AI Booster on Android

AI Booster for Android is distributed through Google Play. The package name is com.ai.mybooster — worth checking, because proxy clients attract lookalike listings.

Install

1. Open the Play listing and confirm the package name and developer.
2. Install and launch.
3. On the first connection Android shows its own "Connection request" dialog, asking whether you trust the app to set up a VPN connection. This dialog is from the system, not the app; the tunnel cannot start until you accept it.

Two ways to route traffic

Android builds ship two service modes, and which one you want depends on whether you need every app covered.

• VPN mode captures traffic device-wide through Android's VpnService. This is the default and what most people want. It needs the connection permission above.
• Proxy mode runs a local proxy without establishing a system VPN. Only apps you configure to use that proxy are affected. It avoids the VPN permission entirely, which is useful when another VPN is already holding it — Android allows only one active VPN at a time.

Add a profile

Four ways in, all leading to the same place:

Paste a link. The recognised schemes are vless://, vmess://, trojan://, ss://, hysteria2:// (also hy2://, hy://), tuic://, wg://, ssh:// and warp://.

Scan a QR code. The app requests camera access the first time. The permission is used for this and nothing else — decline it and everything except scanning still works.

Open a subscription URL. An http:// or https:// link is treated as a subscription: fetched now and refreshable later, rather than frozen as a single node.

Tap an import link on a provider's page. AI Booster registers itself as a handler for the import schemes the ecosystem already uses — aibooster://, clash://, clashmeta://, sing-box://, v2ray://, v2rayn:// and v2rayng://. A provider's "one-click import" button will therefore offer AI Booster alongside any other client you have installed.

Quick Settings tile

AI Booster provides a Quick Settings tile, so you can connect and disconnect from the notification shade without opening the app. Pull down the shade, edit the tiles, and drag AI Booster in. Long-pressing the tile opens the app.

Staying connected in the background

Android is aggressive about stopping background work, and a VPN that is killed looks like a network fault rather than a stopped app. Two settings matter:

• Battery optimisation. The app can ask to be exempted. Without the exemption, aggressive power management on some vendors' builds will stop the tunnel while the screen is off.
• Notifications. The tunnel runs as a foreground service, which requires a persistent notification. Blocking that notification category can stop the service from running at all — it is a system requirement, not an advertisement.

The app can also restore the connection after a reboot, if you enable it.

Troubleshooting

The connection request dialog never appears. Another VPN app probably holds the slot. Disconnect it first — Android permits one active VPN at a time — or use proxy mode.

Connected, but nothing loads. Usually the node rather than the app. Try another node in the same profile first; the full diagnostic order covers the rest.

The tunnel stops when the screen is off. Battery optimisation, in almost every case. See above.

Some apps bypass the tunnel. Check whether per-app routing is configured to exclude them, and remember that proxy mode only covers apps pointed at the proxy.

Uninstall

Long-press the app icon → App info → Uninstall, or remove it from Play. Android revokes the VPN permission with the app, so nothing is left configured at the system level.