KEKelamir·Dec 30, 2020Submission
Scrcpy: Display and control your Android device
3 points · Open discussionGenymobile
scrcpy
C2018–2026
Genymobile / scrcpy
scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
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Display and control your Android device
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 20 | 6 | 14 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 2 | 3 |
What Hacker News says
12 sourcesYou can use scrcpy (https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy) to bypass the policy if you really need to have a screenshot. All you need is to have a Linux laptop at hand, debug mode enabled, and a USB cable plugged in. Super simple stuff right? (this is satire!)
Now, I'm as frustrated as anybody else here that I'm forbidden to use whatever feature I want from MY phone, for which I paid, with MY MOENY (and nobody else's apart from mine). But then again, what choice do I have? Not buy a phone? Switch to what? There are no viable and practical alternatives. It's a "take it or leave it" situation.
In Taking screenshots isn't allowed by the app after upgrading to Android 11Display and control your Android device
2 points · Open discussionMaybe scrcpy is enough for you.
https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
If opening a browser tab is all you need any tab syncing app / service will do. I use kdeconnect / gsconnect so I don't have to rely on a 3rd party service, Google and Mozilla included.
In Show HN: Control Chromecasts from LinuxView and control your Android device from your computer
1 points · Open discussionUse scrcpy - https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
The Windows thing is only for Samsung's latest phones.
In Windows new feature: Access your Android phone’s apps directly from your PCTake a look at scrcpyfor anyone wanting to do this in other situations, https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
In Windows new feature: Access your Android phone’s apps directly from your PCShow HN: Display and control of Android devices (no root required)
1 points · Open discussionDisplay and control Android devices connected on USB or TCP/IP
2 points · Open discussionThis is just what I've been looking for, and you beat me to scratching that itch. My job requires granular time tracking, but I've got to be able to do it at my desk and away from the office. As an Android user I can combine this with scrcpy[1] to take advantage of my fast desktop keyboard when I'm sitting down.
[1] https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
In Show HN: Time Cop – A simple, private, open-source time tracking appprototyping scatter support for uPlot: https://github.com/leeoniya/uPlot
discussion: https://github.com/leeoniya/uPlot/issues/107
also helping mom set herself up for continuing to teach Russian remotely via Zoom video, audio, screen-share + bi-directional android tablet control (via ADB debugging & https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy)
In Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?I consider [0] to be well written and fairly low fat.
0 https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy
In To become a good C programmer (2011)