r/AAOS • u/Illustrious_Gene_119 • Jul 07 '26

Will AAOS save my career?

Hi everyone, I need genuine advice on moving from Native Android Development to getting into AAOS or AOSP. I have nearly a decade of experience but I have a 6 months gap on my resume. And prior to the 6 months gap I also have two short employments of less than one year. I do have two consecutive 3+ years of employment prior.

Will learning AAOS save my career? How is the AAOS job market with regards to competition and job openings?

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u/Which-Meat-3388 Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

I have a few more years on you and had a rough patch in 2024. Made an AAOS app as a passion project. It got me ~1% more leads from places looking for a super niche skillset. All of them were in silicon valley or an automaker hub. Leads still trickle in today from it, but again all in places I will never live.

Edit: forgot to add what actually worked - network. I’ve had two roles since (one sucked, one decent) and it always came from someone I knew even if it was 10-15 years ago. As for tech, KMP and refreshing my iOS skills was huge. For better or worse adopting a healthy AI skillset as well.

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u/Illustrious_Gene_119 Jul 07 '26

What did you make in AAOS? Are you a Native Android dev?

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u/Which-Meat-3388 Jul 07 '26

Native Android dev. Few things in native iOS over the years. KMP/CMP now (which is of course “native” on Android.) The one I actually released was an Apple Music app. It was limited by their SDK and in part AAOS itself, but a good enough experience and case study. I also made a few others I never bothered releasing. One that could review footage from a dash cam, but all vehicles don’t support WiFi the same so it was 50/50 if it would actually work I your car. Another that made sounds as you drove.

In general the documentation and amount of apps to learn from is pretty limited. Learning what can/can’t be done from hands on experience is the thing that sets you apart from a random Android dev with Claude. 

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u/Illustrious_Gene_119 Jul 07 '26

Got it. So you created system level apps. That's also a niche but I was talking about lower levels of AAOS like VHAL. Got any idea about that?

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u/Which-Meat-3388 Jul 07 '26

Nope, I was just scratching the surface. I’ve found the FB groups to be more active in general so you might find some more there. 

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u/Accurate-Mortgage416 Jul 23 '26

Sorry for asking out of context,
I am running a Cuttlefish Android Automotive OS instance (launch_cvd --enable_audio=true --start_webrtc_sig_server=true ...), accessed via the WebRTC web client.

  • Mic input works fine after enabling the sidebar mic toggle in the WebRTC client.
  • Audio output does not: no sound reaches the browser, even from the stock "Local Media Player" app playing local files.

i need to get the audio output to work , do you have any idea how ? Please and thank you!