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CarPlay Support #370
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Originally created by @benonymity on GitHub (Dec 15, 2022).
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Feature parity with Android and better app usability when in the car.
Describe the solution you'd like
We'll also need to simply some data models that rely on Realm or Capacitor so that they are more portable--maybe even making a Swift package for the ABS API for easier integration into other apps.
@benonymity commented on GitHub (Feb 1, 2023):
If we have (or write) an OpenAPI v3 schema for ABS, we could use this project to generate an SDK for ABS automatically: https://github.com/CreateAPI/CreateAPI. The native iOS Jellyfin app used that for their API package. Publishing something like that would make also make integration into 3rd party apps like Prologue easier. Something like https://github.com/audiobookshelf-flutter/audiobookshelf_api but in Swift.
@benonymity commented on GitHub (Feb 12, 2023):
See some of the work done here: https://github.com/rasmuslos/audiobooks/tree/master/Shared/Models
@StarOverSky commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2023):
+1 Really need CarPlay support.
@simonaplin commented on GitHub (Apr 13, 2023):
+1
@WWoodpecker commented on GitHub (May 22, 2023):
+1 Really
@srvoets commented on GitHub (May 22, 2023):
+1, might have to go back to pocketcasts because its straight up dangerous using this app in the car.
What needs to be done to get this going? Im not a wiz by any means but if I can dedicate some time to help I'd like to
@eximo84 commented on GitHub (Jun 27, 2023):
Agreed. CarPlay is a must have for safety reasons. Especially as android have android auto support.
@xstefanx commented on GitHub (Sep 4, 2023):
Very much would like to see this implemented. Most of my listening time happens in the car and having the safer controls would mean a lot.
@vdrover commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2023):
Playback via CarPlay is currently "fine". Below are my test results.
Separately, would a GoFundMe help get this feature request moving forward?
@advplyr commented on GitHub (Oct 26, 2023):
I guess that is how iOS handles apps that are playing but have no CarPlay app built
@woolmonkey commented on GitHub (Oct 28, 2023):
@Vdrover Isn't that just the currently playing audio in carplay? Looks like it. If you take a call or anything you can't restart the previously playing audio.
@urhovaldeko commented on GitHub (Oct 28, 2023):
Yes, that's the "Now Playing" interface. Works the same way on Watch. Unfortunately, "Now Playing" isn't a regular app and won't show up in the recent apps section on the left.
@TomBayne commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2023):
+1 for this feature.
@driveridesurf commented on GitHub (Nov 20, 2023):
Really enjoying the iOS app. I hope CarPlay integration is something that happens sooner rather than later. Kudos to all the devs working on this project. Thank you.
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Dec 14, 2023):
You can show support for the feature by reacting with a thumbs up to the top comment (please don't just comment "+1")
https://www.audiobookshelf.org/faq/#i-have-a-feature-request-how-should-i-bring-this-up
@fidoriel commented on GitHub (Jan 4, 2024):
Maybe this project can borrow some code from https://github.com/BLeeEZ/amperfy. The Projects are license compatible. Imho a very basic last played and start/stop would be more than enough. In this context may be a Siri integration useful (could also be borrowed). More than this should not be done while driving.
@kitzler-walli commented on GitHub (Jan 22, 2024):
I just filed for the CarPlay eligibility - hopefully I'll be able to support the project with a version supporting carplay.
@sevenlayercookie commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024):
I'm an amateur coder, but I was thinking about forking the app to work on this too. Were you able to file for CarPlay support for your own fork?
@kitzler-walli commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024):
I haven't heard from Apple yet - hopefully they will soon decide if I'm worth to develop Apple CarPlay Apps.
@genebean commented on GitHub (Jan 24, 2024):
Thanks for diving into this @kitzler-walli and @sevenlayercookie
@sevenlayercookie commented on GitHub (Feb 15, 2024):
@kitzler-walli did you ever hear back from Apple about CarPlay?
@kitzler-walli commented on GitHub (May 12, 2024):
I got positive feedback from apple but am currently stuck at 200% workload with almost no spare time. I'll get back to you as soon as I have an update.
@one-harsh commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2024):
Hey @kitzler-walli, I understand that it's presumptuous of me to check about the status of CarPlay support given our own daily jobs, but just in case. Has there been any progress? 🙂
@ivantomica commented on GitHub (Oct 21, 2024):
@one-harsh , in the meantime, not sure if you already checked it out, but there's quite a good app called "plappa" which has carplay support :-)
@kitzler-walli commented on GitHub (Oct 22, 2024):
Till now I only had a few hours and the facts that this is my first attempt at a carplay app didn't help.
@kitzler-walli commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2026):
Better late than never but I finally created my apple carplay version - to be honest I did it completely with claude code but it works and I use it in my car currently and am very pleased with the results.
@fidoriel commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2026):
Do you have a brach @kitzler-walli to try?
@kitzler-walli commented on GitHub (Jan 30, 2026):
I just created a fork and pushed my changes into it: https://github.com/kitzler-walli/audiobookshelf-app
(i had to merge the recent changes of the project - so the current state is untested)
I could also add some users to testflight - by the way - why is the app not yet published in the app store?
@kitzler-walli commented on GitHub (Jan 31, 2026):
Today I verified the current version - works just fine on my Carplay. (the app does not work in the Carplay simulator, but works just fine on a real device)