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Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by stephengillie » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 2:40 AM UTC

tazard wrote: post #18

stephengillie wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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On my phone, it just says application error

Which browser? I've tested on desktop Chrome, mobile Chrome, and mobile Firefox.

IE and Edge aren't currently supported, and might never be.

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by antoniuschan99 » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 2:48 AM UTC

I was able to get Node running on both Android and iOS using this library: https://github.com/janeasystems/nodejs-mobile

Here's the writeup:

https://medium.com/@tuffluver/control-an-industrial-robot-wi...

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by tazard » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 2:56 AM UTC

stephengillie wrote: post #21

tazard wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On my phone, it just says application error

Which browser? I've tested on desktop Chrome, mobile Chrome, and mobile Firefox. IE and Edge aren't currently supported, and might never be.

I tried Firefox Focus, Firefox Mobile, and Chrome. Just tested again and it's working now though. Looks interesting!

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by sequoiar6868 » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 4:31 AM UTC

the initial purpose is to run http over udp with nodejs on Android for p2p web service. I have spent years of effort on it, but I feel tired now. anyone interested in it, can fork and continue on it. thanks.

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by hyperpallium » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 5:09 AM UTC

termux (on android) has nodejs

  $ apt search nodejs
  nodejs/stable 8.11.2 arm
    Platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications

disclaimer: I haven't used it

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by jayd16 » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 5:25 AM UTC

m_mueller wrote: post #14

unit91 wrote: post #3

Serious question: what sorts of things would a person do with this? Not throwing rocks, this is a question based in my own ignorance. I know what Node is, but I don't use it and I'm not an Android dev. Thanks!

What I’d do is running a full blown database application on the device. Couchbase Lite can do that as an example - replicate to a Couchbase server and allow offline access to data and indices. If your server part is Node.js based you should be able to have the whole thing running offline on devices. Why? I’m Swiss. We drive a lot of trains and they enter a lot of tunnels. Or on the plane. Or on a mountain. Imagine yo…

This is pretty much what Firebase is. https://firebase.google.com/docs/database/

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by 8note » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 5:42 AM UTC

unit91 wrote: post #3

Serious question: what sorts of things would a person do with this? Not throwing rocks, this is a question based in my own ignorance. I know what Node is, but I don't use it and I'm not an Android dev. Thanks!

I was working on making a reddit auto repost detector bot based on opencv that I was going to leave running on an old phone.

I got node running on it without this though, but funemployment ended before getting the proper drivers running on it

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by z3t4 » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 6:41 AM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #7

Great hack, but what does it give me that Node under Termux doesn't?

You could probably packages a Node.JS app with this and release it as an Android app. I think this project need some examples.

Re: Show HN: Node-android – Run Node.js on Android

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Post by naoru » Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 9:15 AM UTC

I used an old Android phone with Linux Deploy to run Node with MongoDB around 3 years ago. Now Termux allows to do basically the same.