Android Widget for Mach-E [Less Complex]

[imstriker]

You sir are a hero. Great work. Easy setup, working perfect here.

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[Chuck]

Nice work. Works fine on a Note 20 Ultra.

 

[chrisGT]

Nice work. It worked fine on Samsung Galaxy s20.

I have a question about the pulled data. After I logged in the data I saw (HVB Soc, LVB SoC, etc) was not the latest. It was the data from when the car was on last time (i.e. when I parked it). I guess that is because that was the last time the car send data to Ford servers.

However, the data was outdated, and it did not show the latest SoC after charging the car even if I triggered an update. I am not sure if the pull request from the widget forces the Ford Servers to get latest data from the car like Fordpass app does.

 

[kennelh]

Nice work. It worked fine on Samsung Galaxy s20.

I have a question about the pulled data. After I logged in the data I saw (HVB Soc, LVB SoC, etc) was not the latest. It was the data from when the car was on last time (i.e. when I parked it). I guess that is because that was the last time the car send data to Ford servers.

However, the data was outdated, and it did not show the latest SoC after charging the car even if I triggered an update. I am not sure if the pull request from the widget forces the Ford Servers to get latest data from the car like Fordpass app does.

There is a bug where if a request from the servers fails it can get stuck not attempting to refresh the access token. If you can get a logcat and send to me in a PM, I can double-check if that's the case.

I also just pushed an update to GitHub which should fall back to always refreshing the token; let me know if that fixes your problem, too.

 

[DJJeffT]

Well done. Easy install on S20+ with Android 12.

 

[sockmeister]

After tonesto7's posted his fantastic widget for iOS, I became interested in trying to do something similar for Android. It's been a few years since I did any coding for Android, and never anything involving widgets or network access. I only wanted something to let me see info on my car, and wanted to use graphics more than text where possible. I've decided to "release" the results on GitHub of a month's work for anyone who wants to use and/or expand.

Right now it’s only set up to access Ford’s US servers. If anyone outside the US is interested in using it I’ll try to expand that functionality when I can (I need to read tonesto7’s code more closely to see how that works).

At this time I don't want to hassle with putting the app on Google Play, so you need to be comfortable sideloading the APK on your phone. That means you need to trust that nothing nefarious is happening in it.

Two other stipulations:

1. I'm open to suggestions for improvements, but since this just something to do in my spare time please don't expect any requests to be implemented immediately, if at all (for example, right now I have no interest in Ford vehicles other than my Mach-E). If anyone wants to actively join in on development, I'd be more than happy to give access to the project.
2. My phone is a Pixel 5 running Android 12, so it's only being extensively tested there. I've created virtual devices running Android 10 and 11 for additional testing, but nothing earlier than that, so if you're using an older version of Android there are no guarantees.

Awesome! I'm actually working on an app myself, so we'll have some options for Android finally

 

[RVAtom]

Very interesting that this morning when I installed this widget, the OTA update info was about the update that was installed a few weeks ago, and now it shows me as queued for 2.3.0, "requesst_delivery_queued".

 

[SoriceConsulting]

No luck for me :^(
Install went fine on my Samsung A52.

However, after Ford login (tried several times and use a password manager so I know login info is correct, just did a copy/paste), widget won't update. No errors, it is just stuck at what I assume is the stock initial screen? Thinks I'm in Dearborn Michigan and last refresh is stuck at 4 hours ago.

Range looks great though, as it is 14 degrees here in NJ... :^)

 

[kennelh]

No luck for me :^(
Install went fine on my Samsung A52.

However, after Ford login (tried several times and use a password manager so I know login info is correct, just did a copy/paste), widget won't update. No errors, it is just stuck at what I assume is the stock initial screen? Thinks I'm in Dearborn Michigan and last refresh is stuck at 4 hours ago.

Range looks great though, as it is 14 degrees here in NJ... :^)

The instructions have a screenshot of the widget; you actually have to install the widget on your phone's screen.

 

[SoriceConsulting]

Oooh. Sorry - I'm not a phone guy - thought I could just open the app. Installed the widget and it works - just hope my car is in the driveway and not at the address it says - that one is about an eighth of a mile away...

 

[scoopman]

@dsuyang @PaaK_Android a widget like this would sure be nifty to add to the FordPass apk .....

 

[chrisGT]

There is a bug where if a request from the servers fails it can get stuck not attempting to refresh the access token. If you can get a logcat and send to me in a PM, I can double-check if that's the case.

I also just pushed an update to GitHub which should fall back to always refreshing the token; let me know if that fixes your problem, too.

It still does not forces the car to send the latest data. It just shows the last values the car sent to the Ford servers.
If I use Fordpass to pull latest info then the widget also gets it at next refresh. But the widget itself does not force the car to send up to date data.
I did not see any errors in logcat.

 

[DevSecOps]

It still does not forces the car to send the latest data. It just shows the last values the car sent to the Ford servers.
If I use Fordpass to pull latest info then the widget also gets it at next refresh. But the widget itself does not force the car to send up to date data.
I did not see any errors in logcat.

There's a couple of us trying to figure out how to force the car to report back data to the mother ship.

What we currently know for all MMEs is that they don't report data while being driven. A few people have managed to get their cars to report while driving but until we are confident on how that is triggered I'll stay quiet. Certain events like while charging report back on a timed basis (15 minutes). When a vehicle is locked or unlocked it reports.

So stay turned we are looking into ways to trigger updates more frequently from the car to the mother ship.

 

[Djmc321]

I also just pushed an update to GitHub which should fall back to always refreshing the token; let me know if that fixes your problem, too.

For what it's worth, I appear to be getting more recent updates with this latest version. Before the 'last updated' text would display hours into the past and I'd have to re-enter the log in/manually force refresh. Thanks for the fix!

 

[PaaK_Android]

@dsuyang @PaaK_Android a widget like this would sure be nifty to add to the FordPass apk .....

You are not wrong. This is something that I pitched a while back. Great idea imo.

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