Car gateway

[Michel Lopez]

I have not been that far with the Android version of the app, for quite some time, so I am not sure. Because it is always crashing, almost at launch, since the last Android system update, I can't repro.

I know that this app is designed both to share a list of worldwide radios streams and the local audio files. I never actually looked into the music sharing aspect of this app, but have already seen that it detect and share automatically the supported music files available in the usual system folder, without any configuration option or management menu. I think that the list of radio streams is pulled from some internet servers and is not stored in the app. Maybe with some sort of cache, but with a network trace I clearly see the request at every launch of this app. I am still trying to find a way to capture the same raw traffic with the car setup.

I am surprised when you said "MMI isn't available for iPad" as I do have installed this app on my Ipad and it is working perfectly fine on it. Of course it is an app designed for Iphone, but both from my French and US App Store accounts, nothing is preventing this app installation on Ipad. (Maybe you could try, on your Ipad, this direct link https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/mmi-connect/id570608111 as it says 'Compatibility: Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch').

When starting this app on either an Iphone or an Ipad, selecting "Demo mode" and then one of the demo car from the list will let you go to the Internet Radio tab. When done, in Windows Media Player the UPnP server will appear in the list and you just need to select it to browse the content by going to the music node.

   

The 1 minute timeout still apply, but if you are able to start playing one of the stream, the UPnP server should not disappear for a few minutes longer.