What does developer options do?

[lbabus]

Developer options

Needed to go into developer options to get Kiehs up and running (again!) and found an option to not keep activities open. Checked this and rebooted the tablet. I thought this would close apps once I left them but when I check the apps are all still open. What does this do? Also are there any other developer options that would be good to enable? Thanks.

 

[N4Newbie]

Re: Developer options

Actually, none of them are "good to enable" unless you are, indeed, a developer who requires a specific option for app testing/monitoring. That's why they are called "developer options".

Even developers don't leave these things turned on during normal phone usage.

 

[Javier P]

Re: Developer options

This article will help you to understand the developer option.

http://www.androidcentral.com/all-about-your-phones-developer-options

 

[lbabus]

Thanks, that was helpful. I reverted to the old settings.

 

[Javier P]

Thanks, that was helpful. I reverted to the old settings.

Glad it helped! The developer options can be very helpful sometimes but only if you know what you're doing. They are pretty safe to play around, just remember the default values before you change anything. Switching off the toggle on top of that screen will revert to default values just in case you have any problem. But as N4Newbie said, if it's not broken no need to fix it