Productivity and Office¶
This section mainly introduces the installation and usage of common social and office applications on the Quectel Pi M1 / L1 smart main control board.
Preparation¶
This section requires a network connection, which can be achieved via cellular, Wi-Fi, or Ethernet. For specific connection methods, please refer to the Ethernet chapter.
The native Android system does not come with a pre-installed browser. You need to download the browser APK file, push it to the development board, and install it.
Common Services¶
Media Scanner¶
Media Scanner is a background service in the Android system that scans media files (such as photos, music, and videos) in the device’s storage and adds them to the system’s MediaStore database, so that apps such as the gallery and music player can discover and display these files.
Prerequisites
Write new images or music to the sdcard directory via ADB, OTG, or a program, but the Gallery or Music app cannot display these files.
Usage
Use the am broadcast command to send a scan broadcast:
#Scan a single file
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE \
-d file:///sdcard/your_folder/your_file.jpg
#Scan an entire directory
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE \
-d file:///sdcard/DCIM/Camera/
scrcpy¶
scrcpy is an open-source Android screen mirroring tool that can transmit the real-time screen of a phone to a computer in real time and supports controlling the phone via mouse and keyboard.
Prerequisites
Usage
Open the ADB tool, connect to the development board, and open the ADB terminal.
Open the scrcpy tool.
Enter the scrcpy command to launch scrcpy.
.\\scrcpy.exe -m 860
Social Applications¶
WeChat¶
Download the installation package;
Go to the official WeChat website to download it.
Install the software package;
After downloading the installation package from the official website, simply click to install it.
After installation, a WeChat shortcut icon will appear on the Android desktop.
Run WeChat.
Double-click the WeChat shortcut icon to run it.
Tencent QQ¶
Download the installation package;
Go to the official QQ website to download it.
Install the software package;
After downloading the installation package from the official website, simply click to install it.
After installation, a QQ shortcut icon will appear on the Android desktop.
Run QQ.
Double-click the QQ shortcut icon to run it.
Office Applications¶
The native Android system does not come with any pre-installed office applications. You need to download and install them yourself from the browser’s official website.
WPS¶
Download the installation package;
Go to the official WPS website to download it.
Install the software package;
After downloading the installation package from the official website, simply click to install it.
After installation, a WPS shortcut icon will appear on the Android desktop.
Run WPS.
Double-click the WPS shortcut icon to run it.