AndroidScreencast

Description

AndroidScreencast was developed to view and control your android device from a PC.

This project gives the opportunity to use your phone even with a broken screen.

Features

• No client needed
• Support for Tap and Swipe gestures
• Write messages using PC keyboard
• Support for landscape mode
• Browse your phone files on PC

Small wiki of project

JNLP

Application is available using Java web start technology via androidscreencast.jnlp.

Java security configuration

Due to Java security restriction policy, that was updated in java 7 and is restricted even more in java 8, we're now not able to run JNLP without some security "hacks".

To use JNLP, please follow this article: How can I configure the Exception Site List?

Building and running from source

This project requires at least Java 8 and Maven 3.2.5.

After cloning the project, run mvn install.

The resulting artifacts will be created in the target subdirectory.

You can run the executable jar via java -jar target/androidscreencast-VERSION-executable.jar, replacing VERSION with the current version.

For example, java -jar target/androidscreencast-0.0.7s-executable.jar.

Additionally OS-packages would be created with ADB executables bundled:

• androidscreencast-VERSION-windows.zip
• androidscreencast-VERSION-linux.tar.gz
• androidscreencast-VERSION-macosx.tar.gz

Requirements

Currently AndroidScreencast works directly with adb input program through ddmlib and abuse functionality of:

• adb input key
• adb input tap
• adb input swipe

Regarding this point, to use AndroidScreencast you need Smartphone running on Android with specific input program version. adb input tap and adb input swipe were introduced in Android 4.1.1.

So, right now AndroidScreencast support all Android versions equal or greater than Android 4.1.1.

Also, to run AndroidScreencast you will need adb installed (or you can use bundled in OS bundles adb).