{"slug": "scrcpy-integration-in-a-tauri-app-android-screen-mirroring-on-mac", "title": "scrcpy Integration in a Tauri App — Android Screen Mirroring on Mac", "summary": "The article describes how to integrate scrcpy, an open-source Android screen mirroring tool, into a Tauri app for Mac. It covers launching scrcpy from Rust code, bundling it as a universal binary within the app's resources, detecting when the mirror window closes, and supporting multiple Android devices via ADB serial selection. The author tested the implementation on an 8-year-old MacBook Air while shipping seven Mac apps as a solo developer.", "body_md": "All tests run on an 8-year-old MacBook Air.\nAll results from shipping 7 Mac apps as a solo developer. No sponsored opinion.\nHiyokoKit includes Android remote control via scrcpy. Launching and managing scrcpy from a Tauri app has specific challenges.\nHere's how I handle it.\nWhat scrcpy is\nscrcpy is an open-source tool that mirrors and controls an Android device screen over ADB. It's the best free option for Android screen mirroring on Mac — fast, low latency, no app required on the device.\nLaunching scrcpy from Rust\nrustuse std::process::{Command, Child};\nuse std::sync::Mutex;\npub struct ScrcpyProcess {\nchild: Option,\n}\nimpl ScrcpyProcess {\npub fn start(\n&mut self,\ndevice_serial: &str,\nmax_size: u32,\nbit_rate: &str,\n) -> Result<(), AppError> {\nlet child = Command::new(\"scrcpy\")\n.args([\n\"--serial\", device_serial,\n\"--max-size\", &max_size.to_string(),\n\"--video-bit-rate\", bit_rate,\n\"--window-title\", \"Android Mirror\",\n\"--no-audio\",\n])\n.spawn()\n.map_err(|e| AppError::Scrcpy(e.to_string()))?;\nself.child = Some(child);\nOk(())\n}\npub fn stop(&mut self) {\nif let Some(mut child) = self.child.take() {\nchild.kill().ok();\n}\n}\npub fn is_running(&mut self) -> bool {\nif let Some(child) = &mut self.child {\nchild.try_wait().map(|s| s.is_none()).unwrap_or(false)\n} else {\nfalse\n}\n}\n}\nBundling scrcpy\nscrcpy needs to be available on the user's machine or bundled with your app. I bundle it in app resources as a universal binary:\njson{\n\"bundle\": {\n\"resources\": [\n\"bin/scrcpy\",\n\"bin/adb\"\n]\n}\n}\nAt runtime, get the resource path:\nrustlet scrcpy_path = app_handle\n.path()\n.resource_dir()\n.unwrap()\n.join(\"bin/scrcpy\");\nDetecting when scrcpy exits\nscrcpy exits when the user closes the mirror window. Detect this to update your UI:\nrust// Poll in background\ntokio::spawn(async move {\nloop {\ntokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;\nlet running = {\nlet mut proc = scrcpy_state.lock().unwrap();\nproc.is_running()\n};\nif !running {\napp_handle.emit(\"scrcpy-stopped\", ()).ok();\nbreak;\n}\n}\n});\nMultiple device support\nscrcpy's --serial flag selects a specific device when multiple are connected. Get the serial from adb devices and pass it explicitly:\nrustasync fn get_device_serial() -> Result {\nlet output = Command::new(\"adb\")\n.args([\"devices\"])\n.output()\n.await?;\nlet stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);\nstdout.lines()\n.skip(1)\n.find(|l| l.contains(\"device\"))\n.and_then(|l| l.split_whitespace().next())\n.map(|s| s.to_string())\n.ok_or(AppError::Device(\"No device found\".into()))\n}\nIf this was useful, a ❤️ helps more than you'd think — thanks!\nHiyoko PDF Vault → https://hiyokomtp.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout\nX → @hiyoyok", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scrcpy-integration-in-a-tauri-app-android-screen-mirroring-on-mac", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/hiyoyok/scrcpy-integration-in-a-tauri-app-android-screen-mirroring-on-mac-27k3", "published_at": "2026-05-24 05:25:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-24 05:31:04.001578+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "open-source", "products", "enterprise-software", "data"], "entities": ["scrcpy", "Tauri", "HiyokoKit", "Android", "ADB", "Mac", "Rust", "MacBook Air"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scrcpy-integration-in-a-tauri-app-android-screen-mirroring-on-mac", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scrcpy-integration-in-a-tauri-app-android-screen-mirroring-on-mac.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scrcpy-integration-in-a-tauri-app-android-screen-mirroring-on-mac.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/scrcpy-integration-in-a-tauri-app-android-screen-mirroring-on-mac.jsonld"}}