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Viewer on mobile devices

How to use the xCloudPhone viewer on a phone or tablet — floating button, control panel, Actions and Apps tabs, fullscreen mode, and how to exit safely.

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When you open the xCloudPhone dashboard on a phone or tablet, the viewer automatically switches to a touch-optimized layout. The viewer takes the whole screen, the video auto-rotates to match your phone's orientation, and all controls are tucked into a floating button plus an overlay control panel.

Floating button

The main control is a round floating button (with the xCloudPhone logo) pinned to the right or left edge of the screen.

  • You can drag it up or down along the edge.
  • You can drag it sideways, but on release it snaps to the nearer edge (left or right) — you can't park it in the middle of the screen.
  • When the phone rotates, the button auto-snaps back to the right edge.

Tap the button to open the control panel. Tap again to close — the icon morphs between the brand mark and an X to show the panel's state.

Control panel

The control panel slides up as a translucent overlay on top of the video. Top to bottom:

  • Device icon + session name — a small status dot precedes the name: green (connected), amber (connecting), red (offline). The session note (if set) appears below.
  • X (Close panel) button — top-right of the header. Closes the panel while keeping the viewer running.

You can also tap the translucent backdrop (outside the panel body) to close the panel.

Quick-control row

Above the tabs is a single row of 6 quick-control buttons:

  • Refresh — Restarts the video stream without rebooting the cloud phone.
  • Mute / Unmute — Toggles audio from the cloud phone.
  • Unlock — Unlocks the cloud phone's lock screen.
  • Rotate — Switches the cloud phone between portrait and landscape.
  • Fullscreen — Expands the video area to fill your phone using the browser's fullscreen API. Tap again to exit fullscreen.
  • Reboot — Opens a confirmation modal to reboot the cloud phone remotely.

Use Fullscreen when you need precise touch input — a larger video area makes it easier to hit the right spot, especially in apps with small UI elements.

Two tabs: Actions and Apps

Below the quick-control row is a tab switcher:

Actions tab

A grid of actions you can run on the cloud phone:

  • Get clipboard — pulls the cloud phone's clipboard back to your device.
  • Paste — pastes your device's clipboard into the cloud phone.
  • Paste custom data — opens a modal to type text and send it to the cloud phone.
  • Change Info Device — changes the IMEI / device fingerprint (this reboots the device).
  • Install local APK / Install cloud APK — install an APK from your phone or from your cloud storage.
  • Import local file / Import cloud file — push a file into the cloud phone.
  • Proxy — bind a proxy to the active session.
  • Disconnect proxy — drop the active proxy binding.
  • Screenshot — capture the cloud phone's screen.
  • Factory reset — destructive red action; a confirmation modal protects it.

When the viewer is in portrait (not rotated), a search box sits above the grid for fuzzy-matching actions by name (diacritic-insensitive, useful for Vietnamese).

Apps tab

Lists every app installed on the cloud phone. Tap any app to open its menu: Open, Force stop, Clear data, Uninstall.

See App manager in the viewer for details on each option.

Android navigation row

Just above the panel footer is a row of three classic Android buttons:

  • Recent apps — opens the recents view on the cloud phone.
  • Home — returns to the cloud phone's home screen.
  • Back — Android back navigation.

Footer — Exit viewer

At the bottom of the panel is the red Exit viewer button. Tapping it shows a confirmation modal titled "Exit device?" with the message "You will disconnect from this device. You can re-enter from the dashboard." Tap Exit to disconnect, or Stay to keep the viewer.

Close panel vs. Exit viewer

These two actions are different:

  • Close panel (X in header, or tap outside the panel body) — only hides the control panel. The viewer keeps running, video keeps streaming, the WebRTC connection stays alive.
  • Exit viewer (red footer button) — disconnects from the cloud phone and closes the viewer. The rental does not end — the cloud phone keeps running on its contract. You can reopen the viewer any time from My Devices.

Tips for mobile use

  • Recommended browsers: latest Chrome / Firefox on Android, or Safari / Chrome on iOS.
  • Turn on Fullscreen before precise tasks (gaming, text editing) to get a larger touch area.
  • Battery and data: video streaming drains the battery and uses data — plug in and use Wi-Fi for long sessions.
  • Disable auto-rotate at the OS level if you don't want the viewer to flip when you tilt the phone.