Just a very quick blog post written over lunch today to share some screenshots of the VMware View client for Android running on my HP Touchpad (with Android 4 / Cyanogenmod running).
I have set up a simple VMware View 5 environment in my home lab and wanted to test out the Android client. I had recently installed Cyanogenmod on the Touchpad so it can now dual boot WebOS or Android 4. As there is no View client for WebOS, I simply grabbed a copy of the View client for Android and tried a quick internal test of my View 5 lab.
The interface is nice and clean / well designed (as you would expect for an application from VMware). After connection you are presented with your entitled desktops and can then connect. A gesture summary info screen appears to show you how to perform different functions, such as right-clicks, dragging the mouse cursor, bringing up the keyboard etc… The gesture controls really do work well, especially when you compare them to other tablet based remote control apps.
Below are a few screenshots of the actual View client running on my HP Touchpad and connected to a Windows 7 Desktop.
Conclusion: The View client for Android runs just fine on a modded (Cyanogenmod) HP Touchpad device – as expected!
Hi Matt,
Hope you got it sorted out 🙂
Sean
Not in a while, I’ll load it up and have a look. Thanks
Hi Matt
Have you tried the normal view PC client from the same network connection your Touchpad is running off? Does that work? I am using the latest View Android client as of today on the Marketplace. My connection is on the internal network, and I did notice that trying to connect from external via port forwarding gave the same issue on my device (40% then failed). My guess is I just have not configured external access correctly yet, and still have some other areas that need checking.
Sean
Hi mate, any chance you can detail which build you put on your touchpad or any tweaks needed, as mine never gets past 40% when loading the session with the view server.
Thanks