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Need to help someone find their way around an app? Perhaps you have older relatives engaging with their first Android tablet or phone and want to demonstrate how to do something, but you're finding that relating this information by phone or email isn't practical.

Making a video is the best answer, something that you can do with a screen recorder app. Two types exist: those that are for rooted pre-Lollipop devices and those for Android 5.0 Lollipop and later. If you're using an Android 4.4 KitKat or earlier smartphone or tablet. then you’ll need something like SCR Screen Recorder which works on older rooted devices running Android 4.0.3 and above.

These apps work with a simple user interface and record not only the actions on the Android display but also audio from your device microphone, enabling you to talk the subject through the steps they need to take. Once you're done, all you need to do is share the video, perhaps using YouTube, Facebook or Google Drive, making sure the recipient knows where to find it. Screen recorders are also great for recording the progress that you are making in video games.