This script creates a vnc server with the information of your android device's resolution. You can download any VNC app on android and to connect to your server and use it as a second monitor. You need to enable USB-Debugging for it to work. Please enable USB-Tethering for faster performance.
Ubuntu/Debian/Mint- sudo apt update; sudo apt install x11vnc android-tools libnotify-bin net-tools
Manjaro/Arch- sudo pacman -S x11vnc android-tools net-tools libnotify
x11vnc: https://pkgs.org/download/x11vnc
android-tools: https://pkgs.org/download/android-tools
libnotify-bin: https://pkgs.org/download/libnotify-bin
net-tools: https://pkgs.org/download/net-tools
Clone the repository in your Downloads folder:
git clone https:/Prayag2/android-as-monitor-linux.git ~/Downloads/android-as-monitor-linux
cd ~/Downloads/android-as-monitor-linux
sudo chmod +x ./setup.sh; ./setup.sh
sudo chmod +x ./uninstall.sh; ./uninstall.sh
This script will create two .desktop files named "startvnc.desktop" and "closevnc.desktop" in ~/.local/share/applications.
Steps:
- Connect your Android device and enable USB-Debugging (enable usb-tethering for faster performance).
- Run "Start VNC" from your application menu to start the vnc.
- Enter details in the VNC app in your android such as your ip address, port and password (details will be provided by a notification).
- Change the "scaling" to "One to One"
- You can move windows to your secondary monitor (android) with the help of your mouse.
- Enjoy!
Note: If you want to use another device, then uninstall the script first and then install it again.
Thanks for using this script! I know the code is quite bad because a lot of lines are repeated and I know I could've done this with bash instead of python but I don't know much about bash and my exams are near so I used Python because I already knew a lot about it! Thanks again! Please visit my YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/hxyoutube