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RPI Mobile on Windows Pc

Developed By: Peter Piech

License: Free

Rating: 4,0/5 - 17 votes

Last Updated: February 20, 2025

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0.6
Size 3.7 MB
Release Date November 14, 15
Category Productivity Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (6)]

What's New:
v1.0.6 (11/13/2015):- Fix Weather download failurev1.0.5 (10/28/2014):- New dynamic weather backgrounds- Critical fixes for Shuttles & Map crashesv1.0.4 (9... [see more]

Description from Developer:
RPI Mobile brings all of the great data sources from around the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus into a clean, native format featuring:

- Troy local weather
- Laundry mac... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download RPI Mobile and install on Windows PC. RPI Mobile is free Productivity app, developed by Peter Piech. Latest version of RPI Mobile is 1.0.6, was released on 2015-11-14 (updated on 2025-02-20). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 1,000. Overall rating of RPI Mobile is 4,0. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 17 users, 1 users had rated it 5*, 9 users had rated it 1*.

How to install RPI Mobile on Windows?

Instruction on how to install RPI Mobile on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install RPI Mobile on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install RPI Mobile using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "RPI Mobile" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install RPI Mobile on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "RPI Mobile" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 1.0.6.

Download RPI Mobile 1.0.6 on Windows PC – 3.7 MB

RPI Mobile brings all of the great data sources from around the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute campus into a clean, native format featuring:

- Troy local weather
- Laundry machine statuses
- Twitter feeds
- Athletics news
- Events listings
- Shuttle Tracker
- Campus Map
- TV Guide channel listings
- YouTube channel link


RPI Mobile is an open source project through the Rensselaer Center for Open Source (RCOS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The source code for RPI Mobile is licensed under Apache v2.0.

The project on the RCOS site:
http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/rpi-mobile-for-android1/

The source code and license are located at:
http://github.com/rpi-mobile/RPIMobile-Android/
The source code for RPI Mobile is licensed under the Apache v2.0 License.

Authors:
Alex Karcher
Peter Piech
Jacob Abramson

Contributors:
Gabe Perez
Robert "Nick" Hannum

Other versions of the app include the iOS version:
http://rcos.rpi.edu/projects/rpi-mobile/
http://github.com/rpi-mobile/RPIMobile-iOS

And the back-end server functionality:
https://github.com/rpi-mobile/RPIMobile-Server
v1.0.6 (11/13/2015):
- Fix Weather download failure
v1.0.5 (10/28/2014):
- New dynamic weather backgrounds
- Critical fixes for Shuttles & Map crashes
v1.0.4 (9/30/2014):
- App crash bug patched
v1.0.3 (9/14/2014):
- Critical user interface bug patched
v1.0.2 (9/7/2014):
- Added ability to click on a laundry room for webpage
- Critical bug fixes
v1.0.1 (5/6/2014):
- Exited out of beta stage
- Added Shuttle Tracker & TV Guide
- Improved design for Weather & Map
- Critical stability & bug fixes
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows an application to read from external storage.