Bring your Android game to the car screen today
Posted by Jan Kleinert, Developer Relations Engineer, Android for Cars Today, the games category for Android Auto and cars powered by Android Automotive OS with Google built-in is officially graduating from beta to general availability. Our early access partners have already been bringing games to the parked-only experience for cars, and you can browse these in our latest collections of games for…
Google has transitioned its Android Auto games category from beta to general availability. This means developers can now publish games to both Android Auto and cars powered by the Android Automotive OS. To bring an existing Android game to these car screens, developers must configure their app manifest and ensure the game respects the vehicle's parked state.
The app should be marked as a game in the manifest, declare support for Android Auto and Android Automotive OS, and handle the parked state appropriately. Developers should also consider setting up game controller support and ensure their game is fully adaptive to various car screen sizes. Once these steps are completed, developers can opt in to the Android Auto and Android Automotive OS form factors in the Google Play Console.
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