TouchTrack

Android Client and Python Server System that gives mobile phones cursor control of the host PC using WebSockets over WiFi. Innovation Award Winner 2018*

Setup

• Install flask-sockets
• Install flask
• Install pyautogui Please take NOTICE: This project was developed and tested strictly in a Windows 10 environment with a Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Mac OS:

sudo pip3 install pyobjc-framework-Quartz

sudo pip3 install pyobjc-core

sudo pip3 install pyobjc

Ubuntu:

sudo pip3 install python3-xlib

(Scrot is a screenshot program that PyAutoGUI uses.) sudo apt-get install scrot

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

sudo apt-get install python3-dev

• Install the app by moving the APK to a local folder in your Android device, then click the file to install (permissions have to be granted)

Usage

1. Connect and authenticate w Wi-Fi on laptop and mobile (must be in the same subnet)

2. Run the server using: python server.py or python3 server.py

3. Open the app and input the server IP and security code information generated by the server.

4. Follow server prompts on your PC/Mac.

Resources Referenced:

• move and click
• terminate
• multi-touch events
• validating-IP addresses
• websocket with okHTTP
• automatetheboringstuff