/WiCompanion-Mobile

An app to control your Windows PC.

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WiCompanion-Mobile

An android app to control your Windows PC. This app can be used to give voice commands to PC. It also provides mouse and some most used keys and key combinations.

Using repository

Deployment

For those who want to use it directly, download this apk file.

Also you need to have WiCompanion-PC deployed on your PC.

How to use

On PC,

  1. Start WiCompanion on your PC.
  2. Check status of all interface, they shuold be in "Running..." status. You can verify it in "Log" section also.
  3. Get the IP address displayed at top right corner of WiCompanion server.

On android phone,

  1. Start WiCompanion app
  2. In Connect, enter the valid IP address as displayed in WiCompanion server.
  3. After connecting successfully, you can switch to any of these three...
    • Keyboard (Navigate and control your Windows PC)
    • Mouse (Have the feeling of wireless mouse)
    • Command (Control through text and voice command), more below...

Included Keys

  • Windows key

  • Arrow keys

  • home, end, pgup, pgdn, ALT+TAB, TAB, ALT+F4

  • Perform various tasks

    • Open Windows explorer
    • Go to Desktop
    • Minimize all
    • Get task view, run, screenshot
    • Search with Cortana
    • Open Windows Tools context menu (WIN + X)
    • Resize your windows (WIN + arrow keys)
    • Change brightness, volume
    • Turn on|off monitor
    • Lock, sleep, shut down, restart

Available commands

You can give command by either typing in provided field or by providing speech input through mic button...

  1. play movie
    1. Then it will ask for movie name
    2. Give movie name
    3. It will find movie in your users Videos directory and if found, it will start playing it.
  2. pause (pause the movie)
  3. resume (unpause)
  4. full screen
  5. stop (4,5 will work in VLC media player)
  6. close (alt + f4) (will work anywhere)
  7. ask cortana
    • cortana will popup on your PC
    • send any text from your app by typing or speaking
    • And it'll be written on your PC
  8. type
    • type or give speech input from your app
    • And have it written on your PC.

More will be added!