# ZCode-Android: reconstructing the ZCode remote-control client

> ZCode-Android recreates ZCode remote control on Android from captured traffic and analysis of its official web page. Its Kotlin client implements WebSocket relay, HMAC pairing, IPC encoding, fragmented RPC frames and Conversation V4 session messages.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: App · Protocol · Website
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Damianjiang/ZCode-Android>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Damianjiang/ZCode-Android/blob/6b04daceafaa1d025994a3b44273fe74423da7d4/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zcode-android-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/zcode-android-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/zcode-android-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Android 12+ on arm64-v8a and a desktop ZCode pairing link are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Building requires JDK 17 and Android SDK 35.
- **Limits:** Changes to the official web protocol may break the client.
- **License:** The README declares an MIT licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Damianjiang/ZCode-Android/blob/6b04daceafaa1d025994a3b44273fe74423da7d4/README.md>

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