Android Remote Touchpad

Android remote touchpad companion

The remote-touchpad subsystem lets a phone operate as a host input surface (touchpad / key events), the reverse of normal device automation.

When to use

• The user wants their phone to act as a PC touchpad or remote input device.
• Demonstrating or diagnosing the remote touchpad companion channel.
• Attaching an input session from an Android device to the host.

Tools used

• remote_touchpad — connect/enable the touchpad channel to the host.
• tap / swipe / type / key — exercise the channel for validation.
• screen_info — coordinate mapping for the touchpad surface.

Procedure

1. Confirm the intent: device-as-touchpad for the host (not host-driving device).
2. remote_touchpad to establish the channel (mutative: confirm=true).
3. screen_info to map the phone surface to host coordinates.
4. Validate with a harmless, reversible gesture/tap.
5. Keep the session scoped; tear down the channel when done (with approval).

Security

• The touchpad channel echoes input to the host target: only ever as the user asked, and never to capture passwords or secrets.
• Channel enable/disable are state changes — require approval.

Related skills

android-input · android-screen · android-control