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# Getting started

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## Simple usage

🔌 Plug-in an Android device to your computer. Open any app.

Then the simplest way to get started is to run the `flashlight measure` command:

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## Going further

You might have noticed that your performance score is completely dependent on how you use your app, and might change quite a bit.

Performance measures are usually not deterministic, one way to combat this is to:

- run several iterations and average results
- automate user behavior

But let's face it, that's just super cumbersome to do!  
Luckily we got you covered:  
[check out the test command](test) to do this automatically for you!
