RemoteDrawing

RemoteDrawing is a small Android app to educational only. It uses node.js and socket.io to communicate trough a server.

The server is available on github here made by Akhu

Install instruction for RemoteDrawingSocket

This will run node.js server

• Download RemoteDrawingSocket and unzip it
• Download and install node.js
• Open your favorite Terminal and run
• Navigate to your RemoteDrawingSocket directory with cd command
• Type npm install in that directory
• Wait till everything is downloaded and installed
• (Optional) Again, go to the command prompt and type npm install socket.io
• Type node app.js.

Verify the deployment by navigating to your server address in your preferred browser.

localhost:3000

Android app

This will launch the Android App

• Download and install Android Studio
• Download and unzip the project
• In Android Studio choose open an existing Android Studio project
• Open SocketHelper class and edit the HOST string to your own node.js server address
• Run the app module

Dependencies

RemoteDrawing requires Socket.io-Client Java to run.

Gradle dependency for Android Studio, in build.gradle:

compile ('io.socket:socket.io-client:0.8.3') {
  // excluding org.json which is provided by Android
  exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'
}

Todos

• Write Tests
• Code review
• Add Code Comments

License

MIT