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Akronix
Asked: 2014-04-15 11:33:48 +0800 CST

How do you quickly transfer a link from your computer to an Android smart phone?

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I need a way to transfer links quickly in order to open them from my Android smartphone.

Any ideas?

Note it's not about files, It's just links and I'm looking for a manner to do it properly, easily and quickly.

It could be preferably through internet. But other possibilities would be through: phone network, bluetooth, LAN (wi-fi) or QR code.

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Chrome to Phone is the official (Google) way to do it.

    Browser Extension
    Android App

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  2. I've created the following bookmarklet for my Firefox bookmarks toolbar, it uses Google APIs to create a bookmarklet (for simplicity):

    javascript:(function(){var i=new Image,p=i.src=prompt("Data",location.href);if(!p)return;i.title=p;i.src="https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=300x300&chl="+encodeURIComponent(p);i.style.cssText="position:fixed;top:50%;left:50%;margin-left:-160px;margin-top:-160px;border:20px solid #ccc;z-index:9999";i.addEventListener("click",function(){this.parentNode.removeChild(this)});document.body.appendChild(i)})()

    When activated, it will prompt you to enter data (by default the URL of the current page). Press OK to get a QR code displayed on the current page 1. When done, press the QR picture to make it go away.

    In order to add it (assuming you have a bookmarks toolbar):

    1. Right-click the bookmarks toolbar, select New bookmark.
    2. At Name, enter QR (or whatever identifier you would like).
    3. At Location, paste the above script. Note that spaces will be converted to %20 on pressing OK, this is normal (URL encoding).
    4. Press OK to save (optionally enter a description mentioning this page in case there is an update).

    On your Android phone, install the Barcode Scanner app (beware for malicious clones in the Play Store).

    1 It will not work for websites that define a restricted Content Security Policy (for example, Github). Askubuntu works fine though.

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  3. You can use KDE Connect on your phone and GSConnect in ubuntu.

    This will allow to send link from your phone to ubuntu and much much more than that, if you are interested in that.

    https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/

    https://f-droid.org/packages/org.kde.kdeconnect_tp/ or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp

    https://askubuntu.com/a/1036352/350004

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