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I am looking for a solution/technology which allows remote screencast display and control from desktop. My goal is to provided remote mobile device display through a browser. I found some existing solutions:

  • AndroidScreenCast: Based on ADB interface. this is just screenshots using a simple primitive provided by ADB. low display.
  • VNC client & server. works for both rooted android and jailbroken iphone. low display.
  • iDemo + ScreenSplitR: Better, jailbroken iphone only.
  • HDMI/TV output: No remote control.

I've heard about "direct-to-device" technology which is used by DeviceAnyWhere. Are there any other solutions?

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Webkey is my personal favorite remote control program. It turns your phone into a web server, complete with https and username/passwords with permissions you can set. So you could have an admin user with full access, and a standard user who can just see the screen.

On top of built-in VNC, Webkey also gives you the ability to track your phone by GPS, connect to a terminal, browse and download files from your device, and a bunch more administrative things. Though this sounds like it is outside of your needs (but you don't have to use those features).

And to top it all off, Webkey is open source and free, encompassing every Android users' favorite two buzzwords.

Screenshot of Webkey in the browser

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Try a free app called AirDroid, which lets you control wirelessly your Android device from a desktop browser.

This is a fragment of Play Store app description:

Realtime Android screen (experimental feature, root permission required)

View your Android's screen, take a screenshot, or even record a screencast.

Airdroid

Here's a video showing some of its features.

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Francisco Alvarado
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All existing non-root-required product works at a very slow frame rate: 0.8 frames/second for a typical screen size of 720x1024, so they are not suitable for realtime display purpose.

"sji android screen capture" will fit your needs, No root required. Just with PC's Browser. Works at frame rate of 4+ for fullscreen of 1080x1920, 8+ fps for 320xauto down-scaled size. At the same time, it can record to mp4/webm, and can remote control android from PC's Browser.

https://github.com/sjitech/sji-android-screen-capture

Good luck.

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Recently I encountered a nice solution at https://www.mobizen.com/ No root required very smooth device control. This should help.

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I would use Asus PC link. It uses USB or wifi. And if I connect with USB it is so damn fast.

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