warren-bank/Android-NodeJS-Frontend

Android app to run Javascript files from the filesystem in Node.js

Node.js Frontend

Android app to run Javascript files from the filesystem in Node.js

Screenshots:

Credits:

• Node.js for Mobile Apps by Janea Systems
  • PR#291 by Informatic to decrease the Android minSDK from 21 to 19 for 32-bit architectures

Technical Details:

• Node.js for Mobile Apps
  • version: 0.3.2
  • binaries: nodejs-mobile-v0.3.2-support-api19-android.zip
  • minSDK:
    • 32-bit: 19
    • 64-bit: 21
  • versions:
    • Node.js = 12.19.0
    • OpenSSL = 1.1.1g
• no root

List of Permissions:

• used by frontend

  • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
    • to read Javascript files from the filesystem
  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
    • to run each daemon in a separate background process
  • android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
    • to lock resources (cpu, wifi) in an active state while daemon(s) run

• not used by frontend; reserved for use by Javascript files

  • android.permission.INTERNET
  • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Recipes:

• the recipes branch contains a set of bash scripts that can be used to easily install and configure a curated selection of Node.js applications
  • the apps illustrated in the screenshots animation are included

Legal:

• copyright: Warren Bank
• license: GPL-2.0