Not getting notifications that I need.

[Dataweaver42]

I work in the gig economy, which frequently has me driving around. I got Android Auto recently for the purpose of making things easier on me. For the most part, it has been a godsent. However, there is been one hitch that I would like to take care of. Before I got Android Auto, whenever I received an offer for a gig, my phone would chirp at me. I could then deem whether or not it would be safe to look, and if so make a quick check as to whether or not I wanted to accept the gig. But with Android Auto, that no longer happens. So in order to avoid missing out on work, I have taken to holding my phone in my hand while I am driving and frequently glancing at it to make sure that I don't miss any offers.

Obviously, that's not the safest thing to do. But I can't afford not to. Literally, I cannot afford it. So how do I bypass Android Auto suppressing the chirping noise that my gig app produces when I'm not plugged into Android Auto?

 

[hallux]

The goal of Android Auto is to REDUCE distraction for most people. I would say that you don't fall into that category of most people. When you plug in for Android Auto it enables Do Not Disturb automatically in order to accomplish that goal. At a quick glance I'm not seeing a way to prevent that from happening.

You might see if you can allow that app to ignore DnD for notifications but I'm not sure if AA would override that for all apps except phone, maps, music and messaging...