Installimg a Carplay/Android Auto Screen?

[old-foreman]

A lot of the mapping apps it seems people commonly use (Gaia, AllTrails, OnxOffroad, etc) are now coming with carplay/android auto integration. I was curious if anyone's tried these in their carplay format, how well it works, and how you mounted the carplay screen? To have a simplified interface for music and mapping, as well as camera hookups, seems nice.

I typically run my work provided ipad for this, but I am potentially changing careers, and I'd rather not buy a tablet, if I can just route it through my phone using carplay instead. That and my jobs that much harder when I forget to take it out of the machine. Thanks in advance!

 

[Admin]

 

[P1K5Dave]

All these carplay systems are is an overlay (program) on your regular tablet OS to give you some bigger buttons and a few nanny restrictions, so I'm not exactly sure what features you're looking for.

A regular tablet (samsung 7", for example) will do everything you want. You can add the car app if you want, but it's unnecessary.

I recommend the Samsung 7" because they have good GPS for offline use.

 

[P1K5Dave]

Your phone can do everything with or without carplay as well.

 

[Hondasxs]

I prefer AGAMA Car Launcher

 

[Scoop]

No real benefit to running these under

... and how you mounted the carplay screen? To have a simplified interface for music and mapping, as well as camera hookups, seems nice.

The CarPlay screen? You mean ... the tablet? LOL.

AA/CarPlay doesn't really add any functionality - only overhead.

Like @Hondasxs, I've been running the AGAMA launcher for several years now. It accomplishes the same thing you likely want to do (put a standard control head around various apps), but all the apps are simply running in native mode (Android or IoS) instead of having to be optimized for AA/CarPlay.

Here's a video that covers a bunch of the AGAMA app: