Android notifier - ArchWiki

# Android notifier

This article is being considered for archiving.

Reason: Not available in AUR and last release was in 2010 [1]. (Discuss in Talk:Android notifier#)

Android Notifier is a linux application that receives notifications on sms, mms, battery status and more from your phone to your Linux, Mac or Windows PC. This article is about installing and running it in the background on Arch Linux.

## Prerequisites

- Android app installed on your phone: Remote Notifier by Rodrigo Damazio, from Google Play or F-Droid.
  - Author's site
  - More at Appbrain
- Port 10600 tcp/udp open in your firewall

## Installation

Get it from AUR: android-notifier-desktopAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]

## Configuration

To configure android-notifier, run `/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -p`.

To show help run `/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -h`.

## Starting android-notifier

Add this command to for example .xinitrc:

    /usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh &

Or just run it from terminal.

## Alternative Desktop Client

Another option for running desktop notification client is Cyborg. This client does not support some features of original application, such as encryption

Categories:

- Status monitoring and notification
- Mobile devices

Hidden categories:

- Pages flagged with Template:Archive
- Pages with broken package links