Android routing guide
Android split tunneling for selected apps and websites
Android split tunneling is the idea of choosing routes for assigned apps and sites instead of forcing one route location onto every app and site. Secureferry supports parallel dedicated routes. Apps and sites you assign can use their own dedicated routes. Apps and sites you do not assign use a shared dedicated route.
What Android split tunneling means
Split tunneling lets routing decisions stay selective. In Secureferry, route assignments stay explicit: assigned apps and sites use the routes you choose for them, while unassigned apps and sites use a shared dedicated route.
How Secureferry approaches selective routing
Secureferry uses route maps, checkpoints, manifests, and packaging profiles to keep routing decisions visible. You create a route, choose its checkpoints, assign the apps or sites that should use it, and activate the route when needed. Apps or sites not assigned to a specific route use the shared dedicated route.
- Create a dedicated route.
- Choose checkpoints for the route.
- Assign selected apps, websites, domains, or subdomains.
- Leave unassigned apps and sites on the shared dedicated route.
- Review the manifest before activating.
- Activate, pause, or disable routing from the app.
When selective routing helps
- Testing how an app behaves with a specific route.
- Assigning a work app while unassigned apps use the shared dedicated route.
- Sending a selected website or domain through a dedicated route location.
- Keeping route rules explicit and visible.
Privacy and permission notes
Android shows a VPN permission prompt because Secureferry needs system-level routing access to apply route assignments on your device. Secureferry does not collect browsing history and does not read, inspect, store, or sell the contents of routed network traffic.