Description
This application implements a mostly-complete X11 server, running natively in Android. It allows X Window System applications to be run remotely and displayed on an Android device with internet access.Note that this application does not come with a window manager. However, it is possible to run a window manager remotely, which is fiddly but seems to work.
This is still a beta release, so feel free to report any bugs you find, or, better yet, fix them yourself. Yes, it's open source, hosted at http://code.google.com/p/android-xserver/
Ede
May 23, 2012 12:15:55 PM
Great start Great start! That's my fives for!
hteles
May 16, 2012 7:32:38 PM
Many thanks Just what a system admin would love to have in android in conjunction with connectbot
Rich Anthony Joseph
May 1, 2012 9:37:02 AM
Excellent! I am impressed! A real working X server on Android. Fired it up, used ConnectBot to ssh into my OpenBSD box, forwarded remote 6009 to localhost:6000, typed "twm -display localhost:9 & xterm -display localhost:9 & " in the prompt. Behold. A tad buggy, but really excellent. Keep it up!
the9a3eedi
Apr 20, 2012 8:00:56 AM
Great start! If you've installed Debian in a chroot, you can start apps from a terminal by setting the display variable to 127.0.0.1:0. It actually works! (somewhat)... great job! Needs a bit of work though, the SHAPE extension is used by some window managers like fluxbox. Keep it up!
Paul
Apr 9, 2012 11:11:04 AM
Input problems Click events didn't work. Most keyboard events didn't work.
Simon
Apr 8, 2012 9:20:06 AM
excellent nice!
Tech Berry
Apr 7, 2012 12:38:25 AM
Pretty Good I like this app quite a bit. I think it would be awesome if, later down the road, we could get 3D support with actual hardware acceleration. I'm trying to find a way to play some games on my device with real hardware acceleration and have yet to find a way.
Noah
Apr 6, 2012 3:20:02 AM
Great work Now someone needs to port gnome...
ditchy
Mar 30, 2012 6:46:07 PM
really a great app
Roland
Mar 26, 2012 2:34:27 AM
Great start! It's great that someone has finally taken the time to write an X server for Android. I'd love to see different screen resolutions and pinching as a feature (mostly because phone screens are too small). From my limited trials, I could get basic things to work, but had a problem because RandR was required to run most window managers etc. I don't know how to disable RandR so maybe someone out there could write a small tutorial on how to get this working with ubuntu on android? Keep up the great work!