# Android Notifier

Android Notifier is a linux application that receives notifications on sms, mms, battery status and more from your phone to your Linux, Mac or Windows PC. This article is about installing and running it in the background on Arch Linux.
You will need the android app Remote Notifier installed on your phone which is available for free at Google Play.

## Prerequisites

- Android app installed on your phone: Remote Notifier by Rodrigo Damazio, from Google Play or F-Droid.
  - Author's site
  - More at Appbrain
- Port 10600 tcp/udp open in your firewall (iptables rules coming soon...)

## Installation

Get it from AUR: android-notifier-desktop

## Configuration

To configure android-notifier, run `/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -p`.

To show help run `/usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh -h`.

## Starting android-notifier

Add this command to for example .xinitrc:

    /usr/share/android-notifier-desktop/run.sh &

Or just run it from terminal.

Category:

- Status monitoring and notification