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android-for-cars-parked-apps

Adapt existing Android video streaming apps, games, and web browsers to run as parked apps on Android Auto and Android Automotive OS. Covers manifest configuration, Google Play hardware feature declarations, compatibility mode, back navigation affordances, orientation and display continuity, controllable system bar insets, irregular display cutouts, driver distraction lifecycle handling, MediaSession playback restrictions with CarUxRestrictionsManager, background audio while driving, and browser sensitive data protection. Use this skill when migrating, building, or auditing parked apps for cars to meet Car App Quality guidelines. Don't use for media audio apps, templated Car App Library navigation, point of interest, internet of things, weather, or communication apps designed for use while driving.

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Adapt existing Android video apps, games, and web browsers to run as parked
apps on Android Auto and Android Automotive OS. Follow these steps to meet the
car app quality guidelines for Google Play distribution.

## Prerequisites

- Begin with an existing adaptive Android app in one of the supported parked app categories: video streaming apps, games, or web browsers.

## Glossary

- **Parked apps**: Parked apps run on Android Auto and Android Automotive OS only while the vehicle is parked. The three parked categories are video, games, and browsers; other categories can't be published as parked apps.
- **Android Auto**: Android Auto is a phone-powered projection system. Apps execute on the user's phone and are projected to the in-car display over a wired or wireless connection. Android Auto is a separate platform from Android Automotive OS.
- **Android Automotive OS**: Android Automotive OS, or AAOS, is a variant of Android that runs directly on the vehicle itself. Android Automotive OS is a separate platform from Android Auto.
- **Video category**: Video apps display streaming videos while parked. Generally available on Android Automotive OS; unsupported on Android Auto.