install.sh<br>
now we can install android auto
$ ./install.sh
Step 3: Connect Your Phone
after 30 mins or so of waiting you are now ready to connect your phone to your raspberry pi.

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21 Comments
1 year ago
When it reaches 26% of Building cxx object it apparently blocks and no further progress.
Any ideas?
Reply 1 year ago
I ran in to this on a Pi3B+. It is running out of memory. I moved the card to a Pi4 2GB and it worked fine. I suspect that i could move the sim card back to the Pi3B+ now and everything would work.
1 year ago
sir there is no bin folder in openauto and there is no autoapp
please help sir
2 years ago
Thank you, great tutorial, but i get an error during the installation (see attahement)
Software : Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) 2020-08-20 release full upgraded
Hardware : Raspberry Pi 3
Thanks fo your help
2 years ago
Not working for me also it got stuck here no further progress and PI is in a hung state.
Building CXX object CMakeFiles/autoapp.dir/src/autoapp/Projection/InputDevice.cpp.o
Question 2 years ago on Step 2
The first coomand is asking for user id and passwd
4 years ago
I tried installing it a raspberry pi zero, but unfortunately didn't work. anyone tried?
Reply 2 years ago
Did you ever figure this out? This is my goal if possible.
Question 3 years ago on Step 3
Should I go for this or for OpenAuto Pro?
3 years ago
hi,
I installed openauto on pi, android auto on my phone. i started both
and connected my phone with usb cable. but when i start openauto and
connecte my phone i catch this error:
Not enable to open device MTP usb:001,010 ? please help me
Thanks
3 years ago
Unfortunatelly not working. Tried several times, but with no luck..
3 years ago
Hi, im tring to install, but when starts to Build files... Always block on 83% Building cxx object ...ControlServiceChannel.cpp.o
I got a raspberry pi3
4 years ago
For some reason it is not working, at the end i'm getting
"./install.sh: line 47: /home/pi/openauto/bin/autoapp: no such file or directory"
it also shows some warnings during install :(
any idea what could go wrong? (did that couple of times, with same effect)
Reply 3 years ago
Putting in a larger card just delayed the inevitable. Same error, but much later.
Reply 3 years ago
I ran into the same thing and found that the 5GB root partition on my 8GB SDcard had run out of space. I ended up using a larger SD Card and that error went away
Reply 3 years ago
I run into the same errors whether using the Git repository in this instructable or the OpenAuto Git repository directly. Hopefully the project gets sorted out quickly as this is something I really want to implement.
Reply 3 years ago
I have the same
4 years ago
nothing happens when I connect my phone to the rpi with USB, any idea what I have to do?
Question 4 years ago
I want to allow a portion of my screen for Android Auto. I mean half of the screen will display mobile phone projection via AA and half will display native contents of Raspberry Pi. Can I configure it like that?
Question 4 years ago on Step 3
Is IT possible to connect pi with analog video output to my build-in nami radio system (citroen c5 2005)? Car has rca input for video and audio. Will IT be usefull with some wireless Mouse or touchpad/keyboard combo? Has anyone tried android auto on analog video?