# How to use node red in Android 8 smartphone
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159
**Category:** General
**Created:** [23 January 2019 06:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159 "2019-01-23T06:12:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Varul92](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Varul92)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 06:12 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/1 "2019-01-23T06:12:02Z")
Hey, I am a beginner in Node-Red and I have created the Temperature Monitoring Application using ESP8266 and SHT31 I2C sensor module connected via MQTT server to Node red dashboard in Windows Operating System.
But Now I want to use this on my smartphone whenever I am trying to make it work with the Termux using [tutorial](https://nodered.org/docs/platforms/android)
but at while installing the node red, I ended up with the error
```
npm i -g --unsafe-perm node-red
npm ERR! Cannot read property 'length' of undefined
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR! /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.npm/_logs/2019-01-23T06_01_42_814Z-debug.log
```
I have also checked out the earlier post about this problem but it din't worked out.
Can anyone suggest how can I change the settings manually in termux by switching to the directory they have mentioned in the [post](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problem-in-installing-node-red-on-android/638/14)?
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 09:49 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/2 "2019-01-23T09:49:11Z")
Can I first check that you really want to run node-red on the phone and not just be able to view, on the phone, the dashboard of the node-red from the node-red running on windows.
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### Author:  [@Varul92](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Varul92)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 10:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/3 "2019-01-23T10:15:36Z")
Hi, I want to run node red so that I can create application work with in my smartphone. Nothing is related to the application I have created in windows
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 10:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/4 "2019-01-23T10:29:55Z")
Ah yes, I remember now, the Android 8 problem. Sorry I don't know the answer to that, I am using an older Android.
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### Author:  [@Varul92](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Varul92)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 10:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/5 "2019-01-23T10:36:25Z")
And Is it possible to view Node-Red Dashboard (which I have created in windows) in Smartphone?
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### Author:  [@ukmoose](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ukmoose)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 10:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/6 "2019-01-23T10:40:17Z")
Can you view the webpage? Yes it’s a webpage if your phone is on the same network just point your browser at the URL.
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### Author:  [@Varul92](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Varul92)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/7 "2019-01-23T11:00:58Z")
Thanks @ukmoose
But still main issue is, I want to create the application in my smartphone using node-red which is still not working.
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 11:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/8 "2019-01-23T11:01:54Z")
Npm is not working. Nothing to do with Node-RED
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### Author:  [@Varul92](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Varul92)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 11:50 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/9 "2019-01-23T11:50:21Z")
Hi, @dceejay
Are there any steps to resolve this issue?
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### Author:  [@dceejay](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/dceejay)
#### Post date: [23 January 2019 12:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-use-node-red-in-android-8-smartphone/7159/10 "2019-01-23T12:00:09Z")
Only by finding and following Termux issues