Wireless pairing and device mirroring in Android Studio

Having your mobile devices cable-connected can be challenging sometimes.

Thankfully, the latest Android studio versions provide a convenient way to take control of them remotely, including mirroring, debugging and file browsing.

Wireless Pairing

To pair a device wirelessly, follow the steps bellow:

1. Open the Android Studio device manager:

2. Click on ‘Pair using Wi-fi’:

3. Navigate to the developer options in your device:

And simply scan the QR code:

You can now access the device using the Device Manager’s options:

Physical device mirroring

As many of you I have been using this excellent tool https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy to perform physical device mirroring. The newest Android Studio version though, includes an option that can be used to perform the same task (although it is still experimental).

To enable it, navigate to:

And then:

This is it…. You can now view your device by clicking on the “Running Devices” menu: