bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer is an app by Undatech in the Productivity category, listed since at least August 2021. It includes native code for x86 32-bit, x86 64-bit, ARM (legacy), ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.
Since version v3.9.9, the minimum Android version rose from 3.0 to 4.0. It asks for 3 permissions, none of them sensitive. Compared with version v3.9.9, it drops 3 permissions: “View Wi-Fi connections”, “Read shared storage” and “Modify shared storage”.
What's new in vv5.0.7
v5.0.7
- Finer-grained permissions requests
- Fixes for hardware keyboards
v5.0.6
- Updated Target API to 31
- Capture modifier keys on Samsung devices
- Theme visual improvements
- Fix for Chromebook when app is on external display
- Finer-grained permissions requests
v5.0.5
- Added Portuguese translation
- Disabled highlighting of canvasing when focused so colors are not washed out
- Moved to AndroidX libraries
- Toolbar position is now remembered by default
- Fixed SS
Description
From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.
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bVNC is a secure, open source VNC client. Its features include:
- Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, or any other OS with a VNC server installed
- Master password support in the Pro version
- Multi-factor (two-factor) SSH authentication in the Pro version
- Multi-touch control over the remote mouse. One finger tap left-clicks, two-finger tap right-clicks, and three-finger tap middle-clicks
- Left, right and middle button drag/drop if you don't lift the first finger that tapped
- Scrolling with a two-finger drag
- Pinch-zoom
- Force Landscape, Immersive Mode, Keep Screen Awake
- Dynamic resolution changes, allowing you to reconfigure your desktop while connected, and control over virtual machines from BIOS to OS
- Full rotation
- Multi-language
- Full mouse support
- Full desktop visibility even with soft keyboard extended
- SSH tunneling, AnonTLS and VeNCrypt for secure connections (does not support RealVNC encryption).
- High-grade encryption superior to RDP using SSH and VeNCrypt (x509 certificates and SSL), preventing man-in-the-middle attacks
- AutoX session discovery/creation like NX client
- Tight and CopyRect encodings for quick updates
- Ability to reduce the color depth over slow links
- Copy/paste integration
- Samsung DEX, Alt-Tab, Start Button capture
- Ctrl+Space capture
- SSH public/private (pubkey)
- Importing encrypted/unencrypted RSA keys in PEM format
- Zoomable, Fit to Screen, and One to One scaling modes
- Two Direct, one Simulated Touchpad, and one Single-handed input modes
- In single-handed input mode, long-tap to get a choice of clicks, drag modes, scroll, and zoom
- Supports most VNC servers including TightVNC, UltraVNC, TigerVNC, and RealVNC
- Supports Mac OS X built-in remote desktop server (ARD) and Mac OS X authentication
- Does NOT support RealVNC encryption (use VNC over SSH or VeNCrypt instead)
- Stowable on-screen keys
- Right-click with Back button
- D-pad for arrows, rotate D-pad
- Hardware/FlexT9 keyboard support
- View-only mode
- In-app help on usage, connection setup and input modes (see in-app Menu)
- Hacker's Keyboard recommended
- Instructions for Windows:
Plain VNC:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-install-and-connect-to-tightvnc.html
Secure VNC over VeNCrypt:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/bvnc-ardp-aspice-opaque-remote-desktop-clients/c9ptU7UekE4/rOzNlkiaEgAJ
Secure VNC over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-windows.html
- Instructions for Linux:
Plain VNC (Remote Desktop on Ubuntu):
NOTE: To use Vino (default Ubuntu VNC Server), first run:
gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false
http://www.howtoforge.com/configure-remote-access-to-your-ubuntu-desktop
AutoX Secure VNC over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/10/looking-for-nx-client-for-android-or.html
- Instructions for Mac OS X Remote Desktop:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-connect-to-mac-os-x-using-bvnc.html
Secure VNC over SSH:
http://iiordanov.blogspot.ca/2012/04/tunneling-vnc-over-ssh-to-mac-os-x.html
Code
https://github.com/iiordanov/remote-desktop-clients
Version history
2 versions are listed, going back to vv3.9.9. Since vv5.0.7 it requires Android 4.0+.
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Permissions (3)
bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer requests 3 permissions, none of them sensitive.
bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer APK: questions and answers
Is there a version of bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer for older Android phones?
The current version needs Android 4.0 or later. Version v3.9.9 is the newest listed build that installs on Android 3.0 and later. Get version v3.9.9 · All versions
Can I install this APK over the version I already have?
Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.
Is the bVNC: Secure VNC Viewer APK safe?
No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. It is signed with the same certificate as the other version checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is c652c2f73ea45700f3fd9948b7806aec.
