flutter_automotive 0.1.0

Allow interactions with Android Automotive APIs through Flutter.

Interact with the Android Automotive APIs using Flutter.

This plugin provides getters and, if available, setters for every standard Android Automotive VehicleProperty.

This plugin is still in development, use with caution as the API might change in upcoming versions.

Features

Use this plugin in your Android Automotive App to:

• Read vehicle properties
• Set vehicle properties
• Subscribe to vehicle properties
• Request the required permissions

Getting started

This plugin uses the Android Automotive Car APIs, most API requests need their respective permission to be granted.

Declare them in your AndroidManifest.xml like this:

<uses-permission android:name="android.car.permission.CAR_SPEED"/>

Some requests need special privileged permissions, these are unavailable to normal Android Automotive applications and are only available to the system apps or similar.

Usage

A reference to the plugin can be created like this:

final _plugin = FlutterAutomotive();

Make sure to check for the permission or request if not granted:

final permission = CarPermissions.PERMISSION_SPEED;
if (await _plugin.isPermissionGranted(permission) == false) {
    await _plugin.requestPermission(permission);
}

Once the permissions is granted you can start reading/setting properties.

Reading a property

The property methods are scoped under properties, you can access the getters like this:

final speed = await _plugin.properties.getPerfVehicleSpeed();

Some methods might need their respective area as a parameter:

final wear = await _plugin.properties.getBrakePadWearPercentage(VehicleAreaWheel.leftFront);

Setting a property

The property methods are scoped under properties, you can access the getters like this:

await _plugin.properties.setVehicleHornEngaged(true);

Accessing privileged properties

These properties are scoped under properties.privileged, you can access their getters/setters like their non-privileged counterparts.

await _plugin.properties.privileged.setHvacFanSpeed(VehicleAreaSeat.row1Left, 1);

Listening to a property

You can also listen to every property that can be read using the respective listen method.

// Subscribe to a property with a method
final sub = _plugin.properties.listenPerfVehicleSpeed(print);
// Cancel the subscription once done
await sub.cancel();

Accessing properties dynamically

Properties can also be accessed using the getProperty, setProperty and listenProperty methods by providing a VehicleProperty.

final speed = await _plugin.getProperty(VehicleProperty.PERF_VEHICLE_SPEED);

Checking permissions dynamically

Permissions for specific VehicleProperty properties can also be requested/checked using the arePropertyPermissionsGranted and requestPropertyPermissions methods.

Because the required permissions for each operation can differ, a CarPermissionScope of read, write or both also has to be provided.

final property = VehicleProperty.PERF_VEHICLE_SPEED;
if (await _plugin.arePropertyPermissionsGranted(property, CarPermissionScope.read) == false) {
    await _plugin.requestPropertyPermissions(property, CarPermissionScope.read);
}