Android Auto turn instructions sometimes do not update

[David Emmett]

Using a Google Pixel 7 Pro, Android 14, MRA-app 4.1.3 - 312

Connecting to a rented VW T-Cross via Android Auto

While using MyRoute App on Android via Android Auto, there were a number of occasions where the Turn and Next Turn visual cues (top left on the screen) did not update. The voice instructions were correct, but at some point, old instructions seemed to get stuck on the screen and not update.

At some point, they did update and the app would start behaving correctly again, but this happened repeatedly on one journey.

I have not seen this behaviour using the app directly on my phone. It seems to always work correctly there.

Attached are a few photos of what was going wrong. The turn instructions are clearly incorrect.

Looking in the log, all I can find is the same exception:

2024-06-12T15:01:15.773316 [D] [flutter] Riverpod.roadTextsStateProvider: [update] Instance of 'RoadTexts' >>> Instance of 'RoadTexts'
2024-06-12T15:01:15.772073 [D] [here] Riverpod.roadTextsStateProvider: [update] Instance of 'RoadTexts' >>> Instance of 'RoadTexts'
2024-06-12T15:01:16.840299 [E] car_main: PlatformException(IllegalArgumentException, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Maneuver must include a valid exit angle, Cause: null, Stacktrace: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Maneuver must include a valid exit angle
at androidx.car.app.navigation.model.Maneuver$a.c(Unknown Source:24)
at com.cloudmax.myrouteapp.android_auto.NavigatingScreen.n(Unknown Source:154)
at b3.t0.n(Unknown Source:37)
at b3.l1$a.y(Unknown Source:24)
at b3.l1$a.k(Unknown Source:0)
at b3.v0.a(Unknown Source:2)
at io.flutter.plugin.common.a$b.a(Unknown Source:17)
at wb.c.f(Unknown Source:18)
at wb.c.g(Unknown Source:41)
at wb.c.c(Unknown Source:0)
at wb.b.run(Unknown Source:12)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:959)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:100)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:232)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:317)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8501)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:552)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:878)
, null)
2024-06-12T15:01:16.777585 [D] [flutter] Riverpod.roadTextsStateProvider: [update] Instance of 'RoadTexts' >>> Instance of 'RoadTexts'
2024-06-12T15:01:16.776365 [D] [here] Riverpod.roadTextsStateProvider: [update] Instance of 'RoadTexts' >>> Instance of 'RoadTexts'
2024-06-12T15:01:17.728567 [D] [here] Riverpod.voiceGuidanceTextProvider: [dispose]

I can provide the rest of the log if you need, and a GPX of the route.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@David-Emmett Thanks for sharing!
I recently got a similar message from customer support.

The issue is fixed in the upcoming update We are still working on the other details of that update but rest assured that this issue will be solved!

[Dan 16]

@Corjan-Meijerink This could have been the ticket I submitted 3 or 4 weeks ago as I was encountering exactly the same problem.

Testing the new release this weekend, I initially thought it had been fixed but it seems not as 3 separate routes on 2 different Android auto head units indicated the same error. A few photos from my car below but the same happened on the bike. In fact I did about 70 miles of a 90 mile journey today on the bike with only a spinning circle in the next instruction box (the rest of the route it just showed the wrong instruction).

Any idea when it will be fixed?

[David Newman]

I am getting the same problem on an Android Auto connected display on my motorbike. It updates the image of the road and my current position, but the flags of the next turn at the top left freeze, just showing a turn I did in the past.

Then it asked me if I wanted to disconnect Android Auto. I refused that. Later it completely stopped with an error.

[Corjan Meijerink]

Please report back when 4.2.1 becomes available!
That’s the next update coming next week.

[Harj B]

@Corjan-Meijerink, the Android Auto experience using the app is useless. There is no zoom ability, panning, or map direction.

[Corjan Meijerink]

@Harj-B I wouldn't jump to that conclusion because you might miss a feature

• Panning not possible indeed besides from the settings available in the app
• Zoom ability, see same settings as for above. Top-down mode will keep a fixed zoom level and the other camera modes will zoom in / out for you. You indeed cannot change this zoom level directly from Android Auto
• Map direction, what do you mean?

[M. Schrijver]

If i see the pictures. It is still an issue for countries where driving on the left is normal (like UK). I saw it also end May/Begin June when i was in Scotland. But i cannot recall it happens on the mainland of Europe.

Zooming/Panning is still an issue for Android Auto. I've played with some settings on my phone. The changes were clearly visible on my phone. But in Android Auto virtually nothing happens.