Vehicle properties
Steering & pedals
VEHICLE_HORN_ENGAGED
What it is
Vehicle horn engaged.
This property must communicate if the vehicle's horn is currently engaged or not. If true, the horn is engaged. If false, the horn is disengaged.
How the ID is built
A property ID is a 32-bit value packing four fields. Reading 0x11200340 apart:
| Field | Mask | Value | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group | 0xf0000000 | 0x10000000 | SYSTEM |
| Area | 0x0f000000 | 0x01000000 | GLOBAL |
| Type | 0x00ff0000 | 0x00200000 | BOOLEAN |
| Ordinal | 0x0000ffff | 0x00000340 | 0x340 |
Reading it from an app
CarPropertyManager mgr = (CarPropertyManager)
car.getCarManager(Car.PROPERTY_SERVICE);
boolean value =
mgr.getBooleanProperty(VehiclePropertyIds.VEHICLE_HORN_ENGAGED, 0);This property can be read and written, though an OEM may implement it as read-only. It fires a callback whenever the value changes.

