# \#android

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## [VizMini2: RViz, teleop and ROS 2 tools on your Android phone or tablet](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/vizmini2-rviz-teleop-and-ros-2-tools-on-your-android-phone-or-tablet/58822)

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**Author:** [@Juancams](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Juancams)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/vizmini2-rviz-teleop-and-ros-2-tools-on-your-android-phone-or-tablet/58822 "2026-10-14T08:26:23Z")

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Hi everyone, I’d like to introduce VizMini2, an Android app to view, drive and inspect ROS 2 robots from your phone or tablet. This is the first time I’m sharing it outside my own circle, so any comments, criticism or i…

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## [ROSDeck: configurable split-pane ROS 2 operator panel for Android (iOS coming soon)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rosdeck-configurable-split-pane-ros-2-operator-panel-for-android-ios-coming-soon/53466)

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**Author:** [@rosdeck](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/rosdeck)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 5:37am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rosdeck-configurable-split-pane-ros-2-operator-panel-for-android-ios-coming-soon/53466 "2026-08-05T05:37:17Z")

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I’ve been working on a ROS 2 teleop app for Android called ROSDeck. The core idea is a tmux-style split layout - you divide the screen into panes and assign one widget per pane: camera feed, joystick (Twist/TwistStamped)…

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## [jros2 Cellphone Sensor Bridge: Native ROS 2 nodes on Android](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/jros2-cellphone-sensor-bridge-native-ros-2-nodes-on-android/54804)

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**Author:** [@thegrayguy](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/thegrayguy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/jros2-cellphone-sensor-bridge-native-ros-2-nodes-on-android/54804 "2026-05-13T22:40:18Z")

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Hey everyone, I was recently reading a book on ROS 2 and went looking for ros2\_java. After finding out that project essentially died, I discovered jros2 and decided to just build an app to test its limits. The result i…

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## [Getting ROS 2 Running on Android (It’s Easier Than You Think!)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/getting-ros-2-running-on-android-it-s-easier-than-you-think/54606)

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**Author:** [@ds58](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ds58)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/getting-ros-2-running-on-android-it-s-easier-than-you-think/54606 "2026-05-07T17:52:25Z")

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Getting ROS 2 Running on Android (It’s Easier Than You Think!) So you want to run ROS 2 on your Android phone? Maybe you want to be able to control your robot from your phone, or maybe you want to integrate a phone on yo…

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## [Project Proposal: Mobile App for publishing sensor data, AR pose and depth](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/project-proposal-mobile-app-for-publishing-sensor-data-ar-pose-and-depth/32497)

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**Author:** [@tim-fan](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/tim-fan)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/project-proposal-mobile-app-for-publishing-sensor-data-ar-pose-and-depth/32497 "2023-08-07T19:54:30Z")

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Hi all, I’m preparing a project proposal for a team of computer science undergrads (600 hours). I was hoping some input from the ROS community could help scope the project, provide interesting directions to pursue, or re…

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## [ROS-Mobile Update 2.1](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-mobile-update-2-1/21181)

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**Author:** [@NicoS](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/NicoS)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-mobile-update-2-1/21181 "2021-07-02T18:57:26Z")

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We are happy to present version 2.1.0 of our app ROS-Mobile, which includes a variety of bug fixes and new features like a battery indicator, rqt-plot integration and additional TF layers to publish targets via touch …

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## [ROS2AR project ](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2ar-project/11345)

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**Author:** [@Levente\_TAMAS](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/Levente_TAMAS)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros2ar-project/11345 "2019-11-04T16:58:43Z")

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Hey All, We would like to share our preliminary results on the AR visualization for ROS enabled robots using Android devices including smart glasses (e.g Epson Moverio). The project makes use of the Vuforia engine, and…

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## [Android app for ROS inspection](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/android-app-for-ros-inspection/3100)

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**Author:** [@joostvanstuijvenberg](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/joostvanstuijvenberg)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/android-app-for-ros-inspection/3100 "2018-01-04T20:00:32Z")

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Hi everyone, I’m currently working on an Android app that monitors a running ROS system. At the moment it’s very, very beta and it has limited functionality, just the equivalent of rosnode list and info, rostopic list a…

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## [Using your smartphone's built-in sensors as a ROS node](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/using-your-smartphones-built-in-sensors-as-a-ros-node/4305)

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**Author:** [@donowak](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/donowak)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/using-your-smartphones-built-in-sensors-as-a-ros-node/4305 "2018-11-22T10:45:58Z")

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Hi ROS community! We have created hNode - a free Android app that allows you to use your smartphone sensors in ROS. The smartphone is connected to the rest robotic system through a P2P, VPN network, so the latency is qu…

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## [Tangobot to be presented in ROSCon 2017](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/tangobot-to-be-presented-in-roscon-2017/2678)

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**Author:** [@ecorbellini](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/ecorbellini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/tangobot-to-be-presented-in-roscon-2017/2678 "2017-09-18T14:37:07Z")

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The Tangobot project was announced. It’s an interesting full robot implementation on android using rosjava. Also a nice project to build upon and improve, while learning how to write rosjava applications and link them wi…

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## [Tangobot (Android-based autonomous robot)](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/tangobot-android-based-autonomous-robot/2660)

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**Author:** [@manzato](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/manzato)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/tangobot-android-based-autonomous-robot/2660 "2017-09-15T20:56:58Z")

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Dear ROS users, Have you ever thought of making an Android-based robot, making use of all the great sensors and computational power that phones have, while leveraging all the tools which you already know from the amazin…

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## [Rosjava available for Kinetic Kame](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rosjava-available-for-kinetic-kame/1070)

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**Author:** [@jcerruti](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jcerruti)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/rosjava-available-for-kinetic-kame/1070 "2017-06-21T15:15:49Z")

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Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that with the guidance of the great Daniel Stonier, I’ve taken the time to do a pass through all the oficial rosjava and android\_ repos to make them available in kinetic. This incl…

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## [New rosjava-based application: Tango Streamer](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-rosjava-based-application-tango-streamer/1224)

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**Author:** [@jcerruti](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/jcerruti)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/new-rosjava-based-application-tango-streamer/1224 "2017-01-26T23:20:12Z")

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Hi all, In case you missed it in the general board, Intermodalics just announced an interesting application using rosjava in Android to publish Google Tango topics through ROS. Besides what is noted in the general anno…

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## [ROS - Android examples in Kinetic](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-android-examples-in-kinetic/954)

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**Author:** [@lentinjoseph](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/lentinjoseph)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/ros-android-examples-in-kinetic/954 "2016-12-10T16:53:03Z")

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Hi all Anyone know whether any simple android application example code available, which are compatible with ROS Kinetic and can build using latest Android studio.? Regards Lentin Joseph

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## [Announcing Java and Android for ROS2](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcing-java-and-android-for-ros2/445)

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**Author:** [@esteve](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/esteve)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/announcing-java-and-android-for-ros2/445 "2016-10-04T12:13:55Z")

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Sorry for crossposting, but I thought you folks might be interested in this. Hey, I just made public a set of Java and Android bindings for ROS2, I wrote them a while ago, but they needed some updates and never had ma…