Raspberry Pi - Find IP Address and Connect with SSH from Android

Steps

NOTE - The terminal app listed below has an apparently broken repo. Installing ssh on it doesn’t work anymore unless you change the repo ( see instructions below ).

• Scan your network with the network scanner app and find the IP for your Pi.

• Launch the terminal app.

Change the repo if it isn’t working ( follow the menu to select a new repo after typing the command ):

termux-change-repo

Install SSH on the terminal:

pkg install openssh

Use the ssh command to connect:

ssh  pi@192.168.3.231

Android Network Scanner - Find Raspberry Pi

I recorded this video a while back and I don’t have the same phone anymore but I believe this is the network scanner that I used in the video. This should work great but you should also be able to use any of the many different network scanners on Google Play if you just search for “network manager”. Some apps are better than others. Your mileage may vary.

• Network Scanner on Google Play

I actually recently tried this application again on a newer phone. It will scan for hosts out of the box. It is ad supported and apparently needs you to pay to be able to scan ports. You don’t really need that feature to find the IP of your Raspberry Pi though so this app should be fine for this purpose without having to pay.

Android Terminal - Connect to Raspberry Pi with SSH

I’m pretty sure this is the terminal that I used. I would kind of recommend it.

• Termux

I’ve retried this app on a newer phone and it seems to be working Ok except that the repository that it used by default seems to be down so you can’t actually use install ssh. There is a fix for this.

Run the following command and select a new repo using the menu:

termux-change-repo