KDE Connect on Linux - Android Tablet as Second Screen

[Simon Redman]

Hi Peter,

Installing the app from the pipeline should be nearly zero learning. But 
unfortunately I've just noticed the CI doesn't build due to a missing 
dependency :(

Installing from source is not much learning, and described here: 
https://community.kde.org/KDEConnect#Android

There is no particular timeline. Reviewer bandwidth comes and goes. In 
the winter we're more reliable than in the summer, since there's less 
going on in our lives.

Thanks,
Simon

On 7/28/26 05:32, Peter Wibberley wrote:
>
> Hi Simon,
>
>
> Thank you for your email.
>
>
> It will be a steep learning curve (although I did do a fair amount of 
> programming a few decades ago) but happy to give it a go. What sort of 
> timescales are you working to?
>
>
> Thanks and regards
>
>
> Peter
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> Subject: Re: KDE Connect on Linux - Android Tablet as Second Screen
> Date: Tuesday, 28 July 2026, 00:01:10 British Summer Time
> From: Simon Redman <simon at ergotech.com>
> To: p.wibberley at btinternet.com, kdeconnect at kde.org, Peter Wibberley 
> <p.wibberley at btinternet.com>
>
> A community member recently opened a MR to add this functionality
>
> https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-android/-/merge_requests/673
>
> If you're able to review it, it would be helpful. A review of the code 
> would be nice, but even just downloading the .apk from the pipeline, 
> install it, give it a test run, and report on anything which worked 
> well and anything which confused you or didn't work, would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
>
> On July 27, 2026 4:12:37 PM EDT, Peter Wibberley 
> <p.wibberley at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> I ask as I can't believe nobody has thought of this before: has anyone 
> considered adding the facility to KDE Connect on Linux to connect to 
> an Android tablet and use it as a second screen?
>
>
> I note that https://userbase.kde.org/KDEConnect says that a missing 
> feature on Android is "Virtual Display".  Does this mean that 
> someone's thought about it and there's a problem with implementing it?
>
>
> I know next to nothing about this sort of thing but might be prepared 
> to give it a go if I thought there was the remotest chance of success.
>
>
> Thanks and regards
>
>
> Peter
>
>
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