[Android Apps and Games] peaklabs.net:
Hi all!

So I've been working on an app in my spare time on & off for about 2 years and have finally put it up on the play store. I'm looking for opinions about it, as after building it for so long I've most likely got severe tunnel vision and wouldn't know what's intuitive and what's not to a new user!

What does it do?

Remote control your PC (mouse, keyboard, media buttons)

Copy files to & from your PC or other Android devices

Sync files automatically

Share clipboard data between devices

Open URLs and files (eg music, video) on remote devices

Supports sleep and wake-on-lan of devices

Why? There are similar apps already!

I wrote it out of frustration with the available options for "inter-connectivity" between my devices. I use a HTPC to watch movies and wanted a remote app to control the HTPC (remote mouse, play/pause/volume). There are many existing such apps but I didn't like what's out there:

Are complicated with separate "remotes" for each app that you have to juggle between, etc

They don't behave like a keyboard & mouse, but have special buttons to learn

They often require Java on the PC

Can be slow

I wanted much more than just a remote control app if I'm going to have a "server" running on my PC...

If you want remote clipboard sharing, file transfers, etc, you have ot install separate servers for each app on your PC... I thought I could do better, and you only need 1 "server" on the PC to do all of the above.

Finally, I wrote it to be peer-to-peer. This means that your PC isn't really a "server", for example, you can transfer files/open URLs Android-Android without a PC being present. One such case is when I'm often reading a webpage and open the link on my wifes tablet so she can check it out too!

It's also cross-platform. The same core bit compiles on pretty much anything, but so far I've only released the Android and Windows ports, as they're the ones that I've tested the most. Coming soon will be OSX, Linux and iOS last (I HATE objective-C syntax!)

I've got heaps of other features which I want to add, to build this into the ultimate way to make your devices cooperate... but with the existing features I thought it's time to release it & see what others think!

How can I download it?

The app is called MissingLink (one word, if you want to search for it on the play store). Or the direct link is here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.peaklabs.missinglink

The Windows version is available on my site at:

http://www.peaklabs.net/apps/missing-link/download/

Quit blabbing

Ok :) If you have time please give it a shot and let me know what you think! It has a trial as synching is a paid feature, but if you want I can reset your trial! Just message me.

Just hoping to get some feedback as I continue building it! Thanks heaps!

Oh and if you have any features you think might come in handy, please let me know! I'm sure there's so much that could be done with our devices that find each other and are connected via TCP/IP that isn't being done yet :)

XDA:DevDB Information

MissingLink, Tool/Utility for all devices (see above for details)

Contributors

peaklabs.net

Version Information

Status: Stable

Current Stable Version: 1.1.7.0

Stable Release Date: 2014-10-12

Created 2014-07-13

Last Updated 2014-10-12