• By: Evan Kale
• evankale91@gmail.com
• ISeeDeadPixel.com

See a demo video here: https://youtu.be/Wnj8m1ErJ4g

Blog post: http://evankale.blogspot.ca/2015/04/remote-taskbar.html

Summary:

• Controls Windows tasks on a mobile device.

Description:

• This project contains a native Windows application (RemoteTaskbarServer), and an Android application (RemoteTaskbarClient).
• These two applications communicate using TCP/IP, allowing a user remotely to view, open, and close tasks of a Windows machine on an Android device.

Build:

• RemoteTaskbarServer was built with Visual Studio 2010
  • When building this, it is mandatory that the target platform matches the operating system (ie, Win32 or x64)
• RemoteTaskbarClient was built with Android SDK and Eclipse IDE

Run:

• 1. Connect windows machine and android device to same network
• 2. Run RemoteTaskbarServer.exe on Windows machine
• 3. Press "Connect" on server application
• 4. Run Remote Taskbar Client on android device
• 5. Enter the IP address of the windows machine; leave port as 9999
• 6. Press "Connect" on client application
• 7. Server application should say "Connected!" and a list of current tasks should be displayed on android device
• 8. Tap on a task to open it; press the X on the task to close it