Multi-touch on android auto not working

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poissonpasne
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Multi-touch on android auto not working

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Hi guys, thanks for Hudiy it's a nice project alternative for the old Openauto pro.

I installed it on my raspberry pi 4 model B with a waveshare screen that support multi-touch.

Problem :
On Android Auto google maps or waze, I can't pinch to zoom. The raspberry receives the multi-touch so the problem is probably on the applicative layer.

Do you have any idea to fix this ?
hudiy
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Re: Multi-touch on android auto not working

Post by hudiy »

Hello,
By default labwc emulates a mouse using touchscreen input. If that is enabled (enabled by default in labwc on Raspberry Pi), applications will receive mouse events instead of touchscreen events. You can disable this in $HOME/.config/labwc/rc.xml by changing mouseEmulation from yes to no in touch node

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mouseEmulation="no"
https://labwc.github.io/labwc-config.5. ... emulation=

Additionally, we recommend updating to version 1.6/2.2, where we have improved multi-touch support for the latest labwc.

https://github.com/wiboma/hudiy?tab=rea ... e#updating
poissonpasne
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Re: Multi-touch on android auto not working

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Nice thanks !
alex124.rh
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Re: Multi-touch on android auto not working

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What about for autobox? I thought the new carplay update was allowing multitouch for zooming in etc. I can’t seem to get it to work
hudiy
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Re: Multi-touch on android auto not working

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alex124.rh wrote: Sun Dec 14, 2025 6:55 pm What about for autobox? I thought the new carplay update was allowing multitouch for zooming in etc. I can’t seem to get it to work
Unfortunately, Carlinkit dongles do not support multi touch.
alex124.rh
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Re: Multi-touch on android auto not working

Post by alex124.rh »

no worries, i’ll reach out and ask if it’s planned in an update. have you spoke to them about this?
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