VNC Viewer for Android

- March 14, 2017

Everyone

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Description

VNC Viewer for Android is the original Open Source (GPL) remote desktop program for Android devices. Connects to most VNC servers: incl TightVNC, RealVNC on Win and Linux, x11vnc, and Apple Remote Desktop on OS/X. Lots of customizable features let you adapt the way your device controls map to the controls of your desktop.

0.5.0 -- Will preserve sent text from session to session (optionally; there is a new button to send text without remembering it); Import/Export settings to a file on SD card (Can import from URL; useful when deploying to many devices with same configuration); add button in zoom control to bring up keyboard; Hungarian translation; no longer prefers to install to SD card because that was causing problems

Reviews

4.2

13,311 total

5 7,685

4 2,824

3 1,160

2 534

1 1,108

Arj Sharma

I can't use hotspot after installing it. My android dhcp service stopped working after installing this. i can't use my hotspot service as the connceted device does not get an ip address and shows dns not responding

Richard Kagerer

Great app, but unfortunately does not support any of the UltraVNC encryption plugins I tried.

Works if all you want to do is see the remote screen. Interacting with it is a big fail.

Marko Eskola

Immersion mode is broken. Mouse control is way off with that thing on.

Piyush Stanzin

Dude!! How to fix *vnc connection failed! authentication failed! * Can anyone help me out of this?

abhiraj rai

Don't know what happened but it always displays authentication failed after reference through you tube the issue is still not resolved please someone suggest any way out of this Triva!!!!!........,😞😞😞😞😶😶😶😶😶😶

User reviews

Arj Sharma March 21, 2017

Richard Kagerer April 19, 2017

Great app, but unfortunately does not support any of the UltraVNC encryption plugins I tried.

March 27, 2017

Works if all you want to do is see the remote screen. Interacting with it is a big fail.

Marko Eskola March 23, 2017

Immersion mode is broken. Mouse control is way off with that thing on.

Piyush Stanzin May 20, 2017

Dude!! How to fix *vnc connection failed! authentication failed! * Can anyone help me out of this?

abhiraj rai June 13, 2017

April 22, 2017

Does not work with Mac os X 10.10 vnc server

Melissa Magnuson April 5, 2017

It's not working! The mouse is off and I can't get it off of the main screen.

luis alberto montesinos salazar June 13, 2017

Don't work it all

Aryan Sahu April 9, 2017

Not opening

Jo Cooley May 24, 2017

simply brilliant!

April 3, 2017

Nice

June 7, 2017

Good

HARMAN SINGH June 24, 2017

Worked for me

Riley Cassel January 19, 2013

fantastic! fully functional, free & gpl2 works great on my galaxy tablet. none of that crippled adware / teaser extortionware junk so I'd be happy to donate to the author or his fav charity / cause :-) gpl is a nice bonus so it's easy to tweak or extend

Matthew Perlman August 21, 2013

Solid app! I use this to manage my home media server all the time, it is well featured and has worked flawlessly for me. one feature I would like to see added however, is support to directly send separate left and right mouse click when using an external bluetooth mouse.

Email Tron June 27, 2015

Neato burrito The interface certainly takes some getting used to, and there are still some common interactions I'd like to do with less taps. That said, it hooks up flawlessly with all my VNC stuff, doesn't have ads or removed features, and it helps keep my breath fresh. If I were to offer suggestions, maybe some on-screen customisable hot-key buttons? That would pour the chocolate on this ice-cream for sure.

Paul Harris March 12, 2014

Perfect Connects perfectly to realVNC with password protection over custom port. Mouse and keyboard have full functionality e.g. drag and drop. Screen refreshes faster than any other VNC app that I've tried and have yet to crash/freeze it on my old DesireS. PS the icon for the app looks nothing like the one shown. Cannot rate it highly enough. If it ever supports encryption it will be unbeatable.

A Google User May 20, 2012

Great app! Using it to connect to my home PC, when I'm out and about. Works flawlessly. (My home PC is behind a gateway/firewall and uses DHCP. In such cases remember to configure port forwarding on the gateway. Also, it is convenient to use a dynamic DNS provider, unless you have a static IP address, which is not the norm for residential Internet service.)

Mike Horsley March 17, 2013

Tricky at first. Being a long time VNC user this is a very cool app. It takes some fiddling with to get set up properly but after that works very well. It would rate 6 stars if it had the File Transfer and Chat features. If you have trouble just follow the wiki for this until you get it working right.

A Google User May 31, 2012

Great, use it all the time I'm amazed at how well this app works on both my phone and on tablets. When remotely operating my home desktop, it's smoother and quicker than the desktop VNC client I usually use! My only complaint is that sometimes the input mode seems to not stay set the same (I usually choose "pan & scroll") from use to use.

A Google User October 14, 2012

Works As Advertised I rarely give reviews on Google Play, because most apps just don't impress me all that much. This is one of those apps that does exactly as advertised, and does it very well. I can't think of any complaints, although there could be features missing that some people want, it has everything that I need.

A Google User September 7, 2011

Does exactly what I need! It does make make me laugh when an application has nearly 4200 - 5 stars and then somebody gives it 1 star caliming it doesn't work. Do they mail the dev's? Doubt it, these people want free free free and are not interested in investigating why it doesn't work, even when it's likely to be user error! Off topic, yep, but just saying!!! :) Anyway, top app in my book, does exactly what I need, (and everybodys needs are different). I use it to control the PC connected to the TV, watching movies and Skype.

A Google User February 14, 2012

Basic, but good Provides the basic functionality one would expect in such a program. Switching between input modes is a bit cumbersome, but is manageable as long as you don't try to do too much involving both right-clicks and double-clicks on the remote machine. Well worth the download.

sylacauga rentals February 23, 2013

I am not a geek, please translate Iphone made billons of dollars because steve made it simple. Please just make it work like Steve. Smartphone geeks thought they were smart because no one understood the jiberish. Truley, Steve Jobs was brilliant. Please be brilliant! Make it just work!

A Google User May 12, 2011

An app with good potential. Pros: Right click simulation. Cons: Central-european accented characters are shown as "?"-s. (The language files should be converted to utf-8.) This makes the translated text unreadable. Not usable with realVNC server because the server used some unsupported security type. My server is using VNS pass authentication.

A Google User June 28, 2012

Exactly what I was looking for! This is fantastic! I can easily monitor the downloads being done on my media servers without having to open the laptop or go downstairs. Clicking isn't the perfect but it's good enough for me. Very fast too. I look forward to any improvements.

September 12, 2014

Don't even think of obtaining this app - its crap and infects your device Hello fellow tablet owner don't RISK damaging your device to install this crap. All good reviews by company NOT customers

A Google User May 11, 2012

Good App Works very well, and franly puts the paid "real VNC Viewer" app to shame. I like that it allows the user to send a control break. But sure wish it would allow sending a Control break-break. Free is always good.. but would have paid the 10 bucks for this one instead of the realVNC.

A Google User August 21, 2012

Good but needs some tweaks Connects and displays brilliantly. Double clicking is painful though as double tapping is interpreted as right click. Why not use two finger tap? Also crashed somewhat regularly on my HTC One XL.

A Google User February 6, 2012

Can't get text entry to work The screen shows up. Clicks almost work all the time, found click near edges on scroll bars though to work. All what aside text entry into a browser is bad. I tried several time and could not get text into a text box

A Google User November 3, 2011

Would give it 5 starts... ...but the inability to send a double-click without changing input modes (no, i don't have a trackball or a dpad to double-click it) makes it totally inconvenient for me :-(

Jason Raimondi October 15, 2013

Great VNC app. Horrible, horrible icon! Dev please fix, or contact me and I will help fix it! This app is one of my favorite VNC apps, but the icon drives me crazy with its horrible jagged edges.

A Google User June 24, 2011

Basically works. This works as a basic VNC client. A lot of the problems other people seem to be having could be fixed straightforwardly by tunneling the connection over SSH, using, e.g., ConnectBot. That said, the interface for sending special keys (control, alt, etc) is very awkward, and it doesn't work with Hacker's Keyboard, so forget about controlling keyboard-intensive applications.

Colin Griffith April 12, 2013

Shift key permanently stuck. I don't know what to do. Whenever I type, all the keys are always capitals. If I try to type a capital letter, it remains capitalized. When I type numbers, they associate with the symbols you'd see on a keyboard if you held down shift and pressed said numbers. This happens both with the keyboard, and with the 'send text'. This does not happen with other VNC viewers on other platforms. I'm using Krfb (KDE's VNC server) on my desktop, if that means anything.

A Google User July 10, 2011

Great VNC app. Works as advertised. 5 Stars for such a great potential app. It works as advertised and works flawlessly on my Galaxy S2 - Gingerbread. Tested the app works with Real, Tight without any problem. The app's icon should be redesign in high res icon. Otherwise the app icon looks ugly.

A Google User July 8, 2012

Missing Critical Feature- copy text from remote The ability to copy text from the remote host is pretty standard on today's vnc viewers. It is missing from this viewer. This viewer is less useful without this vital feature. Example: highlight text on the remote host, a Windows PC, and use it on the phone. (Copy remote host clipboard to Android device). This is like a partial implementation of a vnc viewer. This is 'alpha' quality software.

A Google User January 13, 2012

Nearly perfect Pretty flawless. My only complaint would be the Send Text implementation. Wish I could just pop up the keyboard and type, including bksp. Maybe its a setting I haven't discovered yet?

Gregor W. Sky February 13, 2016

Security problem When will this client support type 18 TLS encryption? Without it can not function with VNC desktop sharing on Ubuntu out of the box.

A Google User May 28, 2012

Works but cumbersome This is a serviceable VNC viewer but functionality is limited and usage is extremely cumbersome. Needs a better implementation of keyboard integration so as users can see what they are typing. Also needs a faster way to summon the keyboard. Lastly, should have integration with different types of keyboard like Hacker's keyboard for tab and arrow keys and other special keys.

What's New

Adds support for immersive mode on supported devices, so VNC will be able to use alll of your devices screen space.

Adds an optional wake lock so your connection can be kept alive when your devices is idle for a while

Adds support for special keys often found on hardware keyboards, so they can be entered without going through the menu (Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, arrow keys)

Adds Chinese language translation