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I would like to start looking at development for Android applications (nothing huge, just for learning). Before I begin, I would like to find out whether or not development on the Android phone I use daily would be corrupted or changed in some way if I used it as a development device.
I probably won't put anything on the Market, but I would just like to test out how everything "works" with Android development.
Any help that will guide me is great.
Thanks.
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No problem arises when you switch on the developer option in your smart phone. It never affects the performance of the device. Since android is open source developer domain it just provides permissions which are useful when you develop application. Some for example USB debugging, bug report shortcut etc.
Using Developer optionsTo access all the hidden settings, you have to turn it on. Remember, you should only use Developer mode if you are familiar with Android app development. First, navigate to and open Settings. Tap About phone, and then tap Software information.
So don't enable it unless you really need it or you have to be sure that you can take care of your phone. No, by default it will not affect the phone in any way . It will display certain settings which can affect the phone's behavior if you're not aware about what that particular option does.
Android phones come equipped with the ability to enable Developer options. Which lets you test some features and access parts of the phone that are locked away. It's easy to enable and you know where to look.
It shouldn't cause any problems at all. The only problem I can imagine is that you have to enable installation of applications from unknown sources (i.e. not the marketplace). You just need to be sensible not to go installing applications from dodgy places.
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No, not at all! Sorry for the shortness of the answer, but that's it.
The only problem I can think of is writing to internal memory more than usual, but if you install a lot of new apps, the effect will be the same, so it's nothing special. And as alextsc said, if you write something and it doesn't work, just remove it, and that's all.
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Not at all. But even better, when you set everything up (Eclipse, the Android SDK and the ADT Eclipse plugin) you'll also get an Android emulator that you can test your development projects on virtually.
Still, it's just fine (and recommended) to do testing on an actual device, but if you're just playing around, you can likely just use the emulator and only deploy to your device if the end result is something you'd like to show off to your friends!
Best of luck!
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