Poweramp (797) Car Steering Wheel Controls No Longer Work After Update

[KoolMoeDe]

Hi,

I am running an android (OREO 8.0) car head unit with Poweramp installed for my music needs. Unfortunately the steering wheel controls no longer work after updating the app on the head unit however they did work before the update.

I updated it from a much older build (I know as the new build has a new layout) and it is now running PA build 797.

Its a bit annoying as this is the reason why I purchased PA. Is there any advise or workaround to get this working again?

Let me know if I can provide you with anything to assist troubleshooting the issue. I have performed an uninstall of the app and a reinstall which had no effect.

Cheers. 

[clever_man]

@KoolMoeDe, now Poweramp doesn't support car head units. On this devices it is working "as is". Dev has no abillity to perform testing on such devices. 

[KoolMoeDe]

Hi @clever_man,

Is this really the response I am going to get?

The fact that it was working before the update is a bit strange. Something must have been changed for this functionality to cease. It would be great to get a more technical answer from someone.

I also had the idea of using an older build. Is there a way this can be achieved?

Cheers.

[clever_man]

 

@KoolMoeDe, now main purpose fot Dev will release stable version for smartphones and he has not ability to find and fix problems for not supported devices.

9 minutes ago, KoolMoeDe said:

Is there a way this can be achieved?

You can try using apps like the Tasker for find events which triggered by pressing buttons on steering wheel and than create action (via Poweramp API) for controlling of Poweramp.

 

[Nyaomi]

The Tasker way to work around this is too dark and confused, and it needs at least AutoInput to listen to hardware buttons. And then, there's a 200ms delay for media control events via Poweramp API (as stated in the source). Also, who will ever purchase two separate apps to work around something that should just work?

It isn't only a car unit problem: I can't control media playback with my headphones attached on my phone also, so it's more like "Poweramp doesn't listen to media buttons" rather than "it's a car unit problem".

[clever_man]

@AryToNeX, for phone you must provide more information that must help to reproduce it on the Dev's testing devices.

[andrewilley]

A number of people have been having issues with headset buttons (and bluetooth buttons) not responding with Oreo, this could be related to that? 

Andre

[KoolMoeDe]

13 hours ago, clever_man said:

 

@KoolMoeDe, now main purpose fot Dev will release stable version for smartphones and he has not ability to find and fix problems for not supported devices.

You can try using apps like the Tasker for find events which triggered by pressing buttons on steering wheel and than create action (via Poweramp API) for controlling of Poweramp.

 

I completely understand however you seem to be very very quick to say the issue cannot be fixed/supported. Like I said earlier, it was working completely fine before the update so the dev team has changed something related to this. I am sure I am not the only one having these problems.

I have already tried using tasker for other app purposes. Its really not worth the hassle but thanks for the suggestion.

 

7 hours ago, AryToNeX said:

The Tasker way to work around this is too dark and confused, and it needs at least AutoInput to listen to hardware buttons. And then, there's a 200ms delay for media control events via Poweramp API (as stated in the source). Also, who will ever purchase two separate apps to work around something that should just work?

It isn't only a car unit problem: I can't control media playback with my headphones attached on my phone also, so it's more like "Poweramp doesn't listen to media buttons" rather than "it's a car unit problem".

Agree about tasker. Ok so others are having problems also. Good to know the issue is a larger scale with other hardware so it has a higher probablity of being bug fixed in an upcoming build.

 

4 hours ago, andrewilley said:

A number of people have been having issues with headset buttons (and bluetooth buttons) not responding with Oreo, this could be related to that? 

So I can confirm that my car head unit was always on OREO and the steering wheel buttons where always working without fault on an older build.

If you mean an issue with the latest build of PA and OREO then sure there could definitely be an issue.

[KoolMoeDe]

Does anyone know the easiest way to install an older build of PA?

Where to get etc.

Currently every time I need to change a song I have to look at the cars head unit and and use the touch screen to hit 'NEXT'. While it does not seems that bad. It is definitely not a safe thing to do while trying to drive at the same time.

 

[clever_man]

5 hours ago, KoolMoeDe said:

it was working completely fine before the update

You must understand that for find problem the dev need to install the on the same device with the same firmware and testing new options. "It is working before the last update" isn't help because many change per each updates and only testing will help to find solution. At that monent the dev doesn't support such devices and he hasn't it for testing.

5 hours ago, KoolMoeDe said:

Does anyone know the easiest way to install an older build of PA?

Uninstall current version and install previous version. Oldest versions you can find in the download section of this site.

[KoolMoeDe]

17 hours ago, clever_man said:

Uninstall current version and install previous version. Oldest versions you can find in the download section of this site.

Ok thanks mate. I didn't see that section. Ill try it out and see if it fixes the problem.

@everyone else

Thank you for your feedback on the issue. In summary it seems like since the new build of PA was released there have been ongoing media input external hardware button issues with many different devices including bluetooth devices, headphones, head units etc. For now I will be using an old version to resolve the issue. It would be great someone could update this thread if the situation changes.

[Nyaomi]

On 10/2/2018 at 8:39 PM, andrewilley said:

A number of people have been having issues with headset buttons (and bluetooth buttons) not responding with Oreo, this could be related to that? 

Andre

Personally I use AOSP-Extended Oreo 8.1 and media play/pause only works when I have PA in foreground. Even the "long press volume keys to skip track" feature of my ROM that once worked flawlessly now doesn't work. Tried with other players and it simply works even in background, so it sounded weird to me. A thing I noticed, using AudioTrack as output causes the media buttons to work, always; I don't know why and I don't know how buttons and audio output are related to each other. I don't believe that this is an issue with the ROM I'm using since the same behaviour can be observed in other Custom ROMs and even in my friend's OnePlus 3T with stock OOS Oreo.

[blind-bird@yandex.ru]

Проблема решена ?

[KoolMoeDe]

Hi All,

To anyone wondering. I have had a chance to revert to a previous version of Poweramp (build 588) and the hardware button functionality on the steering wheel controls is now fully functional again.

Updating the build of Poweramp had broke this functionality.

It would be great if this functionality is fixed in the new build that someone could update this thread.

[iddqd]

Hi all!

I have a Joying stereo and had exactly the same problem with v3. After reverting to v2 the functionality was restored.

It was a little more challenging for me, cuz I replaced my coreboard and went from Android 7 to Android 8 at the same time with upgrading to v3. So, I suspected something is wrong with the new firmware on my unit and was about to write to manufacturer about the problem. But after finding this thread and downgrading back to v2, the steering wheel buttons functionality is restored.

 

I hope dev will investigate and fix this issue, as it's affecting a lot of people which are using Poweramp on their Android stereos and purchased Poweramp to support dev.

 

Pavel

[iddqd]

On 10/7/2018 at 11:19 PM, blind-bird@yandex.ru said:

Проблема решена ?

Проблема не решена, но есть костыль. Удалите текущую версию, скачайте и установите v2 из раздела Download и будет вам счастье. Ответ разработчиков вы видели - не я и лошадь не моя.

[KoolMoeDe]

On 10/11/2018 at 8:24 AM, KoolMoeDe said:

Hi All,

To anyone wondering. I have had a chance to revert to a previous version of Poweramp (build 588) and the hardware button functionality on the steering wheel controls is now fully functional again.

Updating the build of Poweramp had broke this functionality.

It would be great if this functionality is fixed in the new build that someone could update this thread.

Hi,

Still an issue for me to. I also have other friends with similar android car stereos who are having the same issue.

[blind-bird@yandex.ru]

On 1/14/2019 at 7:05 AM, KoolMoeDe said:

Hi,

Still an issue for me to. I also have other friends with similar android car stereos who are having the same issue.

Видимо тут всем наплевать на это , что очень жаль ! 

[fabien44]

Hello

same issue with me on my Joying head car unit, android 8.1. V2 was working but with V3 not anymore

[KaBoS]

Hello , same issue  android (OREO 8.0) car head unit and I did not find the V3 in Google Play I downloaded from the site ,  same problem does not work with  steering wheel controls ,  We want a solution .

 

 

[All77]

Hi, I have the same problem with the steering wheel buttons, thanks to this conversation I have seen that I am not the only one and I have also learned that the problem comes from PA. I encourage developers to solve the inconvenience to complete this great app. regards

[djdjdj]

02 may 2020, still same issue, Android 9 on head unit, all others mp3 players works good with steering wheel, not the payed version of Poweramp 🙄

[maxmp]

@djdjdj you can open (in Poweramp) Settings / Headset/Bluetooth / Last Processed Commands and observe the commands sent by system to Poweramp. If system doesn't send anything, Poweramp can't obviously execute commands. Why system doesn't send commands is another question, I guess some incompatibility with app compiled for the latest Android builds (so called target sdk). 

[djdjdj]

Ok tomorrow morning I will try and tell you what's happens. Thank you

[djdjdj]

It workeddddddd.

I had just to enable button headset/Bluetooth!!!

Maybe it can fix for other people too.

Thank you Maxmp!

 

P.S: In the Last Processed Commands I saw media_button events.