Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Make your Android App Compatbile with MirrorLink

To make your application compatible with MirrorLink you will need a mirrorlink developer account. You can register on http://carconnectivity.org/developers for an account. After your account was aproved by an administrator, normally it takes up to 24 hours, proceed with the following steps:

1. to get access to documents & tools login as a developer on https://causeway.carconnectivity.org/site/login
2. get a developer id from https://acms.carconnectivity.org/auth/login (you need to login with same credentials as above) go to view profile and Accept Developer Agreement
3. for development you will need to add your IMEI on the developer certificate ( to add click "Request Issue" )
4. add filter intents in the App Manifest File to your Main Android Activity to allow launching from mirrorlink vehicle dashboard

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.mirrorlink.android.app.TERMINATE" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.mirrorlink.android.app.LAUNCH" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
5. add access permission for mirrorlink service

<uses-permission android:name="com.mirrorlink.android.service.ACCESS_PERMISSION" />

6. make the

For more info watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-iuaruBv7s

2 comments:

  1. Hello,

    I have tried create an account in "https://causeway.carconnectivity.org/site/login" but I see that a "company" is required for that. Is it possible do it without a "company"? How can I do it?
    Thanks, in advance

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  2. Hi,
    It is required when registering, you can put some random string there. There's no other verification.

    BR

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