cmengler / betaflight-configurator-android

Betaflight Configurator for Android

Betaflight - Configurator for Android

This project uses Apache Cordova to build a version of the Betaflight Configurator to run on Android devices with USB On-The-Go (OTG) capabilities.

This Android version is only suitable for large device screens such as tablets in landscape mode.

This is a work-in-progress -- please be aware that functionality of the desktop Betaflight Configurator may not work as intended in this version.

Prerequisites

• Android SDK
• Node.js

Build

git submodule update --init
npm install
./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js www
cordova prepare
cordova build android --debug

This will generate the following Android APK file platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/armv7/debug/android-armv7-debug.apk

Debugging

1. Connect the device via USB to your development machine.
2. Open Chrome -> Developer Tools (F12) -> More tools -> Remove Devices.
3. Under the development device, click the Inspect button on the WebView. Console logs will be visible in this session.

ADB

Android Debug Bridge (adb) is a command-line tool that lets you communicate with an Android device. It's particularly useful for quickly uploading and installing APK's to the device. adb is included in the Android SDK platform-tools package.

adb install -r platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/armv7/debug/android-armv7-debug.apk

Notes

• _locales directory is renamed to i18n due to an Android issue with directories starting with underscores
• TCP support tcp://[IP]:[PORT] has not been tested

Known issues

• CLI output doesn't show all data when "dump" is requested
• Firmware tab intentionally hidden

Roadmap

• Propose changes to Betaflight Configurator HTML/CSS to be responsive for smaller screens
• Revise serial support (e.g. create chrome.serial plugin for Cordova) to remove necessity to override Betaflight Configurator core JavaScript files in merges
• iOS support using WiFi