In addition to supporting apps built for use while driving, Android Auto and Android Automotive OS support the following categories of apps for use while parked:
| Category | Platform |
|---|---|
| Video | Android Automotive OS |
| Games | Android Auto and Android Automotive OS |
| Browsers | Android Automotive OS |
Optimize your app for cars
To give your users the best experience possible, keep the following things in mind while building your app for cars.
Make your app adaptive
The screens present in cars are more similar in size, resolution, and aspect ratio to tablets and foldables than to phones. As such, optimizing your app for large screens benefits your users in cars as well.
In particular, see Support different display sizes for details on making the most of large display sizes, as well as the media and games galleries for design inspiration and guidance.
Other large screen optimizations such as input compatibility aren't as directly beneficial for cars, but they can still improve the user experience. For example, keyboard navigation makes use of the same APIs as rotary navigation, so any optimizations made there can benefit both form factors.
Distribute your app
After you've tested your app against the car app quality guidelines for its category you can use Google Play to distribute it to Android Auto and/or cars with Google built-in. See Distribute to cars for more details on the publishing process.
Give feedback on parked apps
If you run into an issue or have a feature request while developing your parked app, you can report it using the Google Issue Tracker. Be sure to fill out all the requested information in the issue template. Before filing a new issue, check whether it is already reported in the issues list. You can subscribe and vote for issues by clicking the star for an issue in the tracker. For more information, see Subscribing to an Issue.