The Dashboard
Read the overview of your devices and scripts, run a script by drag and drop, and follow the runs.
Last reviewed 2 November 2026
By the end of this page you can read the Dashboard, filter your devices, run a script on one and follow it. ⏱ 5 minutes
Before you start
- At least one device plugged in and Free.
- A script in your
Documents\AppsMobs\Scriptsfolder (see Your first script if you don't have one yet).
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Open the Dashboard
It is the first entry in the sidebar: click Dashboard (mark 1). It also opens when the app starts.
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Read the four indicators
Under the greeting, four cards sum up the situation: Devices connected (mark 1), Active scripts (mark 2), Errors (24 h) (mark 3) and PC CPU / RAM (mark 4). If Errors (24 h) isn't zero, look at the To handle panel.
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Find your device in the “Devices” card
Each device has a live thumbnail, its serial number, model and state: Free, Busy or error. The All (mark 1), Busy, Free (mark 2) and Errors buttons filter the list, the magnifier (mark 3) searches a device by name, and the refresh button (mark 4) re-reads the list.
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Run a script with “Run a script”
Click Run a script at the top (mark 1), then choose the script and the device. You can also go faster: in Available Scripts (tabs Favorites, Recent, All, with Show more for the rest), drag a script onto a device thumbnail.
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Follow it in “Runs”
The script you started shows up in the Runs panel. Clear finished tidies the list.
The Restart on crash setting restarts a script that stops on an error (up to 3 crashes in 10 minutes, restart after 3 seconds).
The “To handle” panel and activity
To the right of the Devices card, To handle lists script crashes with their error; Clear all empties the panel. Further down, Script activity charts what happened over 24 hours or 7 days.
Running on a Busy device
If the device is already running a script, AppsMobs warns you: you can run anyway, but both scripts will run at the same time on the same screen. It is better to wait until it is Free.
Restarting a device
Restarting a device (from Control) stops its scripts.
Not working?
| Problem | Likely cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Message "Plug in a phone with USB debugging enabled, or start an emulator." | No device detected | Plug in a phone, then Refresh |
| The device is Busy though nothing runs | A previous script is still active | Stop it in Runs |
| I can't run a script | Invalid license: read-only mode | Check your license |
| A script crashes again and again | Error in the script | Read To handle and the Console |