Android User Guide

Complete documentation for Android phones, tablets, and ChromeOS

Section 5

Common Options Used by Multiple Features

Setup and Recent tabs

Single Target, Multi Target, Full Page Screenshot, and Auto Refresh have two tabs:

  • Setup: Configure and start a new run.
  • Recent: View recently used configurations.

Recent items can usually be:

  • Loaded into Setup
  • Run immediately
  • Saved permanently to Presets
  • Deleted

The app keeps up to 10 recent configurations per feature. Running the same configuration again replaces its older duplicate.

Run summary

The summary pill near the top shows important settings, such as:

  • Interval
  • Target or click mode
  • Stop condition
  • Selected app

On Single Target, Multi Target, and Auto Refresh, tapping the summary/edit action jumps to the settings area.

Interval

The interval is the wait between actions.

Available units:

  • ms: milliseconds
  • s: seconds
  • min: minutes

Single/Multi Target accept a minimum configured interval of 10 ms, or up to about 100 scheduled cycles per second. Accessibility dispatch and device load can make the achieved rate much slower. Auto Refresh has a separate effective minimum of 500 ms.

Examples:

  • 100 ms = 10 scheduled cycles per second
  • 500 ms = 2 actions per second
  • 1 s = 1 cycle per second
  • 5 s = one cycle every 5 seconds

For Multi Target, the interval is between complete cycles. Targets inside a cycle are dispatched back-to-back. For example, 1 s with three targets means three rapid taps followed by approximately a one-second wait.

Variable interval

When Variable interval is on, the delay changes between the entered Min and Max values.

Use it when you do not want every action to happen at exactly the same timing.

Example:

  • Unit: ms
  • Min: 600
  • Max: 1000

Each action waits approximately 0.6 to 1 second.

Set Min lower than or equal to Max. The screen does not report reversed values; if Max is below Min, runtime effectively uses Min instead of a range.

Start delay

Start delay (ms) waits before the first automated action.

Examples:

  • 0 = begin immediately
  • 2000 = wait 2 seconds
  • 5000 = wait 5 seconds

This is useful when you need time to open a menu before tapping begins.

Duration timing begins before the Start delay. A long delay therefore uses part of the configured duration. Stop conditions are checked after an action attempt, so a zero-second duration can still perform one attempt.

Random offset

Random offset (px) slightly changes the click position around the target.

  • 0 = always use the exact selected position
  • A small value such as 2–5 = small position variation
  • Large values may tap outside the intended button

Use this carefully on small controls.

Random offset affects Single/Multi Target clicks only. Auto Refresh displays the shared field, but its pull gesture currently ignores Random offset.

Stop condition

Three stop types are available:

Never

Runs until you manually stop it.

Cycles

Stops after the chosen number of cycles.

  • Single Target: one cycle is one click.
  • Multi Target sequence: one cycle completes the full target list.
  • Multi Target parallel: one cycle triggers each target once.
  • Auto Refresh: one cycle is one refresh gesture.

Duration

Stops after the chosen number of seconds.

Default Single/Multi behavior is a 10-second duration. Default Auto Refresh behavior is a 60-second duration.

Number fields and keyboard

Tap a number field to edit it. To close the keyboard:

  • Tap the check/done icon in the field.
  • Use the keyboard's Done button if available.
  • Tap outside the field.
  • Scroll the page.

These extra methods help on phones whose numeric keyboard does not show a hide button.