Com port "proxy" for non rooted devices

podarok commented 5 years ago

Hi There is a great Linux like system for Android - termux. And the only issue to convert any Android to perfect IOT thing is access to com ports Right now

Which is a bit lame... Only one step to get access to any usb device from programs like zigbee2mqtt , which could be compiled for Android and work well.

Are there

any plans to provide some sort of the proxy for user level environment to be able to access any device via USB?
if no - is there an example code for how to approach this?

Thanks in advance

felHR85 commented 5 years ago

Hi! @podarok I am afraid you need a rooted device for that. This library implements Usb to serial drivers in the user space precisely because that limitation. Using a rooted device you can access /dev/ttyXXX normally using Process class or even with C code and glue it with JNI

felHR85 commented 5 years ago

@podarok By the way it looks like you are using a X96. We've been evaluating some of them in where I work and it should be easy to have them root.

podarok commented 5 years ago

would be cool to have it non rooted @felHR85 Kinda opens easy way for wider community, not only for nerds

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Com port "proxy" for non rooted devices #272