Documentation wishlist: provide info on support for Android

[callegar]

Hi,

I wonder if a few bits could be added to the documentation or to the webpage, since it is unclear to me if:

1. greenfield can be run in Android
   • This would let one use linux GUI applications remotely from an Android tablet, letting it work as a smart terminal;
2. in case 1 is not possible, if greenfield can be run on a linux server having a web browser on an Android client pointing to it /securely/.

Would be great to have notes on this. Thanks.

[Zubnix]

You can run it on mobile as long as the browser has all the required capabilities (I haven't tried this in detail though). However you'd soon run into another problem: keyboard input.

The way mobile and desktop apps facilitate keyboard input is wildly different because of the different screen real estate. On desktop, the app just accepts key events and updates itself. It's up to the user to see where the update happens, just like I'm currently typing this on a desktop browser and I see text appearing in a box that has a blue border around it.
If I were to do the same on mobile, the app will enlarge and focus the area where the expected updates will happen in close cooperation with the mobile OS, so it's clear to you as a user what is happening.

However if I were to run a desktop greenfield app on mobile and start typing, no area will be zoomed it nor will the screen follow the text input cursor. I'd be stuck zooming and panning the screen to keep track of what's happing in the app while typing.