Built-in 'Developer options' in Android

Built-in "Developer options" in Android

Android has a few good settings built right into the platform for debugging under a hidden “Developer Options” menu. You can turn them on via Settings -> About Phone -> Build Number (tap 7 times). The steps will be similar but might vary a bit across OEMs. In older versions of Android, this used to be an explicit option under the Settings tab. I find the following options to be useful for the development ...

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Start Android locale settings activity from command-line

A useful and handy command specially when you during experimentation, you are stuck because of a changing language settings to an undecipherable foreign language. Bash 1 adb shell am start -n 'com.android.settings/.Settings\$LocalePickerActivity'