Set up autofill on Android

Bramble fills logins and 2FA codes in apps and browsers on Android 8 and later.

Turn on autofill

1. Open your phone’s Settings app and search for “autofill”.
2. Open the autofill service setting and choose Bramble.

The name and place of this setting differ between phone makers and Android versions.

Fill a login

1. Tap a username or password field. Android shows Bramble’s suggestions.
2. If your vault is locked, the suggestion reads Unlock to autofill. Tap it, then choose Unlock with biometrics, or enter your master password and choose Unlock Vault.
3. Bramble lists this site’s logins first, under the site’s name, such as For shop.example.com, then Other logins. Type in Search logins to find another one.
4. Tap a login. Bramble fills the username and password.

Bramble always lets you pick, even when only one login matches.

Stay unlocked between fills

After you unlock, Bramble stays unlocked for autofill for as long as your Auto-lock timeout in Settings → General. While it’s unlocked, the suggestions list the matching logins directly, plus Show all logins to search your whole vault.

With Immediate, Bramble asks you to unlock every time. With Never, it stays unlocked until you lock the app.

Which logins match

• In a browser, Bramble on Android offers logins saved for the same site, its parent domain or its subdomains. A login for example.com shows on shop.example.com, but a login for accounts.example.com doesn’t. This is narrower than the browser extension.
• In an app, Bramble offers a login only once you’ve linked it to the app (see below), or when the app’s website confirms the app belongs to it.
• Bramble offers only logins that have a password. Archived logins are never offered.
• Autofill uses the vault you last opened in Bramble.

Fill and save

If you pick a login that isn’t linked to this app or site, Bramble asks Save to Bramble?. Choose Fill and save to add the app or site to the login, so Bramble offers it here next time. Just fill fills without saving.

Fill a 2FA code

Tap the code field and pick the login. Bramble fills the current code from the login’s Authenticator key (TOTP). Logins without one aren’t offered on a code field.

Show logins above the keyboard

On Android 11 and later, Bramble can show logins in your keyboard’s suggestion bar.

1. Open Settings → General in Bramble.
2. Turn on Keyboard suggestions. It’s off by default.

Your keyboard has to support autofill suggestions. Gboard does.

Save new logins

With Offer to save logins on in Settings → General, Android offers to save a new sign-in to Bramble. Accept, and Bramble opens with a new login filled in. Unlock and save it.

Browsers that match the site

A browser tells Bramble which site you’re on. Bramble trusts that only from browsers on a built-in list, and checks each browser’s signature so another app can’t pretend to be one:

• Chrome
• Firefox, and Firefox from F-Droid
• Microsoft Edge
• Brave
• DuckDuckGo
• Opera Mini
• Samsung Internet and Samsung Internet Beta
• Vivaldi
• Waterfox
• Vanadium
• IronFox

In any other browser, including most beta and nightly versions, Bramble still opens, but it can’t tell which site you’re on. Tap Unlock to autofill or Show all logins and search for the login. You can’t add browsers to the list yourself. To ask for one, email [email protected].

Something not working?

See Why doesn’t Android suggest my logins?