🤖️ Android Basic Tutorial (Clash Meta for Android)
This chapter will help you quickly get started with Clash Meta for Android, a powerful and clear Android proxy client.
If this is your first time using it, it can help you easily import your subscription, use encrypted proxy access, switch rules, and access rich debugging tools.
⚙️ What Is Clash Meta for Android?
Clash Meta for Android is a graphical client based on the Clash core. Its main features include:
- One-click subscription import and automatic updates
- Process proxy, rule proxy, and global proxy
- Quick node filtering and custom overrides
- Lightweight, stable, and simple interface
📱 Step 1: Download and Install
- Open your browser and download the Clash Meta for Android APK file.
- Go to Download
- Allow installation from unknown sources by opening Settings > Security & Privacy > Install Unknown Apps. The exact path may vary by phone model, so please check your device settings if needed.
- After the APK installation is complete, you can find the Clash Meta icon in your app list.
Tip: Some domestic phones cannot use this app, such as Huawei and Honor devices running HarmonyOS.
🔗 Step 2: Import the Subscription Profile
- 👉👉👉 On the official website Dashboard, scroll down to Third-Party Client Subscriptions. This area is not shown if you have not purchased a plan.
- Click Clash Subscription to import with one click.
- Your browser will switch pages and ask whether it is allowed to open the Clash Meta for Android client. Please allow this action.
- The app will automatically open the Profiles page and ask whether you want to save the downloaded FLAREIX subscription profile.
- Tap the save option in the upper-right corner and wait a moment. The subscription profile will be imported and show Validation complete.
- If it shows "Import failed", try switching between wired network and Wi-Fi. If the one-click subscription import link cannot open the client, switch to Google Chrome or your system browser.
- Tap the imported FLAREIX subscription profile and set it as the default subscription.
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Tip: 👆 The image tutorial above shows the steps clearly.
🤭 Step 3: Start Using
- Return to the client home page and tap the Start button. On first use, the system will request VPN communication permission. Please confirm.
- Go to the Proxies page and choose the regional node you need in the Node Selection strategy group.
- Open google.com and try it.
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Tip: 👆 The image tutorial above shows the steps clearly.
💡 FAQ
Why are nodes unavailable?
- Due to protocol characteristics, the device system time must be within 2 minutes of the local standard time.
- If the time difference is too large, subscription updates, node connections, or authentication may fail. We recommend enabling automatic date, time, and time zone settings.
What do Rule, Global, Direct, and Unchanged mean?
- In the upper-right Mode menu of the Clash Meta for Android Proxies page, there are 4 different options.
- Direct: After selecting this option, Clash Meta for Android will not use the proxy in any scenario. This has the same effect as closing Clash Meta for Android, so there is usually no need to use this setting.
- Global: After selecting this option, Clash Meta for Android stops using built-in rules and all traffic uses the proxy. Use this setting carefully.
- Rule: After selecting this option, Clash Meta for Android uses built-in rules to automatically determine whether your current usage scenario needs a proxy. This setting is recommended.
- Unchanged: After selecting this option, Clash Meta for Android runs in rule proxy mode. This setting is recommended.
How do I update subscription nodes in Clash Meta for Android?
- Nodes are updated from time to time. If they are not updated promptly, the service may become unavailable. Updating the subscription server also updates the nodes.
- The Profiles page will show the FLAREIX subscription profile. Tap the update button in the upper-right corner. After a moment, when you see "Recent", the subscription nodes have been updated.
How do I check whether a node is available?
- On the Proxies page, tap the lightning icon in the upper-right corner to see node latency values appear one after another.
- Nodes that show latency numbers can be used. You can tap the lightning icon multiple times for a more accurate node latency test.
This concludes the basic Clash Meta for Android tutorial. To learn more, please read the other chapters.