Andy Burnelli wrote:
If that quick skim of what's available for mirroring and _interacting_ with Android over Windows (Wi-Fi & USB), then scrcpy is perhaps a good choice indeed (since it works completely on Windows using methods we already have).
UPDATE:
<https://i.postimg.cc/V6tyDpNd/aurora17.jpg> Save every APK ever installed <https://i.postimg.cc/hjkVFyqJ/scrcpy07.jpg> Android mounted as a Win drive <https://i.postimg.cc/Sx1hgWmY/scrcpy06.jpg> Press two hardware buttons <https://i.postimg.cc/wvsbcNBz/scrcpy05.jpg> Drag APK from Windows <https://i.postimg.cc/Y00vx4yp/scrcpy04.jpg> Extraneous cmd window (&) <https://i.postimg.cc/Vvrq0K0m/scrcpy03.jpg> The efficient setup explained <https://i.postimg.cc/tTmdgKTB/scrcpy02.jpg> An efficient program setup <https://i.postimg.cc/N0G1TXcZ/scrcpy01.jpg> Mirror Android on any PC
Woo hoo!
Today I needed to screenshot the Android phone from Windows over Wi-Fi by putting the Android phone into "scroll" mode, which requires simultaneous pressing of _two_ hardware buttons & then a subsequent tapping on a box containing a "scroll down" icon that then pops up on the Android screen.
Given the FOSS scrcpy developers (actually, it was Genymotion who donated
the src apparently) have apparently thought of everything, it was easy.
The hardware buttons to press simultaneously are:
a. Power Key
b. Volume Down key
That was accomplished by pressing, in Windows the:
MOD key + downarrow (i.e., the volume down key) & p (i.e., the power key)
Essentially the left hand holds down the MOD key (aka the leftalt key).
And the right hand simultaneously presses the downarrow & p keyboard keys.
You need big hands, where, luckily, mine are XXL so it's no problem for me.
BTW, you can even expand and collapse the notification panel:
a. Expand Notification Panel === Mod + n
b. Collapse Notification Panel === Mod + Shift + n
But one of the _neatest_ tricks was the drag and drop of an APK file! <https://i.postimg.cc/wvsbcNBz/scrcpy05.jpg>
Literally, you drag _any_ APK from your PC file system onto the mirrored Android Window, and it's _silently_ completely installed automatically!
How kewl is that!
If you consider that a WebDAV server mounts the _entire_ Android phone
system (even the system root filesystem!) onto Windows as a drive letter, coupled with the FOSS Google Play Store client _not_ deleting APKs after they're installed off of the Google Play Store... then you have complete drag-and-drop access to _all_ the APKs you've ever installed - on _multiple_ phones which are on your LAN - all completely seamlessly and silently! <https://i.postimg.cc/hjkVFyqJ/scrcpy07.jpg> Android mounted as a Win drive
This FOSS Windows scrcpy program is an instant keeper! <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy>
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Update.
The summary below is posted because I'm an intelligent, kind-hearted, purposefully helpful netizen who cares that others can do what I was
able to do given a few hours learning how to mirror Android perfectly
on Windows (where all the tricks below were learned on this newsgroup!). <https://i.postimg.cc/N0G1TXcZ/scrcpy01.jpg> Mirror Android on any PC <https://i.postimg.cc/tTmdgKTB/scrcpy02.jpg> An efficient program setup <https://i.postimg.cc/Vvrq0K0m/scrcpy03.jpg> The efficient setup explained
SUMMARY:
To mirror Android on Windows over Wi-Fi or USB, tap the custom shortcut.
Or tap the taskbar Run icon & enter "scrcpy<return>".
To screenshot _just_ the Android window, press "Ctrl+LeftArrow"
Voila!
The dozen well-organized setups below are how _all_ programs should be set up.
0. The {adb,scrcpy} FOSS zip file is at <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy>
1. The executable is saved in c:\archive\editor\android\scrcpy\scrcopy.zip
2. The program is installed to c:\app\editor\android\scrcpy\{adb,scrcpy}.exe 3. The shortcut is saved to c:\menu\editor\android\scrcpy.lnk
4. The menu is pinned to the taskbar (note all hierarchies mirror each other) 5. The apppath RUN command is: Win+R > scrcpy
6. That runs [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\scrcpy.exe]
7. Which is defined as: [@Default=c:\menu\editor\android\scrcpy.lnk]
8. The TARGET is: %comspec% /k cd /d "c:\app\editor\android\scrcpy" && adb connect 192.168.0.2:5555 && scrcpy --always-on-top --tcpip=192.168.0.2:5555
9. The ICON is: c:\icon\editor\android\scrcpy\scrcpy.ico
10. From: https://cdn4.iconfinder.com/data/icons/smart-phones-technologies/512/android-phone-color.png
11. The mount command is: net use Z: \\192.168.0.2@8080\DavWWWRoot /USER:andy burnelli
12. The Irfanview capture command is: capture_$U(%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)_###
Those dozen setup steps make running & managing screen mirroring easy!
a. To mirror Android, just type "scrcpy" on Windows
(Zero software needs to be on Android as this is transparent to Android!)
b. You can save from Windows _directly_ to Android since _all_ of Android is mounted as a drive letter (the entire phone, even the read-only system!)
c. You can paste the Windows clipboard to Android with "Shift+Leftalt+V"
(all other cut/copy/paste commands work as you are already used to)
d. You can operate Android hardware buttons using that "LeftAlt" MOD key (e.g., "LeftAlt+UpArrow" presses the volume up key by one notch each time) <https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy#readme>
As always, if you can find a way to _improve_ this process, please post your added value as Usenet is where purposefully helpful kind-hearted people help each other by sharing the knowledge as a team sport for the benefit of all!
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