#android-automotive

Introducing DashCAN: An Open-Source Alternative for CAN Bus Monitoring

In the world of embedded systems and automotive engineering, reliable CAN bus monitoring is non-negotiable. While professional tools like…

Scalable UI in Android Automotive OS: The Panel Controller

The Scalable UI framework is a powerful abstraction layer on top of the window management mechanism in Android Automotive OS. In my…

xTS Testing in Android: Ensuring Compatibility, Security, and Reliability

xTS Testing in Android

What Actually Happens When You Build Android? A Deep Dive into Soong, Ninja, and AOSP

Rust ↔ C++ Interoperability: A Practical Deep Dive

How Rust and C++ work together through FFI, C ABI boundaries, ownership rules, and safe native integration.

Building the Future: How to Build the Android 15 (AAOS) Emulator on Linux

The Android Automotive OS (AAOS) landscape is shifting. With the arrival of Android 15, Google has introduced “Trunk-Based Development,”…

Scalable UI in Android Automotive OS: From UI Embedding to System Window Orchestration

In Android Automotive’s stock home screen, everything lives inside one Activity. CarLauncher draws the map, the media card, and status…

AAOS Architecture Explained for Android Engineers

The transition from mobile app development to Embedded Android is a paradigm shift. When you move from building standard Android…

Remote Compose in Android Automotive OS: Embed rich UI without the usual pain

When building infotainment systems on Android Automotive OS, one problem surfaces repeatedly: you need to display UI from one app inside…

Android Architectre

In this blog, I’ll explain Android Architecture — what work happens in each layer.

Building a Custom System Service in Android 15 (AOSP)

Part 1: Architecture and the Interface (The Blueprint)

Your Car Is Smarter Than You Think: How Android Car Systems Are Redefining Driving in 2026

Not long ago, “smart driving” meant sticking your phone to the dashboard and hoping the GPS wouldn’t lose signal in a tunnel.

Automotive Android OS 16: What’s new for the upcoming Cars? Smarter, Sleeker, and More Connected

Android Automotive OS 16 (AAOS 16) is here, and while it may seem like a subtle update on the surface, it brings meaningful improvements…

Understanding VHAL Interfaces (IVehicle): The Backbone of Android Automotive Integration

Android Automotive OS is powering a growing number of infotainment systems, and at the heart of its vehicle interaction lies a critical…

What Is Vehicle HAL? How Vehicle HAL Is Changing the Way You Drive

In today’s rapidly evolving automotive world, technology increasingly powers every aspect of your driving experience. One such advancement…

Android Automotive Architecture : Inside In-Vehicle Operating System

Android Automotive OS (AAOS) is rapidly becoming the preferred embedded operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems. Unlike…

Android Automotive #4 — Consuming the VHAL in a managed application

In our last post, we explained what interventions you need to do in order to set up a custom VHAL implementation by taking advantage of…

Android Automotive #3 — Vehicle HAL

The Vehicle Hardware Abstraction Layer (VHAL) is a service running alongside the rest of Android in order to control and query a car's…

Android Automotive #2 — Development Environment

Custom emulator configuration; Vendor folder; Setup custom CarLauncher; Prepring Vehicle HAL

Android Automotive #1— Jumpstart

Turning a classic mini to an EV, and Android Automotive as it’s main system