[Suggestion] Automatic reconnect

Could you please add function to the Android app or to the desktop one, so gnirehtet will be reconnected after was disconnected due to USB cable unplug (Once USB is plugged again I mean). So you don’t need to restart desktop app in order to reconnect your device (I currently haven’t found yet command to reconnect it from the device).

Thank you for great app!

[autolainen]

Want to share how I solved problem with client reconnection after usb cable unplugged and then plugged back in:

       ...
       ,RELAY_RECONNECT("relay-reconnect", CommandLineArguments.PARAM_NONE) {
            @Override
            String getDescription() {
                return "Start the relay server in reconnect mode.";
            }

            @Override
            void execute(CommandLineArguments args) throws Exception {

                new Thread(() -> {
                    while (true) {
                        try {
                            Socket s = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 5037);
                            s.getOutputStream().write("0012host:track-devices".getBytes(Charset.forName("ASCII")));

                            byte buf[] = new byte[5 * 1024];
                            int r;
                            while ((r = s.getInputStream().read(buf)) >= 0) {
                                if (r > 0) {
                                    try {
                                        execAdb(args.getSerial(), "reverse", "tcp:31416", "tcp:31416");
                                    } catch (Exception ex) {
                                        Log.e(TAG, "Cannot start client", ex);
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            try {
                                wait(30 * 1000);
                            } catch (Exception e1) {
                                // ignore
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }).start();

                relay();
            }

I added this is piece of code to Main.class so now I can start the server with command ‘java -jar ginerhtet-server.jar relay-reconnect’ and connect my mobile device by usb many times and it gets internet connection automatically. Hope it’ll make your life easier!

[rom1v]

@autolainen Thanks to your work, I implemented the feature on the Java version (I will also implement it in rust).

I added two commands:

• gnirehtet autostart executes gnirehtet start on every new connected device;
• gnirehtet autorun executes gnirehtet autostart in background and gnirehtet relayin foreground.

The branch is wip/autostart. Feedbacks welcome.

I’ll merge it in dev once the Rust version is implemented.