KUKSA Companion App

The Companion App for the KUKSA Databroker.

New in version 0.1.3

### Features

* Add Icon for F-Droid to Fastlane
* Improve Design of Settings Screen
* Optimize Views for Landscape

### Bug Fixes

* Fix Crash when using an invalid Databroker IP

The KUKSA Companion App demonstrates the capabilities of the Android SDK to connect to a vehicle with an integrated KUKSA Databroker, read data and interact with the actuators of the vehicle. The KUKSA framework is based on the COVESA Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS).

The VSS defines the names and semantics of a large set of data entries that represent the current and/or intended state of a vehicle's sensors and actuators organized in a tree-like structure. For example, the vehicle's current speed is represented by the Vehicle.Speed entry.

However, VSS does not define how these signals are to be collected and managed within a vehicle, nor does it prescribe how other components in the vehicle can read or write signal values from and to the tree.

The KUKSA Databroker is a resource efficient implementation of the VSS signal tree and is intended to be run within a vehicle on a microprocessor based platform. It allows applications in the vehicle to interact with the vehicle's sensors and actuators using a uniform, high level gRPC API for querying signals, updating current and target values of sensors and actuators and getting notified about changes to signals of interest.

Showcases covered by the Companion App are:

- Door Control
- Temperature Control
- Light Control
- Tire Pressure Check

Find out more about KUKSA:

- Vehicle Signal Specification: https://covesa.github.io/vehicle_signal_specification/
- KUKSA Databroker: https://github.com/eclipse/kuksa.val/
- KUKSA Android SDK: https://github.com/eclipse-kuksa/kuksa-android-sdk/
- KUKSA Companion App: https://github.com/eclipse-kuksa/kuksa-android-companion/

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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Version 0.1.3 (10000103) suggested Added on Feb 19, 2024

arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

This version requires Android 8.1 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- org.eclipse.kuksa.companion.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Download APK 71 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log
Version 0.1.2 (10000102) - Added on Feb 02, 2024

arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

This version requires Android 8.1 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- org.eclipse.kuksa.companion.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Download APK 68 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log