[ADMN] Mobile Admin for Minecraft (Android) v3.2.8 [1.4.7-R1.0]

Mobile Admin for Minecraft (Android Client + Plugin):
Version: v3.2.5
Client Version: v3.2.7

Mobile Admin for Minecraft allows you to administer common server properties, users, plugins and even chat right from your Android phone! Mobile Admin consists of two parts: a plugin (server) and an Android application (client). The server requires a username and password to connect which are specified in MobileAdmin.properties (stored in plugins folder).

Current Versions:

• Client - 3.2.8 (Requires server 3.2.3)
• Server - 3.2.5 (Requires client 3.2.3+)

DevBukkit:
Mobile Admin for Minecraft also had a DevBukkit page.
http://dev.bukkit.org/server-mods/minecraft-mobile-admin/

Free vs Paid:
In the spirit of Bukkit and its licensing, the free version of the client supports (and will continue to support) native Bukkit commands and API calls. The client and plugin are provided completely free without advertising support. I will continue to add features where I see a place and purpose for them and as Bukkit adds more features.

The paid version of the client adds real-time server chat functionality and third party plugin support (which IMHO is outside the scope of free Bukkit support and helps me maintain this project, servers, time spent, etc...)

PayPal and Non-US Users
No Credit Card? No Android Market Support? No problem! Mobile Admin for Minecraft is also available via the SlideME third party Android market via the following link: Mobile Admin for Minecraft | SlideME

Screenshots


Screenshots (Widget)

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Downloads
Plugin:
Download the Plugin (or visit http://www.kaltner.net for more information)

Client:
You can download Mobile Admin for Minecraft from the market via one of the QR codes below (or click them for a link to the Android Market)

Free Version

Paid Version


Supported Plugins (Paid Version):

• Dynmap - If the client detects that dynamp is installed, a new Map tab will be added with your map in a WebView (based on the server name/IP address you're connected to)

iOS Users
Mobile Admin for Minecraft is only available on Android devices.
However, Alec Gorge has written something similar to MMA for iOS.
See his site for more information: http://adminiumapp.com/
Please note however, Alec and Adminium are not affiliated with me or Mobile Admin for Minecraft in any way.

Other Links:

• Facebook Page
• Twitter

Features (open) Features (close)

Features:

Server Functions

• Console Command
• Reload
• Server Time (day/night)
• Add Player to Whitelist (Paid, requires Whitelist plugin)
• Remove Player from Whitelist (Paid, requires Whitelist plugin)

Server Properties

• PVP (true/false)
• Hell World (true/false)
• Max Players
• Online Mode (true/false)
• Server IP
• Server Port
• Spawn Animals (true/false)
• Spawn Monsters (true/false)
• Set Whitelist Kick Message (Paid, requires Whitelist plugin)

Players

• Give Item(s)
• Kick
• Send Message
• Remove from Whitelist (Paid, requires Whitelist plugin)

Plugins

• Enable
• Disable
• Load new plugin

Chat

• Real-time server chat (Paid)

Map

• Seamless integration of dynmap (Paid, requires dynmap plugin)

Changelog (open) Changelog (close)

Changelog:

v3.2.5 Changes (Plugin)
Note: This is a plugin update only, a new client is not required.
Server Changes

• Updated plugin to support Bukkit 1.3.1-R2.0 (switched from PlayerChatEvent to AsyncPlayerChatEvent)

v3.2.7 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Client Changes

• Added support for "view-plugins" permission in Users.config
• Added support for "view-console" permission in Users.config
• Cleaned up code, warnings and other house keeping items.
• Improved license validation

v3.2.4 Changes (Plugin)
Note: This is a plugin update only, a new client is not required.
Server Changes

• Updated plugin to support Bukkit 1.1-R6 and 1.2.3-R0.1 Beta

v3.2.6 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Client Changes

• Updated server communication code to alleviate timeout issues while reading/writing from/to the server socket.
• Update players, chat and console activities to use their custom adapters correctly (hopefully fixes force close issues some users are having)
• Chat log no longer cached/saved when switching servers

v3.2.5 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Client Changes

• Reverted ReentrantLock code to 3.2.2 to hopefully alleviate instability issues witnessed in the recent release(s)

v3.2.4 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Client Changes

• Client now checks for map plugin asynchronously one time on load and once found, doesn't check again.
• Updated widget code to remove erroneous code that was causing null point exceptions.

v3.2.3 Changes
This is a feature update and requires the updated client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• Updated widget pop-up dialogs to hide properly when home button is pressed
• Added widget refresh speed to preferences in main app (Paid)
• Client APK now optimized and obfuscated to reduce package size and security
• Implemented Android License Verification to validate Android Market purchases (Paid)
• Implemented SlideLock to validate SlideME purchases (Paid)
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

Server Changes

• Created server command wrapper to utilize BukkitScheduler when/where applicable
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

Global Changes

• Changed encryption algorithm from DES to AES/CBC/PKCS5Padding
• Implemented salting of encryption keys during handshake to limit key transmission over the internet.

v3.2.2 Changes
Note: This is a plugin update only, a new client is not required.
Server Changes

• Resolved an issue with Bukkit ConsoleCommandSender in RB1240

v3.2.2 Changes
This is a feature update and requires the updated client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• Updated server calls to utilize UTF-16 where required to properly handle Unicode characters.

Server Changes

• Updated server methods to utilize UTF-16 where required to properly handle Unicode characters.

v3.2.1 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Server Changes

• Fixed issue in Chat/Console screens where messages would double post.
• Fixed issue with Properties screen that kept properties from saving.

v3.2 Changes
This is a feature update and requires the updated client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• Added a new Preferences menu option in the paid version
  • Contains options for Show Offline Players, Show Player Skins, Skin Cache Time, Chat/Console Refresh Speed and number of lines
• Added 33 new items (including some from 1.9) to the item list and cleaned up old/removed items.
• Further improvements to chat/server log bandwidth usage
• Removed Hellworld preference as it is no longer applicable
• Removed IP Address/Port preferences as these are not required and some hosting services don't allow them

Server Changes

• Updated plugin to check for Users.yml if Users.config does not exist
• Updated getPlayerList call to support all or online only

v3.1 Changes
This is a feature update and requires the updated client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• Updated chat screen to request only latest chat log lines since last update.
• Updated console screen to request only latest server log lines since last update.
• Updated players screen to fix new minecraft default skin url.
• Updated players screen error handling to hopefully stabilize the skin downloads for users experiencing force closes.

Server Changes

• Updated chat server call to take new last line retrieved parameter and only send new lines
• Updated console server call to take new last line retrieved parameter and only send new lines

v3.0.1 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Server Changes

• Fixed an issue with loading properties that do not or no longer exist in the server.properties file.

v3.0.1 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Client Changes

• Added Danish language (Courtesy of KKLD)
• Added French language (Courtesy of dpvDuncan)
• Added Russian language (Courtesy of Cyber BlackSite)
• Fixed console-command permission issue
  • The text box and send button are now removed from the console window when set to false for a user
• Updated Message Details dialog (Chat tab) to use native language date/time format

v3.0 Changes
Note: This is a feature update and requires the updated client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• New Server Control widget (Paid)
• Further improved connection/login code to be more seamless/transparent
• Support for op/deop (Bukkit)
• Support for ban/pardon (Bukkit)
• Support for official whitelist (Bukkit)
• Chat timestamps (Bukkit/hMod, Paid)
• Allow -1 quantity
• Added support to show all users that have logged into the server, online or not (Paid)
• Added player status when clicking on a user, online or not (Paid)
• Added player skin/icon to player list (Paid)
• Enter button sends chat message (Paid)
• Improved add/remove whitelist and ban/pardon functions via player tab
• Added support for multiple users and permissions (Paid)
• Map tab now shows if mobileadmin-dynmapurl is set to a url, regardless of which map plugin you have (Paid)
• Improved login screen with support for multiple saved servers (Paid)
• Interactive server console (Paid)
• Multi-language support with German translation
• Many more smaller/forgotten items

Server Changes

• Username/Password configuration moved to "plugins/MobileAdmin/Users.config"
• Added new server stats functionality
• Support for op/deop (Bukkit)
• Support for ban/pardon (Bukkit)
• Support for official whitelist (Bukkit)
• Chat timestamps (Bukkit/hMod)
• Trim properties read from the props file (spaces after username/password break login)
• Added support to track all users that have logged into the server, online or not (also saves to disk for historical data)
• Added support to save/load chat log to/from disk
• Added multi-user support with individual user permissions (Paid, enforced by plugin)
• Updated all broadcast messages to include username
• Updated all server logs to include username
• Now shows proper item name in messages when giving items to users
• Ability to load server log
• Many more smaller/forgotten items

v2.4.2 Changes
Note: This is a plugin update only, a new client is not required.
Server Changes

• Updated plugin to work with latest Recommended Build (733) by using a more standard approach to calling console commands.
• Updated enable/disable plugin logging to show proper plugin name.
• Updated enable plugin command to parse the plugin name correctly.
• Updated load plugin command to properly find the file/plugin.

v2.4.1 Changes
Note: This is a plugin update only, a new client is not required.
Server Changes

• Updated plugin namespace and plugin.yml name to match the jar file name. CraftBukkit 670 started moving files to MobileAdminBukkit and the plugin was looking for the properties in MobileAdmin. CraftBukkit will accept MobileAdmin folder with this version and leave your files alone.

v2.4 Changes
Note: This is a plugin update only, a new client is not required.
Server Changes

• Fixed a bug introduced by the latest recommended build of CraftBukkit related to plugin commands.

v2.4 Changes
Note: This is a feature updated and requires the update client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• Added Map tab for users who have the "map" plugin (Paid/hMod)
• Improved login screen field validation and behavior
• Client now properly disconnects from server when phone goes to sleep (screen off)
• Improved input validation in all screens

Server Changes

• Added mobileadmin-ipaddress property (Bukkit/hMod)
• Added mobileadmin-dynmapurl property (hMod)

v2.3 Changes
Note: This is a feature updated and requires the update client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• Added hints to login screen server and port text boxes
• Set default value of give item quantity dialog to 1
• Added "No Players" to Player screen if no players are logged in
• Added Console Command support (free and paid)
• Added Monster Spawner to item list

Server Changes

• Moved properties file to MobileAdmin folder
• Added mobileadmin-dynampurl property
  • To set a custom dynmap url, set this property
• Added Console Command support

v2.2.1 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Client Changes

• Addressed an issue in the Login screen where it would become unresponsive in an unsuccessful login scenario (version mismatch with the plugin, unable to connect to server or invalid credentials)

v2.2 Changes
Note: This is a client update only, no new plugin required.
Client Changes

• Updated threading in all tabs of the client improving performance and responsiveness.
• Moved less frequently used server options to a new Properties page accessible via the menu.

v2.1 Changes
Note: This is a feature updated and requires the update client (app) and server (plugin)
Client Changes

• Added support for the Whitelist plugin (Bukkit / Paid)
• Added support for the dynmap plugin (Bukkit / Paid)

Server Changes

• Added support for Whitelist plugin (Bukkit)

Version 2.0.1
Note: This is a plugin update only, a new client is not required (make sure you have the latest bukkit and craftbukkit however).
Server Changes

• Updated getWorlds call to handle the new method signature
• Added better exception handling and logging
• Added console logging of actions in a few ares

Version 2.0 (Update)
Note: This update does not require an updated plugin however I strong recommend it as I've changed the version checking a bit. If you do not get the latest plugin this time, the next client update will likely cause plugin crashes until you get the latest version.

• Update the login screen layout to hopefully alleviate problems for users with smaller screens.

Version 2.0

• Initial Bukkit release

 

sir, you rocks !

 

Lets leave the iOS conversation alone.
I'm in talks with developers about getting some form of official or unofficial third-party client developed.
However, thanks for your kind words and support.

I agree about the security risk but unless I provide some cmd line tool or other way to encrypt the password, not sure what I can do. Perhaps I'll make a page on my site that users can encrypt their password with.

Multiple users is already working in version 3 (not released yet).
I'm working on user permissions next.

I also plan to implement a server selection screen instead of the form based login so that users can add multiple servers and select which they'd like to connect to.

Oh, and I'm aware of the occasional exception in the server log.
It doesn't keep the app from working however.
Generally a thread that gets killed ungracefully due to the current state of the client (turning off the screen, changing tabs too quick, etc...).
A new server thread gets created and everything keeps working.

Thanks for the kind words and support!

Yes, as I mentioned in my previous comment, that should be coming in version 3.

Thanks!

Yeah, not much I can do with the map.
I've mentioned some suggestions to the developer and I think it got a bit better in the latest vesrion.
I've noticed if you click the zoom buttons on the left, it'll close the options panel.
Also not sure there's much I can do about the orientation change issue.
That's just how Android apps work.
If you change the orientation, it actually opens a new instance of the app in landscape or portrait.

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

I always get this report when someone logs in: "First person. Skipping."
This happens even if there are others in the server.
Also, if they get an endOfStream report, meaning that they timed out or clicked on the 'x' in the corner, I get this report: "Connection reset."

Any idea why this is happening?

 

I buyed the paid version but when I try to acces dynmap it says that the webpage isnt avilable. Even I checked it on my native HTC browser and it works fine.

 

Those just sound like standard Minecraft server messages, nothing in my plugin should be outputting that to the console.

If your map is using the standard port 8123 and you access it via the same ip address/domain name as you use to connect to mobile admin, then the client will default to that url by itself.
If you've specified a url in the properties file, make sure you use a full url (http://yourserver.com:8123).
You may have to sign out then back in to get the app to pick up the updated url.

So, I'm working on user permissions today.
Looks pretty good so far.
Users are defined in a Users.config YAML file (sample below).
Note the admin setting, this is the default admin user that can login from either the free or paid version.
You can only specify one admin user.
Non-admin users must use the paid version of the client to connect and this is enforced by the plugin itself.

Code:

users:
 - username: tester
   password: password
   admin: false
   permissions:
     ban-player: true
     pardon-player: false
     console-command: false
     reload-server: true
     set-time: true
     add-whitelist: false
     remove-whitelist: true
     set-properties: false
     op-player: false
     deop-player: false
     give-items: false
     kick-players: true
     message-player: true
     enable-plugin: false
     disable-plugin: false
     reload-plugin: true
     load-plugin: false
     chat: true

And once the client obtains the users permissions on login, it will automatically show/hide the various items based on the users permissions like so (note that Unban, Console Command, Add Player to Whitelist and Properties menu item are missing based on the above permissions):



Also, I thought I'd share what I've finished so far for version 3.
The widget still requires a little more tweaking but the rest is done.

Code:

Client 3.0
 - New Server Control widget (Paid)
 - Further improved connection/login code to be more seamless/transparent
 - Support for op/deop (Bukkit)
 - Support for ban/pardon (Bukkit)
 - Implement official whitelist (Bukkit)
 - Chat timestamps (Bukkit/hMod, Paid)
 - Allow -1 quantity (doesn't force numeric keyboard, not sure I like that)
 - Added support to show all users that have logged into the server, online or not (Paid)
 - Added player status when clicking on a user, online or not (Paid)
 - Added player skin/icon to player list (Paid)
 - Enter button sends chat message (Paid)
 - Improved add/remove whitelist and ban/pardon functions via player tab
 - Added support for multiple users and permissions (Paid)
 - Map tab now shows if mobileadmin-dynmapurl is set to a url, regardless of which map plugin you have (Paid)

Server 3.0
 - Added new server stats functionality
 - Support for op/deop (Bukkit)
 - Support for ban/pardon (Bukkit)
 - Implement official whitelist (Bukkit)
 - Chat timestamps (Bukkit/hMod)
 - Trim properties read from the props file (spaces after username/password break login)
 - Added support to track all users that have logged into the server, online or not (also saves to disk for historical data)
 - Added support to save/load chat log to/from disk
 - Added multi-user support with individual user permissions (Paid, enforced by plugin)
 - Updated all broadcast messages to include username
 - Updated all server logs to include username
 - Now shows proper item name in messages when giving items to users

I'm also considering upping the paid version to $4.99.
I'm investing a bit more of my time on this project than I originally thought I would.
Do you guys still think that's a fair price considering where version 3 stands currently?

EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

Annoying but, server command won't work for me :/

You work fine, but I'm sorry to tell, since that's just a little "use" I do of this app, I will never pay 4.99$ for a full version when I can have a free one with less function
That's my personnal sense of that of course
That's will be necessary to paid again for already owners ?

 

Dandy little app. If I had the extra cash on me I'd totally buy it.

 

@mkaltner
Awesome plugin and app, but I really miss the whitelist functionality for the native whitelist and not the plugin. While i know it can just be done via sending server commands thru command-line to it, but having a dedicated functionality for it, like you do for the whitelist plugin, would be very nice.
If it's already in, then sorry, but i couldn't read anywhere in your changelog that you added it

 

Yes, native whitelist support is coming in version 3 for both paid and free versions.

 

Honestly, with the added functionality in version 3.0, I would probably be fine paying $4.99 for it, though I wouldn't see a point in buying it for anyone who just runs a small server, or doesn't plan to expand.

Also, will MMA have options to filter the people who have logged on by day, hour, or ever? For example, I could tell it to show me who's been on in the past hour, or past day. Also, I imagine it will differentiate between people who are currently logged on, and people who were on earlier in the day but have since logged off?

 

Thanks for your input.

Version 3 is certainly becoming more geared to larger servers/admins; multiple servers in the login screen, multiple logins with user permissions, status/conrol widget, online/offline users (yes, there's a visual difference between them), etc...
Smaller admin's may only want the chat functionality and not the rest.

Perhaps I can look into adding an in-app purchase for the chat function in the free version.

And good idea for the Players tab, I'll look into adding sort options.
You will be able to click the player and see when they last logged in, that's already been added in v3,

Here's a repost of some of the Version 3 screenshots I've already posted:

 

I was happy to pay for the paid version, you are doing an AWSOME job on this plugin. I admin my server all day long from my evo4g. Thanks soooo much and I cannot wait for version 3. Will it be a free upgrade? Thanks again

 

Yes, it will be a free upgrade for current paid users.

 

Now that I think about it, it would be really nice to have a tab for viewing console output. Though I'm fine waiting for another release after 3.0 for that if you decide to include it. That way I can issue commands like /lookup [playername] and see the output.

It'd also be nice if it would appear in the list of ongoing processes in Android's drop down menu (I know ventriloid does this, which is quite handy since it's a VoIP client). That way I don't have to go back to my home screen to bring the app up again.

 

I'm considering adding a server console which reads that last 50-100 lines of the server log and has a text box and behaves similar to the actual console.
I'll try to squeeze it into v3, shouldn't take too long and I'd likely also add that to the last spot on the widget (show in a screenshot previously).

 

Oh, having an in-app payment for the chat would be great! I also do not really need all the extra frills since I run a very small server. I merely want to see what's going on in the server when I'm away. Sometimes it gets a little rickety when I'm not around.
Err... wait... I notice you also mention in the post above mine that a server console will be added... does this mean that the chat does not show all the error reports and show responses to any commands I put in? I don't really want chat just to chat. I'm in for the moderation. I want to be able to chat, enter commands, and see the results of the commands without having to look at the computer. A mobile command prompt screen connected to the server, if you will. Is that what comes in the paid version?

 

Love this tool and have purchased the paid version - first Android purchase . Timestamps look great - is it possible to put cut-down timestamps (eg. just the time: 19:21) at the beginning of each chat line? Look forward to the widget and server log (had a problem a couple of days ago where the server seemed online and mobile admin logged in fine and upon getting home to check the console there were "read timed out" errors and no-one could log in.

 

Thanks for your support!
I considered adding the timestamp to the chat screen itself but with so little real-estate, I felt it took up too much room. I'll reconsider but I felt if you needed to know when a message was sent, you can just click it to find out and have some sense of a timeframe from there.

 

I'd love an option to switch it on (even if the default is off). As my server is on the smaller side sometimes there might be 2 minutes between the last two messages, sometimes two hours - easier to see with the time (date I can work out ). Got more ideas but I'll let you get v3 out the door first

 

Thought I'd share the latest paid login screen; multiple, saved servers!
Off to play Portal 2 now, night!

 

Cool - version 3 is looking great Enjoy Portal 2.

 

I'm guessing this won't work if I'm using Hamachi?

 

I'm no Hamachi expert but my understanding is that Hamachi is a consumer VPN server, and you'd need a VPN client on your phone to connect to the plugin.
At least as far as I understand it.
If your users need the Hamachi client to connect to your server, your phone would also need the Hamachi client to connect to the plugin.
Unfortunately, there isn't one for Android.
Another VPN client may work however, I haven't tried.

 

Ah I thought so, and thanks for the answer! Eventually I shouldn't need Hamachi and I'll get some use out of this app.

 

I'm getting this error for some reason, and am unable to connect to my server via my phone. Havne't been able to since long before 1.5.

Using CB 699; I know, not recommended, but when I was using 667 and 684 I had the same issue.

Code:

01:49:12 [INFO] MobileAdmin: Starting server...
01:49:12 [INFO] MobileAdmin version 2.4.1 is enabled!
01:49:12 [INFO] MobileAdmin: Could not listen on port: 5840[Ljava.lang.StackTrac
eElement;@199ec67
01:49:12 [INFO] MobileAdmin: Server listening on [server omitted]:5840
01:49:12 [SEVERE] Exception in thread "Thread-201"
01:49:12 [SEVERE]       at net.kaltner.MobileAdmin.AdminServer.run(AdminServer.j
ava:86)>

 

I tried 684, 699 and 709 and I don't get that error.
Are you perhaps running something else on port 5840 as well?
Or did you enter something in mobileadmin-ipaddress? If so, try leaving it blank.

Latest version 3 update, server console!
Warnings are yellow, severe is red.
MobileAdmin logs are standard purple and console chat is blue.
It loads the last 50KB of the log file to limit bandwidth which ends up being around 100-150 lines of the log or so, seems sufficient.



EDIT by Moderator: merged posts, please use the edit button instead of double posting.

 

I have port 5839 and 5840 forwarded to mobileadmin

Turns out I did have something in ipaddress and I removed it. Now I don't get any error, but I still cannot connect from my phone.

"Unable to connect to plugin.
Ensure that you have installed the MobileAdmin plugin correctly and that your Minecraft Server is running."

Other times it just tells me "Authentication failed. Incorrect Username and Password." despite the fact that the username and password I entered were in fact correct. It's quite irritating.

 

Would REALLY REALLY REALLY appreciate if you placed this awesome addon in the apple store.

 

Same error here

 

Two thumbs up. This is awesome. Worth the money.