Oct 1
APTV CarPlay – Rotary controller support for Browser/WebView on non-touch displays
Hi! I use APTV on CarPlay in a BMW F20 with a non-touchscreen display, controlled through the BMW iDrive rotary controller.
The APTV native CarPlay interface works correctly with the iDrive controller. However, when I open Quick → Browser and access YouTube, I cannot select or navigate any elements inside the webpage, such as video thumbnails, the search bar, buttons, or the on-screen keyboard.
The webpage seems to require touchscreen input and the rotary controller cannot move the focus between HTML/WebView elements.
It would be very useful to add support for non-touch CarPlay systems, for example:
• Allow the rotary controller to move the focus between clickable elements inside the WebView.
• Pressing the rotary controller could act as a tap/click.
• Alternatively, add a virtual mouse/cursor mode controlled by the rotary controller.
This would make the new CarPlay Browser usable on BMW iDrive and other CarPlay systems without touchscreen support.
Thank you!
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你好！
我在 BMW F20 上使用 APTV CarPlay。车辆的屏幕不支持触摸，CarPlay 主要通过 BMW iDrive 旋钮控制。
APTV 原生 CarPlay 界面可以正常使用 iDrive 旋钮操作。
但是进入「快速 → 浏览器」并打开 YouTube 后，无法使用旋钮选择网页中的任何元素，例如视频缩略图、搜索框、按钮或屏幕键盘。
目前网页中的 WebView 似乎只能通过触摸操作，iDrive 旋钮无法在网页元素之间移动焦点。
希望可以为非触摸 CarPlay 车机增加以下功能：
• 使用旋钮在 WebView / HTML 可点击元素之间移动焦点；
• 按下旋钮相当于点击/触摸；
• 或者增加一个可以通过旋钮控制的虚拟鼠标/光标模式。
这样 APTV 新增的 CarPlay 浏览器就可以在 BMW iDrive 以及其他没有触摸屏的 CarPlay 车机上完整使用了。
谢谢！
Pending
Hi, I’m using APTV on CarPlay with a Nissan Patrol Y63, and the new browser feature works very well, including YouTube browsing and touch controls directly on the car screen. The only issue is video scaling. Even with Fill Window enabled, the video does not fully fill the available CarPlay display area, and pinch-to-zoom does not work inside the browser. Could you please add one of these options for the CarPlay browser/video player: * Pinch-to-zoom support * Zoom controls such as 100% / 110% / 125% / 150% * Video scaling modes: Fit / Fill / Crop * A “Zoom to Fill” option that enlarges 16:9 video to use the maximum available CarPlay screen area The touchscreen itself works perfectly for tapping and scrolling, so adding browser/video zoom would make APTV almost perfect for CarPlay video use.