Installing on Android (tablet) possible?

barnosch

I am wondering if it would be possible to install our beloved MagicMirror System to an old outdated Android Tablet.

I have an old unused Google Nexus 7 (2012) and already flashed it with a LineageOS rom, so it is Android 7.1 (i guess)

Would be nice if i could get the MM in server only mode to run on this device. The touchscreen is a goodie aswell.

Has anyone done this already and can give me a hint?
I currently do not have any idea, how to start.

Or is Android a showstopper in this case?

Mykle1

@barnosch said in Installing on Android (tablet) possible?:

Or is Android a showstopper in this case?

This guy used an Android tablet

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/2566/fridge-mounted-display

lavolp3

Interesting thought, haven’t even thoguht of that.
Afaik THIS magicmirror is not that easy to install natively on Android.

Have you seen this page?
https://www.magicmirrorcentral.com/android-app-magic-mirror/
Sums it up quite well, and an interesting read.
Adafruit have also done an Android mirror:
https://learn.adafruit.com/android-smart-home-mirror
Maybe worth trying out another system or app…

cowboysdude

@lavolp3 then there’s this guy…this is android based…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIuTx4HZAGQ

barnosch

i found that native Apps aswell, thanks for that.
But i don’t want to use just a app. Thats to easy ;)

Doing some more research and waiting for a good idea in my sleep.

Any other suggestions how it could work, are welcome.

A Former User

@barnosch As I’ve heard, termux could run linux-based application without rooting. I didn’t try it, so I don’t know MagicMirror would run on it.
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/building-a-node-js-application-on-android-part-1-termux-vim-and-node-js-dfa90c28958f

lavolp3

@Mykle1 I still don’t understand. How do you install the mirror on an Android tablet? Using a Linux VM? Or using Android directly?

lavolp3

@Sean aaaaaaand there goes my free time in the coming holidays. Thanks for the link!

A Former User

There is one more way to show mirror on android… VNC ? ^^;

barnosch

@Sean said in Installing on Android (tablet) possible?:

@barnosch As I’ve heard, termux could run linux-based application without rooting. I didn’t try it, so I don’t know MagicMirror would run on it.
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/building-a-node-js-application-on-android-part-1-termux-vim-and-node-js-dfa90c28958f

That looks very interesting. Thanks a lot for the hint.

@lavolp3 said in Installing on Android (tablet) possible?:

@Sean aaaaaaand there goes my free time in the coming holidays. Thanks for the link!

Same for me ;)

Mykle1

@lavolp3 said in Installing on Android (tablet) possible?:

@Mykle1 I still don’t understand. How do you install the mirror on an Android tablet? Using a Linux VM? Or using Android directly?

I don’t have the slightest idea. @barnosch asked if it was possible on an Android device. All I did was point out that someone had done that and provided the link. I’ve never owned an Android device.

Go to that link and ask the author of the post how he did it. :^)

barnosch

Alright, gave it a little try last evening.
Termux runs great, pulling of the repository is no problem, but when it comes to install the dependencied with
npm install, it throws some errors.
electron-chromedriver is not found and i guess thats a showstopper.

I can launch the server with “node serveronly” but all i get is a blank page.
Tried with FF and Chrome.
I stripped the config.js to only show the clock, but no chance.

Have to investigate deeper.

lavolp3

Want to share what I know until now, since the topic didn’t let me loose:

What @tshort did with his fridge mounted display
https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/2566/fridge-mounted-display
is just using a headless system and calling it with the web browser on the tablet. Of course that’s an easy way to get the Magic MIrror on the tablet, but you’ll need some server running headless. I’m thinking about trying that with my OSMC RasPi at the TV, which is not used very often, but always on. Maybe it can additionally run a headless MagicMirror Server.

Then there are the “real” android versions. Well there are some apps in the store of course, but apparently they are not very good and don’t have much information.
Another possibility is to build your own customized app, and that’s what I’ll try to do in the next weeks.
Here’s an interesting version by Max Braun, Google developer
https://github.com/maxbbraun/mirror

However, getting THIS MagicMirror which has the most modules, to work on Android other thatn mentioned above, I haven’t seen a way, but would be highly interested.

lavolp3

@barnosch Got exactly the same results.
Haven’t found any solution to that.

I guess the installation is stopped in the middle trying to install electron-chromedriver, so not finished.