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The Developer Options for Android are really useful. But I can't seem to enable them on an Android emulator (Nexus 5 running API 25). I tried clicking with my mouse 7 times on the build number to simulate the 7 taps on a phone. But the Developer Options don't appear.

Phantômaxx
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I have found a video on YouTube and worked for me. The way you enable it is the same as you'd do in a real device. Go to: Settings -> System -> About emulated device -> Build number click that as many times as it takes to turn on developer mode, and that's it!

Here is the video:

https://youtu.be/Yxqq7bT1K2A

Lucas Rabelo
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    It worked fine for me. I think it would not work in hardware that you'd have to press some sort of combination of keys or something. Since I have not seen such hardware it may work for all. – Lucas Rabelo Oct 28 '19 at 20:49
  • This video is out of date and no longer works with the latest Android Studio. – crash springfield Sep 21 '20 at 14:46
  • worked for me as well. thanks, didn't go for video, just `Go to: Settings -> System -> About emulated device -> Build number click that as many times` worked – Ubaid ur Rehman Dec 06 '21 at 10:55
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Developer options is not enabled by default. Below are the steps to enable it in your emulator

  1. Go to Settings -> About emulated device
  2. Click Build number 7 times (or till it says that you're a developer now).
  3. Go back and go to System -> Advanced -> Developer options
Anne
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adb shell input keyevent 82 is the command

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Shabih
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It's probably not possible to turn on the Developer Options in the Android emulator because the documentation calls them On-Device Developer Options: Configure On-Device Developer Options. That said, I don't see an explicit mention that it can't be used on the emulator. I looked in the Configure On-Device Developer Options and the Run Apps on the Android Emulator documentation.

Perhaps the On-Device Developer Options are handled in other ways by the Android emulator. For example, there are the Extended controls, settings, and help. There are also the command-line options you can pass to the Android emulator.

Some options may simply be unavailable on an Android Emulator, such as Try out WebView Beta. Each limitation such as this one may or may not workaround. A possible workaround for updating the WebView on the Android Emulator is Update Android System WebView on SDK Emulator.

Michael Osofsky
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For me the tapping on the build number didn't work on my Emulator.

I used this command instead and it worked:

adb shell settings put global development_settings_enabled 1

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To enable 'develper options' in real phone or emulator, we may refer to the official document. https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/dev-options. I did it on Pixel 2 API28 emulator following instrucions explained in the link and it worked. Have a good one!

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