Vehicle properties
Tyres, brakes & chassis
TRACTION_CONTROL_ACTIVE
What it is
Traction Control is active
Set to true when traction control (TC) is active. Reset to false when TC is off. This property may be intermittently set (pulsing) based on the real-time state of the TC system.
How the ID is built
A property ID is a 32-bit value packing four fields. Reading 0x1120040b apart:
| Field | Mask | Value | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group | 0xf0000000 | 0x10000000 | SYSTEM |
| Area | 0x0f000000 | 0x01000000 | GLOBAL |
| Type | 0x00ff0000 | 0x00200000 | BOOLEAN |
| Ordinal | 0x0000ffff | 0x0000040b | 0x40b |
Reading it from an app
CarPropertyManager mgr = (CarPropertyManager)
car.getCarManager(Car.PROPERTY_SERVICE);
boolean value =
mgr.getBooleanProperty(VehiclePropertyIds.TRACTION_CONTROL_ACTIVE, 0);This property is read-only — writes are rejected. It fires a callback whenever the value changes.

