aRDP Pro: Secure RDP Client

Iordan Iordanov (Undatech)

About this app

Welcome to the best open-source RDP client in the world!

Need aRDP on iOS or Mac OS X? Now available at
https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/ardp-pro/id1620745523

Thank you for supporting my work and open-source software by donating! You are ensuring the continued development of the project, and rewarding Google for creating the Android platform that we all love.

Release notes:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/blob/master/bVNC/CHANGELOG-aRDP

Older versions:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/releases

Report bugs:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients/issues

If you have questions, please ask on the forum instead of in a review for everybody's benefit:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients

Check out bVNC Pro, my VNC Viewer as well
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iiordanov.bVNC

See below for setup instructions on enabling RDP on Windows.

Current known issues:
- May not work for accounts with no password, please let me know if it works.
- May not work for users with Cyrillic letters in the user name, please let me know if it works.

aRDP is a secure, SSH capable, open source Remote Desktop Protocol client that uses the excellent FreeRDP library and parts of aFreeRDP. Its features include:

- Remote desktop control of computers running any version of Windows except Windows 10 Home. Install a VNC server for Windows 10 Home and use bVNC
- RDP File support in Pro version
- Full Ubuntu 22.04+ support
- Remote desktop control of Linux computers with xrdp installed
- Master password
- MFA/2FA SSH authentication
- Sound redirection
- RDP Gateway Support
- SDcard redirection
- Console mode
- Fine control over remote desktop session styling
- Multi-touch control over the remote mouse. One finger tap left-clicks, two-finger tap right-clicks, and three-finger tap middle-clicks
- Right and middle-dragging if you don't lift the first finger that tapped
- Scrolling with a two-finger drag
- Pinch-zooming
- Force Landscape, Immersive Mode, Keep Screen Awake options in Main Menu
- Dynamic resolution changes, allowing you to reconfigure your desktop while connected, and control over virtual machines from BIOS to OS
- Full rotation support. Use the central lock rotation on your device to disable rotation
- Multi-language support
- Full mouse support on Android 4.0+
- Full desktop visibility even with soft keyboard extended
- SSH tunneling for added security or to reach machines behind a firewall.
- UI Optimizations for different screen sizes (for tablets and smartphones)
- Samsung multi-window support
- SSH public/private (pubkey) support
- Importing encrypted/unencrypted RSA keys in PEM format, unencrypted DSA keys in PKCS#8 format
- Automatic connection session saving
- Zoomable, Fit to Screen, and One to One scaling modes
- Two Direct, one Simulated Touchpad, and one Single-handed input modes
- Long-tap to get a choice of clicks, drag modes, scroll, and zoom in single-handed input mode
- Stowable on-screen Ctrl/Alt/Tab/Super and arrow keys
- Sending ESC key using the "Back" button of your device
- Ability to use rotate and use D-pad for arrows
- Minimum zoom fits screen, and snaps to 1:1 while zooming
- FlexT9 and hardware keyboard support
- Available on-device help on creating a new connection in the Menu when setting up connections
- Available on-device help on available input modes in the Menu when connected
- Tested with Hackerskeyboard. Using it is recommended (get hackers keyboard from Google Play).
- Export/Import of settings
- Samsung DEX, Alt-Tab, Start Button capture
- Ctrl+Space capture
- Clipboard integration for copy/pasting from your device
- Various color depths

Enabling Remote Desktop on Windows:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/remote-desktop-allow-access

Enabling RDP on Linux:
- Install xrdp package

Code:
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients

Ratings and reviews

Best RDP client I've found. Much better than Microsoft's official RDP client. Love the trackpad mode. Only thing it can't do is find host by "\\host" method, but works find when IP address or DNS name is specified. I wish it would let you move the remote screen's location in landscape mode when the phones aspect ratio is larger than the remote desktop's aspect ratio. It can also be an issue in left-handed mode if your phone has a pinhole camera.

Ugh, no. The scaling on this app is horrible. I would rather use Microsoft's glitchy app. I've done a lot of remote desktop work, but what is up with your scaling option that does nothing? Scaling is bad in landscape as well so no help there. I tinkered with all the settings, it takes a bit to get things laid out correctly. Which I guess is fine if the app itself wasn't glitchy. Maybe I'll check this app out again after a couple more years and see if it ever improves.

It just works. I've been using this on my Samsung Z fold using the front screen, bigger internal screen, and hooked up to a monitor/keyboard/mouse with Samsung Dex. In all cases, I could forget that aRDP was even there as it works so seemlessly.

What’s new

v5.9.4
- Stability improvements
v5.9.3
- Bugfix for Send Key Again
v5.9.2
- Improved usability when setting up connection with remote control
v5.9.0
- Bugfixes
- Improved krdpserver compatibility by replacing libopenh264 with ffmpeg
v5.8.8
- New Gfx H264 Option
- Fix for certain krdpserver configs
v5.8.7
- Fix for widgets in newer Androids
v5.8.6
- Allow all orientations
- Stop capturing screenshots after option to not show them is toggled
- Send Unicode by default
v5.8.4
- Improved SSH key imp