Remote Launcher Free (v. 0.3.5) Разработано owtroid |
*** An excellent app - Editor's Choice from DroidAppOfTheDay.com ***
Remote Launcher is an easy to use tool that enables you to launch applications remotely on your PC via your Android device with a single click. It can also be used to start your PC up, even if it is turned off, with the built in support for Wake On Lan. It consists of an Android app and a small server program for your PC.
There is also support for Android shortcuts and widgets (size 1x1) available to start programs even quicker.
You can configure Remote Launcher to start any application on your PC, e.g. start your mediacenter (xbmc etc), shutdown/restart the computer or run a custom script.
To use Remote Launcher you need to install the Remote Launcher Server on your PC. Downloads, installation instructions, user guides and examples are available on the project wiki:
http://remotelauncher.owtroid.com
The Remote Launcher server is written in Java so it should work on any pc with the Java Runtime Enviromnment installed (version 1.6 or later), be it Linux, Windows or Mac OS. It has been tested on Ubuntu and Windows 7.
Remote Launcher is a nice alternative to more complex remote control solutions such as vnc or ssh when you just need to start specific programs.
It's also possible to automate Remote Launcher using Android intents or shortcuts. That makes it possible to use it together with tools such as Tasker or Llama to perform tasks at certain events, e.g. "shutdown computer when I leave home" or "send wake on lan packet to computer and start xbmc when I get back home". The imagination is the limit.
Remote Launcher works both with wifi and cellular connections. However, if you use cellular and the pc running Remote Launcher Server is behind a router, you will have to configure port forwarding on your router to forward the port 4444 to your pc. You will also need to configure the Remote Launcher app to use the IP address of the router instead of the pc in this case.
If you run into any issues, please contact the developer as it is not possible to answer to comments in the Market. You can also follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/owtroid
This is the free version. It is currently limited to having just one single server configured. A paid version without limitations is also available: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.owtroid.remotelauncher
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[2013-02-05] A Google User: Nice app Installation and configuration quite easy. On mac os, use the 'open' function to launch applications (example: open /Applications/Calendar.app) Would be better if we could choose the icon for each widget. |
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[2013-01-03] A Google User: Perfect Works exactly as supposed to. Thanks |
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[2012-11-17] A Google User: Great little app! Just what I needed to launch a couple apps on my PC from my phone! |
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[2012-10-30] A Google User: Wow! Works great A little bit to configure, but once you get the hang of it, it is very powerful, and works very well. Installs on OS X without trouble (just follow Linux instructions). |
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[2012-10-10] A Google User: Encouraging my laziness! Perfect for what I use it for. Thanks chaps ;) |
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[2012-09-17] A Google User: Is good Wish the windows client ran as a service. Otherwise its good |
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[2012-09-15] A Google User: Excellent app Does what it says on the tin, 'nuff said! |
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[2012-08-02] A Google User: Just needs a UI update Works great would pay fitfully version if it got an updated UI. |
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[2012-07-20] A Google User: wouldnt work i have dynamic dns configured for a lot but it wouldnt work with the dyndns address or wide ip. only over wifi. perhaps verizon isnot permitting many ports over its airwaves. corpo jerks EDIT: they are. only port under 945 open is 80. use a port scanner with ur 3g. |
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[2012-04-27] A Google User: Really Handy Fantastic little app - especially the ability to use mini widgets to launch apps. Couple of notes for windows: The server requires Java Runtime Environment to be present. The default app kill action uses tskill. This isn't available for some windows versions so you can use pskill in the pstools suite from Microsoft instead. |
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[2012-04-01] A Google User: Lets see Getting there |
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[2012-03-24] A Google User: a real gem Goodness, this little app is a real gem. I thought it was handy just to start XBMC, but then realized if I left home and wanted to fire up my camera surveillance program (Webcam XP), I could also do that. I'd put this on my top 10 list of Android apps. Thanks very much! PS: To the person that could not make it work via 3G, you need to remember to use the IP address the rest of the world sees you on (WAN), not just the IP address of your router on your household LAN. |
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[2012-03-22] A Google User: Awsome It can do so many cool things. Great with Linux! |
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[2012-02-18] A Google User: Bob Pc component won't install (FireFox) so useless really. |
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[2012-01-21] A Google User: Nice app Could come with more launcher templates and it would be nice if the widgets could have custom icons. |
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[2012-01-11] A Google User: Awesome dev I contacted the developer a long time ago regarding this app, he responded quickly and was friendly. App works perfectly! Thanks! |
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[2011-12-29] A Google User: Wow do I love this I run a multi camera, live video stream. I use a home-built IP controlled switcher to chose which camera is selected for the stream. Running the server software (Under Ubuntu) this ap lets me do camera changes from my Android tablet from anywhere in the world. Works great! |
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[2011-12-03] A Google User: Perfect Great for hackers who want to remotely manage their machine |
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[2011-10-08] A Google User: Great app Thanks dev, wol is now working perfectly, great app & great developer |
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[2011-10-02] A Google User: excellent! you know the iTunes remote? that's a great app, it only has one problem - they forgot to add a launch iTunes button... so if iTunes it's not running you have to launch it somehow. Same with XBMC, etc - remotes are great once your media player is already running on the target computer. With this, you have that covered - with a very simple installation on the PC and extremely easy configuration you have the launchers ready on your android phone. Just make sure you have Java installed on the target computer. |
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[2011-09-08] A Google User: Very useful app for HTPC I use this app on my HTPC to start iTunes, which I then control using iTunes Remote. Works very nicely. |
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[2011-09-01] A Google User: It works! It works, which is the key thing. Not very elegant, but does the job! |
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[2011-08-25] A Google User: Doesn't work No matter how I configured it, it would not connect. Unistall |
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[2011-08-25] James: Doesn't work No matter how I configured it, it would not connect. Unistall |
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[2011-08-11] A Google User: bug i have problems with the port, it doesn't work on 4444 for me.. changed it to 444 and work like a charm... |
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[2011-08-11] marca: bug i have problems with the port, it doesn't work on 4444 for me.. changed it to 444 and work like a charm... |
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[2011-08-09] A Google User: Did not seem to want to wotk |
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[2011-08-09] Jonathan: Did not seem to want to wotk |
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[2011-08-07] A Google User: Worth the pay version. Works great on Windows/Linux. I had to use direct paths on Win7. (differs a little from the wiki help) Works great on my Debian and Ubuntu machines. I use it to launch cvlc to listen in on my MPD stream. 5 stars if it were open source. |
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[2011-08-07] Cory: Worth the pay version. Works great on Windows/Linux. I had to use direct paths on Win7. (differs a little from the wiki help) Works great on my Debian and Ubuntu machines. I use it to launch cvlc to listen in on my MPD stream. 5 stars if it were open source. |
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[2011-08-03] Tjiang: Thanks dev, u are great that u immediately added wol port. But it doesn't work, strange.(I'm using wol wake on LAN, it works) |
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[2011-07-14] A Google User: GREEAAAT APP Works absolutly perfect with galasy s2 and ubuntu server 11.04, and the developer is realy helpfull |
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[2011-07-14] Raul: GREEAAAT APP Works absolutly perfect with galasy s2 and ubuntu server 11.04, and the developer is realy helpfull |
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[2011-07-13] A Google User: Very useful app ..Great dev support |
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[2011-07-13] Xx3r0: Very useful app ..Great dev support |
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[2011-06-15] A Google User: Seems to work only through wifi not 3G |
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[2011-06-15] Joe: Seems to work only through wifi not 3G |
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[2011-05-10] A Google User: Great app! App works exactly as advertized for XBMC. Great app by a great dev |
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[2011-05-10] Tshepo: Great app! App works exactly as advertized for XBMC. Great app by a great dev |
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[2011-05-07] A Google User: Amazing app! Does what i need fast and simple! Dev is nice, helped me with problem with my pc software and his app! Thx! |
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[2011-05-07] crazycage: Amazing app! Does what i need fast and simple! Dev is nice, helped me with problem with my pc software and his app! Thx! |
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[2011-05-06] A Google User: Fantastic app! Very useful when I am away from my computer. The dev is awesome, he is a great person. Will be buying full version soon. |
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[2011-05-06] Oisin: Fantastic app! Very useful when I am away from my computer. The dev is awesome, he is a great person. Will be buying full version soon. |
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[2011-04-30] A Google User: Fantastic app! Maybe add the ability to connect to more than one pc? EDIT: dev added this functionality within days! What more can you say! |
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[2011-04-30] Stefan: Fantastic app! Maybe add the ability to connect to more than one pc? EDIT: dev added this functionality within days! What more can you say! |
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[2011-04-27] A Google User: I like de app alot very useful fast reply on my request best dev ever |
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[2011-04-27] MVrah: I like de app alot very useful fast reply on my request best dev ever |
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[2011-04-24] A Google User: Excellent!! And the dev is uber super duper too! |
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[2011-04-24] piniyini: Excellent!! And the dev is uber super duper too! |
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[2011-04-14] A Google User: Works great! Been looking for something like this for some time now. |
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[2011-04-14] A Google User: Great little time saver. I am glad I can launch programs and scripts with a single click rather than having to use VNC/SSH. Must-have app, IMO. |
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[2011-04-14] Martin: Works great! Been looking for something like this for some time now. |
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[2011-04-14] Donald: Great little time saver. I am glad I can launch programs and scripts with a single click rather than having to use VNC/SSH. Must-have app, IMO. |
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[2011-04-05] A Google User: Great app, esp. for starting and stopping a media server program. Author is very responsive. |
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[2011-04-05] Kriknav: Great app, esp. for starting and stopping a media server program. Author is very responsive. |
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[2011-03-28] A Google User: Works, but server app crashes/exits after a while This app is absolutely a must for HTPC use. However the server app keeps exiting randomly. Leave it open for a couple hours... it silently exits without giving an error to the screen (I'd much prefer the error over no feedback at all). Need a more stable server server app to make it worthwhile. |
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[2011-03-28] TFrank: Works, but server app crashes/exits after a while This app is absolutely a must for HTPC use. However the server app keeps exiting randomly. Leave it open for a couple hours... it silently exits without giving an error to the screen (I'd much prefer the error over no feedback at all). Need a more stable server server app to make it worthwhile. |
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