[Q] Automate Tasks for Car Install - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm looking to mount mu N7 in my car and use it for media (mostly iHeartRadio, Spotify, and Google Music).
I'm using the "Car Kit" app to automate some things (Turn Bluetooth on when plugged in, off when discharging) and am trying to figure out Tasker to handle the rest.
I cannot seem to get the apps to stop playing when the phone is discharging via Tasker. The pause and stop commands do not prevent iHeartRadio or Spotify from continuing to play. I am not able to kill the apps via Tasker because Google removed that ability somewhere around 2.2.
Essentially, I'm looking to:
(1) Turn Bluetooth on when plugged in
(2) Start a media player at plug-in
(3)Turn Bluetooth off and stop any media when not plugged in

Edgewood said:
I'm looking to mount mu N7 in my car and use it for media (mostly iHeartRadio, Spotify, and Google Music).
I'm using the "Car Kit" app to automate some things (Turn Bluetooth on when plugged in, off when discharging) and am trying to figure out Tasker to handle the rest.
I cannot seem to get the apps to stop playing when the phone is discharging via Tasker. The pause and stop commands do not prevent iHeartRadio or Spotify from continuing to play. I am not able to kill the apps via Tasker because Google removed that ability somewhere around 2.2.
Essentially, I'm looking to:
(1) Turn Bluetooth on when plugged in
(2) Start a media player at plug-in
(3)Turn Bluetooth off and stop any media when not plugged in
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Have you ever tried automate it? It should do the things you want when power is connected/disconnected.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=AutomateIt.mainPackage
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Doesn't poweramp have that option in it's settings somewhere? It certainly did during its beta stages.
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Well it only has an option that when I plug AUX speakers it automaticly Play and when I plug out it Pause.
But with Bluetooth headset it doesn't Play,
Only when I plug out it Pause.
I use CarHome Ultra and I leave Bluetooth on...so when I turn on the car, my EVO automatically connects and jumps to the CHU app. I'm also using PowerAmp for my music app...which is the best music app out to date. Then, all I have to do is push the play/pause button on my JVC radio and it starts playing whatever song I was last listening too. I open PA up every now and then, when I want to play a particular song. I hope this helps.

[Q] When Bluetooth connects to my car, Google Music automatically starts playing...

I have my N4 Bluetooth set up to my car. When I start my car, and Bluetooth kicks in, Google Music automatically starts playing songs. I don't listen to music via Bluetooth, but my device is sending the signal, evidently. I've tried to find a way to keep Google Music from automatically doing this when Bluetooth connects, but cannot find anything. Any ideas?
gazumph said:
I have my N4 Bluetooth set up to my car. When I start my car, and Bluetooth kicks in, Google Music automatically starts playing songs. I don't listen to music via Bluetooth, but my device is sending the signal, evidently. I've tried to find a way to keep Google Music from automatically doing this when Bluetooth connects, but cannot find anything. Any ideas?
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I'm looking for a way to make mine do what yours is doing. I'm on a Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.2.2 and just want my music to start automatically when I get into my car instead of having to unlock phone, fire up google music, and hit shuffle all every time I get in. There are a couple apps that will launch Play Music but the music doesn't start playing. I need to try hitting NEXT on my car stereo and see if it makes it start playing.
I used to get ambushed with music automatically starting a couple of phones ago so I wound up using Tasker to simulate media button presses.
That sorted it for me and may be worth a try for both of you.
I think it's dependent upon your car. I've got Ford with Sync and buried somewhere in the menus is a bluetooth "autoplay" option - try disabling that (or enabling... depending on what you're looking for, of course)
My N4 does this in my Mazda 3. I absolutely HATE it. Any luck on a solution?
Like previous poster said, disable autoplay feature in car's bluetooth settings
I don't have that option on my car.
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moldovanos said:
Like previous poster said, disable autoplay feature in car's bluetooth settings
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This is not true. I have this happen with my Nexus 4 on stock 4.3 in THREE separate cars.
Is there seriously no solution to this? Does anybody even have any idea what causes this problem?
For me, its Fusion music player. But if I uninstall that, then it defaults to Google Music.

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Bluetooth auto play when getting in my car. Help!

I have my N3 connected to my 2009 Ford Edge via bluetooth. It connects quickly every time. The phone has 911 assist almost immediately.
The same can be said for media. Bluetooth connection to enable media playback always connects.
I have two bluetooth media related issues that revolve around autostart of media player when I get in the car...
1. Default app to play media. No matter what I'm playing when I leave the car (it could be BeyondPod, Pandora, Play Music, etc.) the app that starts automatically playing when I get back into the car is ALWAYS BeyondPod, my podcast player. For some reason it has become the pseudo default media app when connected via bluetooth. If I was playing Pandora I know that when I get back in the car I'll have to go into my phone, stop BeyondPod and then to into Pandora and hit play. I would very much like it if there was a way, or a setting, that tells the autoplay feature to use the app that was playing when I left the car. I don't want a default player, just the player that was being used when I left the car.
2. When I get in the car sometimes it will start playing and sometimes it won't start playing. It connects properly, it just doesn't play anything. I can be away from my car for a week for vacation and the next time I get back in the car it starts immediately playing where I left off. Other times I can go into the grocery store, come back out 5 minutes later and it doesn't start playing, I have to pull the phone out and press start on whatever media player I'm using. It's not consistent and I can never predict when it will automatically start playing. I've tried to see a pattern of when it will automatically start but I just can't figure it out. Seems totally random. If I had to guess I'd say that it autostarts about 75% of the time. The other 25% is a mystery.
Not sure if it would help at all, but I used this app to dial in my Bluetooth profile.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.myklos.btautoconnect&hl=en
hctimin said:
Not sure if it would help at all, but I used this app to dial in my Bluetooth profile.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.myklos.btautoconnect&hl=en
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Thanks. I looked at that app but it's more for troublesome connections. I connect quickly every time. Bluetooth connectivity is not an issue. It's what happens after connection that's an issue.
I've used apps such as Tasker and Trigger to start an app such as Pandora or Play Music. The problem with solution is it presumes that I want a specific one of those to start. I don't. I want what was playing when I got out of the car to start. I've also used Tasker to pop up a menu letting me make a selection. That works but it means I have to take the phone out of my pocket, something that's not easy to do once I'm buckled in.
TabGuy said:
Thanks. I looked at that app but it's more for troublesome connections. I connect quickly every time. Bluetooth connectivity is not an issue. It's what happens after connection that's an issue.
I've used apps such as Tasker and Trigger to start an app such as Pandora or Play Music. The problem with solution is it presumes that I want a specific one of those to start. I don't. I want what was playing when I got out of the car to start. I've also used Tasker to pop up a menu letting me make a selection. That works but it means I have to take the phone out of my pocket, something that's not easy to do once I'm buckled in.
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Check to see if the app is scheduled to start on headphone or Bluetooth connection. If so uncheck those. It's under player settings.
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