This app and website combination demonstrate the potential of web sockets on Android.
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Checkout the project
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Run the app as usual and click the start button. You'll see a message "Running on xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. Disconnected" with your phone's ip address.
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Make sure your desktop machine is connected to the same WiFi point as your phone
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In a browser (I've tested with Chrome and Safari), navigate to the project and open
client.htmli.e.file:///{project root}/web/client.html -
Enter the ip address from above in the box and click connect.
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After a pause you'll be able to draw on the handset and see the drawing appear in your browser
