home-assistant / home-assistant/android
Android auto app not starting with strict intent filter matching
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Description
**Home Assistant Android app version(s):**
Latest main
**Android version(s):**
16
**Device model(s):**
Pixel 9 pro xl
**Home Assistant version:**
n/a
**Last working Home Assistant release (if known):**
n/a
**Description of problem, include YAML if issue is related to notifications:**
when starting teh android auto app the app never starts neither in prod nor debug
**Companion App Logs:**
Logs from OS and not our own logging
```
2025-07-11 18:33:51.559 27810-27810 CarApp.H.Tem com...rojection.gearhead:projection I Rebinding to app because app was found to be unbound in onStart
2025-07-11 18:33:51.559 1720-1841 Brightness...malClamper system_server D Thermal status observer already started
2025-07-11 18:33:51.560 1720-1792 WindowManager system_server D DeferredDisplayUpdater: applying DisplayInfo(800 x 400) immediately
2025-07-11 18:33:51.564 1720-1792 WindowManager system_server D Remove SleepToken: tag=Display-off, displayId=94
2025-07-11 18:33:51.564 1720-1792 WindowManager system_server V Content Recording: Display 94 state was (1), is now (2), so update recording?
2025-07-11 18:33:51.566 1720-2502 PackageManager system_server W Intent does not match component's intent filter: Intent { id=0/main xflg=0x5 cmp=io.homeassistant.companion.android/.vehicle.HaCarAppService (has extras) }
2025-07-11 18:33:51.566 1720-2502 PackageManager system_server W Access blocked: ComponentInfo{io.homeassistant.companion.android/io.homeassistant.companion.android.vehicle.HaCarAppService}
2025-07-11 18:33:51.566 1720-2502 ActivityManager system_server W Unable to start service Intent { id=0/main xflg=0x5 cmp=io.homeassistant.companion.android/.vehicle.HaCarAppService (has extras) } U=0: not found
2025-07-11 18:33:51.567 1720-1792 DisplayDevice system_server I [94] Layerstack set to 94 for virtual:com.google.android.projection.gearhead,10153,com.google.android.projection.gearhead/hlp,92
2025-07-11 18:33:51.569 27810-27810 CarApp.H.Tem com...rojection.gearhead:projection E Error: [type: null, cause: null, debug msg: Failed to bind to ComponentInfo{io.homeassistant.companion.android/io.homeassistant.companion.android.vehicle.HaCarAppService}]
```
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**Additional information:**
I am also in the android auto beta channel (not leaving as its impossible to get in) so this may be a result of that but in teh meantime while I send in app feedback wanted to log this here.
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