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Other notable features: * Works in tandem with upstream android adb, so after usb(or wireless) debugging is enabled on the target device, there are no apps dae

Other notable features: * Works in tandem with upstream android adb, so after usb(or wireless) debugging is enabled on the target device, there are no apps daemons or hacks needed and it just works. * Install apks that are "unavailable for your device" in the official google play store (on things like chromecasts) * Full Screen or screen section + audio recording * Stream device screen when it's physically off on target device. * scrcpy cli runs on macOS, Windows and Linux as well as containerized * Option to connect over USB for insane performance and resolution

nirajd 3y ago
Can you share more about using scrcpy to install APKs that are unavailable for the device via Play?
- MishaalRahman 3y ago
  You can just drag and drop APK files onto the scrcpy window to initiate an install (it just does 'adb install' basically).
  - solstice 3y ago
    Does this mean i can install signal on my tablet?
    - Tajnymag 3y ago
      As long as you can somehow receive the registration sms code on a different device, you should be able to. Mind it would deregister Signal from your phone though.
      - samstave 3y ago
        hmm.. my tablet is unlimited data 5g... I get txts on it all the time as its SIM inherited some random number that the previous person was on quite a few group txts. Although, I confirmed that I can install anything or any OS updates I would like and the service "should work" Its a great little device that costs me $15/month for unlimited data - so I downgraded my phone plan to the $30/month plan (I pay my cell plans a year in advance so I never have to worry about a monthly phone bill...) but now for $45/month I have both my phone and this tablet which is cheaper than the $50/month they wanted for 10 gigs of data on my phone plan... now I just need to make the most of this Alcatel Tablet. (the battery life on this tablet is quite good!) but now I need to hot-spot with it over USB, but have to look at how to do so.
  - 4gotunameagain 3y ago
    The real question is, where do you get trustworthy APKs, if you cant download them from playstore ? You can already install an APK through the phone
    - PufPufPuf 3y ago
      Some devices don't have the UI for side-loading apks (TVs etc.). You can download apks from the publisher's website, 3rd party stores like F-Droid or IzzyOnDroid, or use Yalp Store to download directly from Google Play.
    - rand0mx1 3y ago
      From aurora store, an alternative front-end for play store available on f-droid.
    - IYasha 3y ago
      Google Play doesn't really guarantee safety. It can promise though :)
- geraldhh 3y ago
  it's called 'sideloading'
olejorgenb 3y ago
And does not require a rooted phone
hunter2_ 3y ago
> Install apks .. on things like chromecasts Once an apk is on a Chromecast, how does one launch it? I've loaded APKs onto a Fire Stick, but that OS actually has a launcher. For a Chromecast, would I be limited to launching via adb and apps that launch themselves by being cast to? That would still be useful, like for example SmartTubeNext is one of the apps I put on my Fire Stick (highly recommended) and in addition to launching via the GUI, it auto-launches when cast to. Would be great to move it to the Chromecast because it's the only reason I have a Fire Stick...
- archon810 3y ago
  I think we are talking strictly the Chromecast with Google TV here, which is a full Android TV stick.
  - hunter2_ 3y ago
    That makes way more sense than the simple Chromecast I thought we were talking about. Thanks!
netfortius 3y ago
How do you exclude (split tunneling config) the wireless part required for scrcpy, when using a VPN app? The IP of my wireless debugging option shows as the one handed out via the tunnel interface, not the one from my wifi network, and I can't find a way to make this an exclusion, as I make other apps, in the split tunneling option of the VPN app.

nirajd 3y ago

Can you share more about using scrcpy to install APKs that are unavailable for the device via Play?

MishaalRahman 3y ago
You can just drag and drop APK files onto the scrcpy window to initiate an install (it just does 'adb install' basically).
- solstice 3y ago
  Does this mean i can install signal on my tablet?
  - Tajnymag 3y ago
    As long as you can somehow receive the registration sms code on a different device, you should be able to. Mind it would deregister Signal from your phone though.
    - samstave 3y ago
      hmm.. my tablet is unlimited data 5g... I get txts on it all the time as its SIM inherited some random number that the previous person was on quite a few group txts. Although, I confirmed that I can install anything or any OS updates I would like and the service "should work" Its a great little device that costs me $15/month for unlimited data - so I downgraded my phone plan to the $30/month plan (I pay my cell plans a year in advance so I never have to worry about a monthly phone bill...) but now for $45/month I have both my phone and this tablet which is cheaper than the $50/month they wanted for 10 gigs of data on my phone plan... now I just need to make the most of this Alcatel Tablet. (the battery life on this tablet is quite good!) but now I need to hot-spot with it over USB, but have to look at how to do so.
- 4gotunameagain 3y ago
  The real question is, where do you get trustworthy APKs, if you cant download them from playstore ? You can already install an APK through the phone
  - PufPufPuf 3y ago
    Some devices don't have the UI for side-loading apks (TVs etc.). You can download apks from the publisher's website, 3rd party stores like F-Droid or IzzyOnDroid, or use Yalp Store to download directly from Google Play.
  - rand0mx1 3y ago
    From aurora store, an alternative front-end for play store available on f-droid.
  - IYasha 3y ago
    Google Play doesn't really guarantee safety. It can promise though :)
geraldhh 3y ago
it's called 'sideloading'

olejorgenb 3y ago

And does not require a rooted phone

hunter2_ 3y ago

> Install apks .. on things like chromecasts Once an apk is on a Chromecast, how does one launch it? I've loaded APKs onto a Fire Stick, but that OS actually has a launcher. For a Chromecast, would I be limited to launching via adb and apps that launch themselves by being cast to? That would still be useful, like for example SmartTubeNext is one of the apps I put on my Fire Stick (highly recommended) and in addition to launching via the GUI, it auto-launches when cast to. Would be great to move it to the Chromecast because it's the only reason I have a Fire Stick...

archon810 3y ago
I think we are talking strictly the Chromecast with Google TV here, which is a full Android TV stick.
- hunter2_ 3y ago
  That makes way more sense than the simple Chromecast I thought we were talking about. Thanks!

netfortius 3y ago

How do you exclude (split tunneling config) the wireless part required for scrcpy, when using a VPN app? The IP of my wireless debugging option shows as the one handed out via the tunnel interface, not the one from my wifi network, and I can't find a way to make this an exclusion, as I make other apps, in the split tunneling option of the VPN app.