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tag:*** An excellent app - Editor's Choice from DroidAppOfTheDay.com *** Remote Launcher is an easy to use tool t...
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*** An excellent app - Editor's Choice from DroidAppOfTheDay.com ***
Remote Launcher is an easy to use tool that enables you to launch applications
remotely on your PC via your Android device with a single click. It can also
be used to start your PC up, even if it is turned off, with the built in
support for Wake On Lan (WOL). It consists of an Android app and a small
server program for your PC.
There is also support for Android shortcuts and widgets (size 1x1) available
to start programs even quicker.
You can configure Remote Launcher to start any application on your PC, e.g.
start your mediacenter (xbmc etc), shutdown/restart the computer or run a
custom script.
To use Remote Launcher you need to install the Remote Launcher Server on your
PC. Downloads, installation instructions, user guides and examples are
available on the project wiki:
[http://remotelauncher.owtroid.com](http://www.google.com/url?q=http://remotel
auncher.owtroid.com&sa=D&usg=AFQjCNEl2bbQAa6OhA4NRj8ItZxsLNpKQw)
The Remote Launcher server is written in Java so it should work on any pc with
the Java Runtime Enviromnment installed (version 1.6 or later), be it Linux,
Windows or Mac OS. It has been tested on Ubuntu and Windows 7.
Remote Launcher is a nice alternative to more complex remote control solutions
such as vnc or ssh when you just need to start specific programs.
It's also possible to automate Remote Launcher using Android intents or
shortcuts. That makes it possible to use it together with tools such as Tasker
or Llama to perform tasks at certain events, e.g. "shutdown computer when I
leave home" or "send wake on lan packet to computer and start xbmc when I get
back home". The imagination is the limit.
Remote Launcher works both with wifi and cellular connections. However, if you
use cellular and the pc running Remote Launcher Server is behind a router, you
will have to configure port forwarding on your router to forward the port 4444
to your pc. You will also need to configure the Remote Launcher app to use the
IP address of the router instead of the pc in this case.
If you run into any issues, please contact the developer as it is not possible
to answer to comments in the Market. You can also follow us on twitter: [http:
//twitter.com/owtroid](http://www.google.com/url?q=http://twitter.com/owtroid&
sa=D&usg=AFQjCNHKJPpeMdborqwo-GtBoKmNsoVsQQ)
A free version is also available:
http://market.android.com/details?id=com.owtroid.remotelauncherfree
The free version is currently limited to having just one single server
configured.
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Last update
Feb. 15, 2013