android-SimpleNetCat

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DESCRIPTION

Simple netcat implementation for Android. It can be used for direct transfer character data between computer and Android device.

Netcat binary (nc) is included to "netcat-openbsd" or "netcat-traditional" packages (for Debian/Ubuntu). All examples is written for nc from netcat-openbsd package because it is default (at least for Ubuntu 12.04/14.04).

EXAMPLES

Listen for inbound connection

$ nc -v -l 9999

Assuming that computer IP address is 192.168.1.2 one can connect with Simple NetCat using "192.168.1.2:9999" as "Connect to" string.

Connect to remote host

$ nc -v host|ip-address 9999

Start listening port 9999 with Simple NetCat before executing this command (use your Android device IP-address). To determine mobile device IP-address one can use ipconfig application.

Write data to file

nc -v -l 9999 > file.out

Data sent from Simple NetCat will be saved in "file.out".

Read data from file

nc -v -l 9999 < file.in

"file.in" content will be received by Simple NetCat.

COMMENTS

This is important thing! Simple NetCat will receive data from computer right after terminating nc binary (with Ctrl-C).

We have a simple solution for Windows users now. You just can download binary from Bintray.

Sincere gratitude for authors of these open-source software:

• Butter Knife - simple views injection.
• EventBus - Android-optimized pub/sub event bus.
• Robolectric - awesome unit test framework.