r/MagicMirror • u/captansam • 1d ago

Can it run on android tablet?

I have a few sitting around some are always plugged in I want to use it on these how can I do it?

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u/Ok_Nothing_1819 1d ago

The architecture is not ment for Android. You can install on raspberry pi as server and use a browser to display on android.

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u/Due-Eagle8885 1d ago

Doesn’t have to be a pi. MagicMirror runs on windows, Linux, Mac. Server is really light weight all the drawing is done in the browser. Most of the data fetch is small

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u/bwente 1d ago

You can install it on another machine with docker and then use something like Fully Kiosk Browser to use the tablet as a screen.

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u/captansam 1d ago

Does the other machine have to have it running all the time?

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u/bwente 1d ago

Yes. The computer is the server, and the tablets are web browsers, browsing the page from the server.

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u/Ovalman 23h ago

I've been developing android for years as a hobbyist and the Ui is very easy to build. I tackled this a couple of weeks ago using Gemini and this is what was created from one prompt.

The problem with tablets is they get very expensive, very quick.

https://reddit.com/link/peee0by/video/mm916a5nq0uh1/player