An Open Source Baby Monitor for Android
Protect Baby Monitor allows two Android devices to act as a baby monitor. The first device, left in the room with the baby, will advertise itself on the network and stream audio to a connected client. The second device, with the parent, will connect to the monitoring device and receive an audio stream.
Protect Baby Monitor works on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and newer, i.e. Android SDK 16.
The current version of Protect Baby Monitor is rudimentary at best. It is capable of successfully advertising itself on the network, allows clients to connect, and streams audio. Room for improvement includes:
- Robust usage of the AudioTrack API
- Handle dropped packets gracefully
At the time this project was started there was no obvious open source solution for a baby monitor for Android. There are both free and paid options available for Android, including:
If there is any interest in improving this open source baby monitor, kindly submit a pull request with proposed changed.
If you are interested in translating this application to another language, create a pull request with changes or find the project listing on Transifex.
App icon originals from Icons4Android and formatted using Android Asset Studio.
Audio file originals from freesound.