CarPlay - Navigation app icon

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BlueLight OP

Created 1w

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Hi,

Despite having CarPlay capabilities authorised for our navigation app, our users are seeing some odd behaviour in the appearance of the icon in the sidebar menu on the side of the CarPlay display.

The documentation suggests the quickbar will show the most recently used: navigation app,

Open our app in CarPlay
Switch to another non-navigation app via CarPlay sidebar
Note that our navigation app remains in sidebar
Switch back to our navigation app
Search for destination, select, tap 'Let's Go' to start navigation
Switch to a non-navigation app via CarPlay sidebar
Note that our app is replaced by another navigation app in the sidebar (Google/Apple), despite being the most recently used

Any ideas?

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Answer 1

Frameworks Engineer OP

Apple

1w

The top app icon in the dock is the slot for the navigation app.

If there is any navigation app foregrounded, it will always win out in the navigation app slot in the dock.

If there is no navigation app foregrounded, the dock should show the most recent actively-navigating navigation app.

If there is no actively-navigating navigation app, the dock should show the most recently-opened navigation app.

So, even if your app is actively navigating, bringing another navigation app to the foreground will show that app in the dock instead.

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Answer 2

BlueLight OP

1w

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. Completely understand that - this behaviour is experienced when switching to a non-navigation app (e.g. Spotify) - it's not possible to use the sidebar to get back to our navigation app.

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