Control a device (Control)

By the end of this page you can command a phone from your PC: tap, swipe, type text, change its settings. ⏱ 6 minutes

1. 1

   Open Control

   Click Control (mark 1). A three-step banner ("Choose the devices", "Control the screen", "Act and check") guides you; Got it (mark 2) closes it.

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2. 2

   Choose the devices (step 1)

   In Devices to control, tick your device's box (mark 1). Three shortcuts: All free (mark 2), Select all, Deselect. While nothing is ticked, the app reminds you "No device selected: choose at least one".

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   With several devices ticked, your actions apply to all of them.

3. 3

   Watch and touch the screen (step 2)

   In Live screen, the device's screen appears (mark 1). While nothing is chosen you read "Choose a device to see its screen". The gestures:

   • click: tap;
   • drag: swipe;
   • hold: long press.

   Below, three buttons mimic Android's: Back (mark 2), Home and Recent apps. The button next to Live opens the screen in a separate window.

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4. 4

   Type text

   First tap an input field on the screen. Then write in "Type text into the focused field" and click Send. Enter confirms the field.

   No accents

   Only letters, digits and the characters . , _ @ + : / = - go through. Accents are not sent.

5. 5

   Run or stop a script (step 3)

   In Scripts, Run a script (mark 1) starts a script on the ticked devices. Pause (mark 2), Resume and Stop (mark 3) control them.

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6. 6

   Adjust the device with “Quick settings”

   Each row has two buttons: Wi-Fi, Mobile data, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Screen (Wake / Power off), Auto-rotate, Show touch coordinates (handy to find points for a script), Brightness (a slider) and Sound (Volume -, Volume +, Mute).

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Tools, power and log

• Tools: Screenshot (a screenshot of the device), Automatic screenshots, Scrcpy (the screen stream).
• Power: Restart device and Power off ask for confirmation.
• Recent actions: a log of what you just did and the result.

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• The Dashboard
• Your first script