go-termux

by Cathal Garvey, Copyright 2016, released under GNU AGPLv3 or later

Termux-API package implemented in pure Go

Warning: Most of these APIs are untested. Some, I can't even test as I use SMSSecure (no SmsInbox call data), or have no TTS engines. Others, I simply haven't had time. In particular, calls that pass input buffers are as yet still untested. Help/bugs/PRs welcome!

Termux is a great terminal app for Android. It has several optional extension apps, including Termux:API, which exposes a unix socket RPC interface for making Android API calls to device hardware and UI details.

To use Termux:API's RPC you ordinarily need to install the termux-api tools in termux and write shell scripts. I wanted, instead, to be able to use Go to write typechecked, multithreaded pseudo-apps. Using the additional extension Termux:Widget, these could then be even given desktop icons and used like other apps, albeit with a dependency on Termux, Termux:API and Termux:Widget.

go-termux reimplements the C tool and wrapper scripts from termux-api so that, in theory, you won't even need to install termux-api to use the Termux:API app. In fact, I'm not even certain you'll need Termux to take advantage of Termux:API, though Termux appears to have permissions to open Unix ports that aren't available to the normal adb shell.