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Is it intended that ABRP take over CarPlay as your Mapping application each time you start your car?

My experience with CarPlay is that the last 3 running apps are the ones that restart when your car and CarPlay are started in the vehicle. E.g. if I have Apple Maps, Music and Phone running when I turn off the car, those are the ones that start again by default the next time.

Since installing ABRP in iOS and enabling it in CarPlay, even if I have another map application running such as Apple Maps, PlugShare, etc when the car is turned-off, the next time I turn off my car and it starts CarPlay, ABRP is back as my primary maps application — even when I did not have it running when I shutdown. Yes, I can quit ABRP by selecting another app, but it seems like only ABRP is somehow forcing itself to be my primary maps application in CarPlay. I have 8 other mapping apps installed, and none do this, which is great..

Is there a way to make ABRP play nicer and not force itself to being my primary mapping application all the time? I’d far prefer to just have CarPlay default to the last apps I’ve been using each time I turn my car on, vs. having to make a different selection most of the time. As it is, my only solution is to uninstall ABRP from CarPlay, then re-enable it when I want to make use of it for longer journeys.

Thanks.

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  • Bo (ABRP)

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    Jan 29, 2025

    This has just been fixed and with hotfix version 3213 it should no longer happen. Can you verify?

    • Bert Leithold

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      Jan 29, 2025

      Great! The new version has not hit the US App Store yet. I’ll check for the update daily, then test and confirm back here ASAP.

      • Bo (ABRP)

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        Jan 29, 2025

        It is a hotfix so it will be installed automatically when you kill ABRP and start it again (perhaps twice). Check if you get build 3213 at the bottom of the settings menu.

        • Bo (ABRP)

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          Jan 29, 2025

          You can also sign up for our open beta testing and test 5.6.3 using TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/uX9LuvcQ

        • Bert Leithold

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          Jan 29, 2025

          Thanks for the clarification — I didn’t know that was possible. I killed ABRP on my iPhone and restarted. Now have v3213. Went down quickly to my garage (it’s 5:30AM) and tried various combinations starting CarPlay while ABRP was installed. It looks like your hot fix resolved the problem — ABRP is back to playing nice! I’ll post here again if I find anything different once I begin driving in a little while, otherwise, consider this one closed too. THANK YOU

  • Bert Leithold

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    Jan 28, 2025

    Sorry, I just found a similar post.

    FYI, I am running iOS 18.3, ABRP 5.6.2, in a 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5.