Using AirVPN with "Eddie Android edition"

Install
Quick connect
AirVPN Server
Main menu
OpenVPN profile
Always on VPN
Connect during device boot

1. Install

Install Eddie - OpenVPN GUI for Android
from Google Play Store or directly download the APK from our Eddie web site.
Source code available on Gitlab (view source)

It's also available for Amazon Devices on Amazon Appstore

When installed Tap on Eddie application to open it

If you download the APK you can check its integrity:

$ sha256 org.airvpn.eddie-3.0-Unsigned.apk  
SHA256 (org.airvpn.eddie-3.0-Unsigned.apk) = cab2911e3393ad8d95fe406557aae18f277ea7f92de78931ca2642a949ed2afc

Installation requirements

Android 5.1 or later version and AirVPN account (Create account)
How to side load Eddie in Fire OS and Android TV: Android TV / Fire OS

Main features

With AirVPN you can keep your Internet traffic hidden from the eyes of your ISP and from any malicious entity wiretapping your line, connect safely even via a public Internet hotspot, unblock geo-restricted websites, bypass web sites blocks and protect the integrity of your communications.

Thanks to AirVPN, Eddie protects your Android device traffic. Eddie can be used even with any other VPN service based on OpenVPN.

Free and open source OpenVPN and WireGuard GUI
Complete WireGuard and OpenVPN support with full integration with AirVPN infrastructure
WireGuard networking management to allow quick re-connections even when WireGuard would remain stuck after a failure. No more "forever stuck wg client" haunting users running the Android WireGuard client.
Linked against the new OpenVPN-AirVPN 3.8.2 library
Dark theme support and option to switch to dark, light or system default theme
Improved VPN profile management
Full compatibility with Android 5.1 up to 13 and Android TV 5.1 and higher versions.
VPN profile export both to internal database and external file or app
ChaCha20-Poly1305, AES-CBC and AES-GCM support on both OpenVPN Control and Data channel
Battery-conscious application
Low RAM footprint
Ergonomic and friendly interface
Ability to start and connect during device startup according to a priority list which includes automatic choice, your defined country and your defined AirVPN server
Option to define which apps must have traffic inside or outside the VPN tunnel through white and black list
Localization in simplified and traditional Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish
Enhanced security thanks to locally stored encrypted data through optional master password
Quick one-tap connection and smart, fully automated server selection
Smart server selection with custom settings.
Manual server selection
Smart attempts to bypass OpenVPN blocks featuring protocol and server fail-over
Full Android TV compatibility including D-Pad support. Mouse emulation is not required.
Enhancements aimed at increasing accessibility and comfort to visually impaired persons
AirVPN servers sorting options
Customizable "Default", "Favorite" and "Forbidden" servers and countries
OpenVPN mimetype support to import profiles from external applications
Support for custom bootstrap servers
AirVPN broadcast messages support
The app is aware of concurrent VPN use. In case another app is granted VPN access, Eddie acts accordingly and releases VPN resources
Optional local networks access. In such case, local network devices are exempted from the VPN and can be accessed within the local devices
Localization override. User can choose the default language and localization from one of the available ones
Favorite and forbidden lists can be emptied with a single tap
Ability to directly select an AirVPN area (country, continent, planet) to connect to
VPN re-connection in case of unexpected OpenVPN disconnection. (It requires VPN Lock to be disabled)

2. Quick connect

From the "Quick Connect" menu, tap large button to log in to AirVPN with your account. If you don't' have an account you can create one Create an account

Enter your AirVPN credentials. If you check "Remember me" the credentials are saved for next time. Credentials are stored encrypted by master password.

Now you are logged in to AirVPN with your account and you can "Quick Connect" to a server by tapping on large button

Default Android warning messages for "VPN connections", click OK to accept connection request

Now you are connected to AirVPN server. The application determines the best servers for your device through various parameters. If you wish to select the servers order (favorites, forbidden) or connect to a specific server see "AirVPN Server" tab (Chapter 3)

In "connection" tab you see details and statistic for connections, you can also Disconnect / Pause / Log

3. AirVPN Server

In "AirVPN Server" tab you have an overview of all servers grouped by Region, Favorites, Forbidden, with detailed statistics. To connect to a particular server simply Tap on server or Long Tap to display a contextual menu with various entries (Start connection, Add to favorites, Add to forbidden, Add to your OpenVPN profiles (see Chapter 5) to Main menu to change settings and options of the application

Search functions: to filter the servers list. When the search filter is active the icon remains red.

Server Settings: to change default parameters and sort servers

4. Main menu

Go to Main menu to change settings and options of the application

Settings

Reset to Default options: tap on button to reset all the settings to default values

AirVPN section specific parameters

VPN section

DNS section

Authentication section: if you import an OpenVPN profile (see Chapter 5) that requires Credentials

System section

Proxy section

Advanced section

Log for access to application log click on Log on main menu or Log button on "connection info" tab

You have access to activity log for info and troubleshooting. You can also share the log via share icon

5. OpenVPN profile

Generate a profile from inside the app from "AirVPN server" tab, but you also have the ability to import *.ovpn profile to connect to other VPN services

Generate profile with web Config Generator:

Launch your Internet browser.
NOTE: don't use the default Android browser because it has an unresolved bug.
Chrome and Opera have been tested by us and work.
Connect to AirVPN website, login and create the configuration files from our Config Generator.
Choose Android as platform (only direct TCP and UDP connections are supported) and finally click the "Generate" button to download it.
Downloaded .ovpn files may be imported directly into the application but the behavior depends on many factors (employed browser, files manager, Android version, etc). For simplicity's sake, we assume in this guide that you saved .ovpn generated files under the internal storage directory in the Android file system

Import profile:

Tap the "Import profile" button:

Browse *.ovpn files:

Tap the "Connect" button or long tap to profile entry to "Start connection, Rename or Delete profile"

Eddie is now connected and the VPN tunnel is now established, When you need to disconnect from the VPN click on the "Disconnect" button

6. Always on VPN

How to enable "Always on VPN" on you device to enforce leaks prevention and allow automatic connection during the boostrap on Android 8 and higher versions:

Make sure you have run and connected Eddie at least once