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-====== Android Auto ======
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+====== Android Auto ======
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-===== About =====
-With Android Auto, you can launch Locus Map from your phone onto the dashboard of a supported vehicle or third-party device—whether it’s a car or a motorcycle. In this case, the app features a customized interface designed for easier and safer use by the driver.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:android_auto01.jpg?nolink |}}
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+This guide explains how to use Locus Map on your car's display via Android Auto — choosing a map, searching for destinations, navigating, and controlling the app from your phone while connected.
+===== Before you start =====
+  * Make sure Locus Map is installed and set up on your phone.
+  * Connect your phone to your vehicle via Android Auto (wired or wireless, depending on the car).
+  * Launch Locus Map from the Android Auto app menu on the vehicle's display.
+===== Displaying the map =====
+==== Choosing which map to show ====
+Locus Map can display any map you have available in the mobile app — LoMaps (online or offline), satellite imagery, or maps from third-party providers.
+  * By default, the map is selected automatically based on your phone settings.
+  * To pick a different map, open the map selector directly in Android Auto.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:android_auto02.jpg?nolink |}}
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+**Recommended:** Use the **offline version of LoMap**. Offline maps remain available even when you lose signal, and they support rotating place names to match your direction of travel.
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+==== Controlling the map ====
+On the **vehicle display**, you can:
+  * **Pan and recenter** the map
+  * **Zoom** in and out
+  * Enable or disable map **rotation**\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:android_auto03.jpg?nolink |}}
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+During active navigation, the **map refreshes once per second**, in line with the location update rate.
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+=== Automatic zoom during navigation ===
+When navigation starts, Locus Map switches to the **Auto preset** and restores your previous settings when navigation ends.
+To **customize** automatic zoom by speed:
+  - Open Locus Map on your phone.
+  - Find the [[.:settings:presets|Auto preset]] in the app settings.
+  - Adjust the [[.:settings:control#automatic_zooming|zoom-by-speed behavior]] — it will apply the next time you navigate via Android Auto.
+=== Day and night mode ===
+By default, Locus Map switches between light and dark modes based on the **lighting conditions reported by the vehicle.** You can change this behavior in the [[.:settings:control#dark_theme|app settings]] if you prefer a fixed mode.
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+Note: dark mode currently renders the map as an inversion of the light theme, which may not look ideal with every map type. A dedicated dark LoMap theme is planned for a future release.
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+==== Showing waypoints, routes, and overlays ====
+You can display extra content on top of the base map:
+  * **Custom waypoints, including geocaches** — tap one to see its basic info or start turn-by-turn navigation to it.
+  * **Planned routes** prepared in the mobile app or web planner.
+  * **Auxiliary graphics**: time and distance circles, azimuth and direction lines, and dynamic elevation data near the cursor.
+  * **Map overlays**, for example, cadastral data from the WMS/WMTS library.
+===== Searching for a destination =====
+{{ :manual:user_guide:android_auto04.jpg?nolink |}}\\
+Locus Map performs a **full-text search for points of interest** (gas stations, restaurants, accommodation, campgrounds, etc.) and for **mailing addresses**.
+  * **When stationary**: use the keyboard or voice search via the vehicle's audio system.
+  * **While driving**: only **voice search is available**, for safety reasons.
+  * **Search history is shared with the mobile app**, so anything you searched for earlier on your phone shows up in Android Auto autocomplete.
+**Once you've picked a result, you can start turn-by-turn navigation straight away.**
+===== Navigating =====
+You can navigate either to a **single destination** or along a **pre-planned route**.\\ {{ :manual:user_guide:android_auto01.jpg?nolink |}}
+==== Choosing a destination ====
+There are three ways to pick a destination in Android Auto:
+  * **Select a custom waypoint** (for example, a geocache).
+  * **Search for a place or address**.
+  * **Tap directly on the map** — Locus Map fills in the address automatically.
+==== Route calculation modes ====
+Two modes are available:
+  * **Fast** — prioritizes the shortest travel time.
+  * **Economy** — optimizes for fuel efficiency.
+The app **remembers your last choice** and confirms it automatically after 5 seconds the next time you start navigation. You can **change the mode before it confirms**.
+===== Using your phone and Android Auto at the same time =====
+Locus Map can be controlled on **both the vehicle display and your phone simultaneously**. Use this when you want to:
+  * **Change** the destination or navigation content on the fly from your phone.
+  * Use features that **aren't available on the vehicle screen**, such as **track recording**.

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