Android Auto - XLauncher Unlocked (AAXLU)

Custom Android Auto launcher, unleash your AA app, unlock more features!

Installation

MicroG Devices

aaxlu comes pre-included with aa4mg!

Other Devices

1. Install Magisk
2. Magisk => Settings => Magisk => Check Zygisk
3. Magisk => Settings => Magisk => Configure DenyList => Triple Dot Icon => Check Show system apps => UnCheck Android Auto (= Default)
4. Install LSPosed (Zygisk) + Shamiko
5. Install the Android-Auto-XLauncher-Unlocked app with KingInstaller
6. LSPosed => Modules => Check Enable module + Check Android Auto
7. Reboot

Features

Name	Description	Root required	Xposed required
Default	Set the next used launch option as default	❌	❌
Classic	Launch the Android Auto settings, with the classic/stable style	❌	❌
Material3	Launch the Android Auto settings, with the hidden/experimental Material3 style	✔️	❌
Debug	Launch various hidden Android Auto debug screens	✔️	❌
Xposed Module	Unlock more 3th party Android Auto apps! (e.g. Fermata, OsmAnd, S2A, ...)	✔️	✔️

Description

XLauncher Unlocked is a separate app, to unlock more features in your Android Auto app.

It can launch existing / hidden Android Auto screens with root / ADB commands.
Classic can be launched without root.

If using the Xposed module,
then it will also hook into an existing Android Auto function,
to run some additional code behind it,
to make some of the "installed as Google Play" checks always come back as valid,
which does not modify the AA app itself.

Due to the nature of the implementation of the features,
you should not have to be afraid of "having to wipe AA data to test".
Because no AA data is touched / no AA files are edited in a persistent way.

Default "launch option"

The "Set the next used launch option as default" check-mark can be used to
automatically launch the "launch option" behind the button you click after checking the check-mark.

After a default "launch option" is configured, the next times you open XLauncher Unlocked,
it will automatically open that "launch option" for you.

This works for every "launch option" (Classic, Material3, Debug options),
and can easily be re-configured by selecting another "launch option" with the check-mark still configured.

Clearing/resetting the usage of the default "launch option" is as easy as un-checking the check-mark

Honorable mentions

Check out:

Software	Description	Root required
aa4mg	Android Auto for MicroG!	✔️
AA-AIO-Tweaker	More AA modding through phenotype.db patching!	✔️
King Installer	Install any single .apks for AA "as Google Play" to work around restrictions!	Optional
AA-Store	Install popular 3th party AA apps	❌
AAAD	Install popular 3th party AA apps	❌
AAEase	Install a few popular 3th party AA apps	Optional

Sources

Credits for the hooks from Fermata by @AndreyPavlenko!

LSPosed Archived

LSPosed indeed sadly has been archived.
However XPosed has continued on living in the past through new forks,
and I believe it will continue to do so.

I've opened an issue,
which helps keep track of the status of upcoming successor forks:
#6

Android 15 users require these since official LSPosed only supports up to Android 14.
@arnii5 reported good results on XDA with JingMatrix/LSPosed on Android 15.