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Tablet Screen Mirroring Setup
Purpose and Scope
In this document, you will learn how to install and use the free and open source tool scrcpy. This tool lets you mirror and control an Android device from a PC. It can be used at the registration desk of a health facility and avoid the nurses having to switch constantly from the PC to the tablet.
Prerequisite
None
Material
You will need the following material:
- A tablet
- A PC
- A micro-USB to USB cable (to connect the tablet to the PC)
Device Setup
To setup Screen Mirroring on your device, follow the steps given below. Note that for some tablets, the setting arrangements are not the same as the procedure below. So If the arrangement of your tablet is different, feel free to go with the different procedure to perform the same operation.
- Go to
Settings
>System
>About
. - Press on the
Build number
10 times until you see a message saying you activated developer options. - Go back to
System
. - In
Developer options
, activateUSB debugging
and confirm the popup. - Go back to the home screen.
PC Setup
Follow these steps to setup Screen Mirroring on your PC:
- Download scrcpy tool from https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy:
- Scroll down until you see
Get the app
>Windows
. - Download the
zip
archive.
- Head to where the file was downloaded (Usually
C:\Users\<user>\Downloads
). - Unzip the downloaded file: Right click >
Extract all
.
Run the tool
To start Screen Mirroring, follow this procedure:
- Make sure that your device is connected to the computer via USB.
- Open the folder you extracted the tool in.
- Double click on
scrpy.exe
. You should see a popup on the Android device. ClickAllow
.
The device screen is not mirrored and controllable from the PC.