Android notifier
Android Notifier is a linux application that receives notifications on sms, mms, battery status and more from your phone to your Linux, Mac or Windows PC. This article is about installing and running it in the background on Arch Linux.
Contents
Prerequisites
- Android app installed on your phone: Remote Notifier by Rodrigo Damazio, from Google Play or F-Droid.
- Port 10600 tcp/udp open in your firewall
Installation
Get it from AUR: android-notifier-desktopAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]
Configuration
To configure android-notifier, run /usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -p
.
To show help run /usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -h
.
Starting android-notifier
Add this command to for example .xinitrc:
/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh &
Or just run it from terminal.
Alternative Desktop Client
Another option for running desktop notification client is Cyborg. This client does not support some features of original application, such as encryption