Noob question regarding android:

[HybridZach]

Would it be possible to run the GUI on Linux and pass the GPS signal to the client from an android phone?

[semuadmin]

Only if you have a suitable client on your Android phone e.g. one capable of parsing a GNSS signal via a TCP socket. I'm not aware of such a client but I haven't researched the market thoroughly.

There's no built-in Android functionality in PyGPSClient.

[HybridZach]

Thanks for your quick reply.

I was wondering if it were possible via adb or serial somehow? I found a client on fdroid (https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.project_kaat.gpsdrelay) but it crashes (I assume this would work if the client would?).

[semuadmin]

It may well be possible, but PyGPSClient doesn't implement an ADB server or output serial data. It can act as a socket server to a TCP client, but you'd need a TCP client capable of handling raw or parsed GNSS data on the Android device. I imagine the one you reference was designed specifically for the gpsd daemon, but it might work with PyGPSClient's socket server.

I guess you could run a VNC server on the Linux box (assuming it has an x.org/wayland stack) and a VNC client on the Android, but it wouldn't be slick.

Out of interest, what's your use case? If you want to hook an android device up to a more capable GNSS than the built-in module, there are plenty of bluetooth candidates available. What, specifically, would you be looking to get out of PyGPSClient?

[HybridZach]

I was just looking for a hacky way to use it for time data, been watching jef gerling haha. I have just ended up buying a GPS module now anyways.

BTW the software is awesome :).

[semuadmin]

I was just looking for a hacky way to use it for time data, been watching jef gerling haha. I have just ended up buying a GPS module now anyways.

That Jeff Geerling guy gets all the open source sponsors :-(

BTW the software is awesome :).

Exactly! ;-)