diff --git a/app.plugin.js b/app.plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26c3f33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+const { withAndroidManifest, AndroidConfig, withDangerousMod } = require('@expo/config-plugins');
+const { writeFileSync, mkdirSync } = require('fs');
+const { join } = require('path');
+
+const withCarService = (config, { service = '.CarService' } = {}) => {
+  return withAndroidManifest(config, async (config) => {
+    let mainApplication = AndroidConfig.Manifest.getMainApplicationOrThrow(config.modResults);
+
+    mainApplication['meta-data'] = [
+      {
+        $: {
+          'android:name': 'androidx.car.app.minCarApiLevel',
+          'android:value': '1',
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        $: {
+          'android:name': 'com.google.android.gms.car.application',
+          'android:resource': '@xml/automotive_app_desc',
+        },
+      },
+    ];
+
+    return config;
+  });
+};
+
+const withAutomotiveAppDesc = (config) => {
+  return withDangerousMod(config, [
+    'android',
+    async (config) => {
+      const automotiveAppDescXml = `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<automotiveApp>
+  <uses name="template" />
+</automotiveApp>`;
+
+      const dirPath = join(
+        config.modRequest.projectRoot,
+        'android',
+        'app',
+        'src',
+        'main',
+        'res',
+        'xml'
+      );
+      mkdirSync(dirPath, { recursive: true }); // This will create the directories if they don't exist
+
+      const filePath = join(dirPath, 'automotive_app_desc.xml');
+
+      writeFileSync(filePath, automotiveAppDescXml);
+
+      return config;
+    },
+  ]);
+};
+
+module.exports = (config) => {
+  config = withCarService(config);
+  config = withAutomotiveAppDesc(config);
+  return config;
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 999d774..eaaea3d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "!ios/build",
     "!**/__tests__",
     "!**/__fixtures__",
-    "!**/__mocks__"
+    "!**/__mocks__",
+    "app.plugin.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "jest",
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
     "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@expo/config-plugins": "^6.0.1",
     "lodash": "^4.17.20",
     "react-reconciler": "^0.26.1"
   },
@@ -56,10 +58,10 @@
     "@react-native-community/eslint-config": "^3.0.2",
     "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/jest": "^28.1.2",
+    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.186",
     "@types/react": "~17.0.21",
     "@types/react-native": "0.68.0",
     "@types/react-reconciler": "^0.18.0",
-    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.186",
     "commitlint": "^17.0.2",
     "eslint": "^8.4.1",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.5.0",