How to share Android device screen with PC

So I have been using Vysor for sharing my Android device screen with my Linux desktop. It’s easy to use. Just install the Chrome extension and follow the instruction and boom. But the problem with Vysor is….. Ads.

So after a bit searching I found Scrcpy.

With Scrcpy (truncated from Screen Copy, I guess) you can seamless share your android device screen with mac, windows and yes LINUX desktop without Ads.

Installation

Head over to https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy

Yes its build by the same folks behind genymotion.

I’m just telling you how to use it over USB because I don’t use office Wifi and how to install it in Linux(Manjaro), because that’s what I use.

So, turn on USB debugging from your developers options in your Android device.

Open Add/Remove Software in your Linux(Manjaro) desktop. Search for “scrcpy” and install it. It’s automatically added to path, you can access it with “scrcpy”.

Connect your phone to PC, open terminal and run the this command,

scrcpy

If you are using USB debugging for the first time on your PC, then it might ask for permissions. Allow it and boom. Yes, it’s that easy. You can use this command if you are on a low spec hardware. Basically it limits the sharing to 1024 pixels.

scrcpy -m 1024

Or, you can also limit the bit rate. Default is 8m.

scrcpy -b 2M

Happy Coding! <>