v0.1

multiversal-clipboard

Android and golang apps to share clipboard between Mac and smartphone using firebase

Why?

Ios already has this feature with Mac os, but Android doesn't. Using these apps we're able to have a shared clipboard between mac os and Android devices.

Installation

• To install the Android app download the apk and install it normally. Then open the app and click on register and copy the userId.

• To install the app on Mac os just download the binary file and run it with ./multiversal-clipboard <userId>

Development

If you want to develop or to install with your own firebase project you need to:

• create a firebase project
• add the android app to firebase and download the google-services.json and add it in the project
• install and configure golang
• install dep (https://github.com/golang/dep)
• cd in project/go and run dep ensure
• create a service account key on firebase and download the json
• fill the struct in main.gop according to the json
• set the database url in main.go

How it works?

The system uses the firebase realtime database. On android there is a service running in background listening for changes on the userId node and on clipboard events. In golang a cron monitors both the clipboard and the firebase database.

Contributions

Contributions of any kind are more than welcome! Feel free to fork and improve multiversal-clipboard in any way you want, make a pull request, or open an issue.

Acknowledgements

Portions of this project utilize the following copyrighted material, the use of which is hereby acknowledged:

• https://github.com/robfig/cron
• https://github.com/getlantern/systray

Upcoming

• Better Android app design
• Deploy Android app on play store
• Ability to set custom userId/account
• Add some ux on Mac os using systray
• Port on windows/linux
• Share the clipboard with more than one device
• Encrypt clipboards