Settings 113
Input Settings
Set options for user interface behavior.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Developer options
.
2. Touch options to enable or disable them:
• Show touches
: When enabled, screen touches
display visual feedback on the screen.
• Show pointer location
: When enabled, the
pointer location displays on a screen overlay.
Drawing Settings
Configures drawing options for the Graphic
Processing Unit (GPU).
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Developer options
.
• Show layout boundaries
: Displays clip bounds,
margins, and more.
• Show GPU view updates
: Flashes the view
inside a window when drawn with GPU.
• Show screen updates
: Areas of the screen
flash as they update.
• Window animation scale
: Configures the scale
for animation (ranges from off to 10x).
• Transition animation scale
: Configures the
scale for transitioning when using animation
(ranges from off to 10x).
• Animator duration scale
: Configures the scale
for duration when using animation (ranges from
off to 10x).
• Disable hardware overlays
: Assigns the work
of rendering to the GPU.
• Force GPU rendering
: Allows the use of 2D
hardware accelerations in applications.
Monitoring Settings
Set options for user interface behavior.
1. From the Home screen, touch
Apps
➔
Settings
➔
Developer options
.
2. Touch options to enable or disable:
• Strict mode
: When enabled, the screen flashes
while applications perform long operations.
• Show CPU usage
: When enabled, CPU usage
displays on a screen overlay.
• GPU rendering profile
: When enabled, uses 2d
hardware acceleration in applications.
• Enable traces
: When enabled, captures traces
of system activity and other information.