Onpa

Version 3.1

App that streams computer audio to an Android phone over LAN

Info

• 📄 Licensed under Apache-2.0
• ⚙️ Requires Android 7.0 or above. (and v2 runs on Android 5.0+)
• ⚙️ Uses PulseAudio module module-simple-protocol-tcp to stream PCM audio (signed 16 bit LE)

How to use

Phone-side:

• After installing the APK, add the quick setting tile from the menu.
• Long press the tile to open settings.
• Set the IP address, port number, sample rate and Mono/Stereo setting in settings.
• Tap on the tile to play/pause playback.

PC side:

• Place the pashare script in some folder in PATH(/usr/bin, /usr/local/bin or some other folder)
• Set the port and sample rate in pashare script.(It's 8000 and 48000Hz by default)
• Use pashare start to start streaming audio and pashare stop to stop streaming audio.

Changelog

Version 3.1

• Different package name: If using an older version, it should be reinstalled
• No feature updates.
• Upgraded to Java 8 in gradle
• Uses view binding except preferences screen
• Removed unused resources and res values
• Small changes like: changing build tools version and removing useless libraries

Version 3.0

• Revamped and an easier to use UI. There is no app in menu now. Only exists as a quick settings tile.

• App listens to audio focus so pauses playback when another app starts playing audio.

• Reduced lag in audio.

• Uses wakelock and wifilock to see to that the playback doesn't stop

  Code-wise:

  • Code is documented well and has comments for most of the documents.
  • Instead of having the main activity play/pause, PlayTile service does it.
  • Removed most of the useless/old files.
  • Uses proguard to shrink resources so that the app is smaller in size.

Version 2.0

• Added support for dark mode.

• Port is set to 8000 by default and port is now set from settings.

• Added a help view which helps new users to figure out things.

• Redesign of app and icon.

  Code-wise:

  • Converted code from Java to Kotlin.
  • Added wakelock support to enable Onpa to play audio even when the screen is off.(Doesn't work)

Version 1.0

• Converted the PulseDroid app to material design and made slight changes in code.
• Displays a numeric keypad by default(if the keyboard supports it) for easier typing.

App updates

App can be updated by downloading APKs from the Releases page in GitHub.

Alternatives

• Just using the PulseDroid app itself.
• Few forks of PulseDroid like ferreum's
• PulseDroidRtp - Uses RTP instead of TCP

Future

No one knows what the future holds but for now, I don't plan on updating this for now.