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 ► Amazon | Ebay

7inch touch screen ► https://goo.gl/B1Rc2X

7inch touch ► https://goo.gl/Z54f9t

5inch touch screen ► http://amzn.to/2pafLH4

Software List

Raspbian Pixel ► https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

Etcher  ► https://etcher.io/

github ► https://github.com/novaspirit/androidauto_rpi_install

f1xpl ► https://github.com/f1xpl/openauto

crankshaft ► http://getcrankshaft.com/

Android Auto on Raspberry Pi

Step 1: Install Raspbian Pixel

First you will need to download Raspbian Pixel Desktop version.

download pixel

Now we will need a piece of software called etcher to write the image onto our SD card and USB Storage device.

etcher

Step 2: Check for updates

It is always a good idea to check for updates even if it is a freshly installed OS.

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 3: Compiling

this is the point where a lot of waiting occurs…. we will now need to download the install script from my github

open up a terminal and type

$ 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

now we can install android auto

$ ./install.sh

this will take about 30 mins or so

Step 4: Connect your phone

once everything is completed you will be presented with an screen. at this point you need to connect your phone to your raspberry pi.