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+# i3Control
+
+A basic android app that controls media functionality on my Linux PC.
+This is the first version, so everything is hardcoded and messy.
+
+## Android app
+
+Just change the url to your backend in the `ApiService` class and build the app.
+
+## Python backend
+
+You can run it through wsgi or just directly from the shell using `python run.py`.
+The only dependency is [Flask](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Flask).