Missing episodes in Android Auto

oxtyped · March 23, 2022, 3:25pm

App version: 2.4.2 (83f564ffc) (Google Play)

Android version: 12.x (Please mention if you are using a custom rom!)

Expected behaviour :
On my car, when viewing AntennaPod in Android Auto, it seems like there’s no way to show all episodes. I expected that I can view new episodes and play them while driving but there’s only a “Queue” option (Screenshot 1)

Clicking on More just shows the list of my subscriptions/podcasts in alphabetical order and not the episodes.

Is this the expected behavior? How can I listen to new episode in Android Auto?

cos · April 10, 2022, 11:37am

Sorry about the late response.

We did discuss this thread on the Community Call yesterday, and @keunes created the following issue:

github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod

Activate 'All episodes' screen in Android Auto

opened 05:39PM - 09 Apr 22 UTC

keunes

Type: Feature request Good first issue Functionality: Interacting devices

### Checklist - [X] I have used the search function for [open](https://github.c…om/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues) **and** [closed](https://github.com/AntennaPod/AntennaPod/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed) issues to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request. - [X] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible. - [X] This request contains only one single feature, **not** a list of multiple (related) features. ### App version 2.5.1 ### Where did you get the app from Google Play ### Problem you may be having, or feature you want > I have received the update but without recent episodes still makes the android auto difficult. It would really beneficial to have recent episodes. Most pocast apps ie Google podcast and pocket cast have this baked into their AA interface. Thanks [Google Play review](https://play.google.com/console/u/0/developers/8008695526664634386/app/4974638472012894302/user-feedback/review-details?reviewId=gp%3AAOqpTOFsaRYsoB-AisCKJDvHZl_W4Od5EGgRGhU5ObdiIgerMhoao3Z2oypV5MUOSmQM_w98uzAasAcc2YN705Y&corpus=PUBLIC_REVIEWS) > when viewing AntennaPod in Android Auto, it seems like there’s no way to show all episodes. I expected that I can view new episodes and play them while driving but there’s only a “Queue” option [Forum question](https://forum.antennapod.org/t/missing-episodes-in-android-auto/1856) ### Suggested solution Activate the Episodes > All tab for Android Auto (which is already sorted from oldest to newest). Title should probably be just 'Episodes' because due to limitations it can't actually display *all* episodes (see below). ### Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details The view should be limited to 100 episodes, as otherwise the media browser will hang (for details see #5461).

So to answer the support request; In order to listen to new episodes you currently have to first add them to the listening queue from your phone. Having easier access to new episodes is a valid feature request though, hence the created issue.

I hope my reply makes sense. Android Auto wasn’t a thing a decade ago when I last needed to own a car. In case anyone who actually is driving has better insight, please feel free add to the thread.

oxtyped · April 23, 2022, 2:18am

Thanks @cos @keunes and all!

I’ve been doing just that in the meantime. Really love how polished AntennaPod is and have been using it for everything else other than in-car listening. Thanks for all the hardwork!

Once this feature is in, I can finally delete my proprietary podcast app and go totally self-hosted/private with my personal custom gpodder.net server!

system · June 22, 2022, 2:19am

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