Android on the Road: Playing Music with UAMP in Cars

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Adds Android Automotive support to the UAMP sample by creating an automotive module, setting the manifest feature flag, and extending the MediaBrowserService so playback, settings and login work on Automotive OS. Uses ExoPlayer with the ExoPlayer media session connector and the MediaSession extension, implements a queue navigator, fixes a PendingIntent gotcha (no launcher on Automotive), adds a settings activity, and implements custom commands for login/logout that flip playback to an authentication-error state and recover on success; code is on GitHub and works end to end.

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1. 0:00Introduction to UAMP
2. 1:43Changes for Automotive OS
3. 2:47Playback with ExoPlayer
4. 6:00Media session connector
5. 7:26Settings and login setup
6. 8:30Custom commands for login
7. 12:27Summary and resources

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