Android is popular mainly because of its high openness. Users can carry out various customized operations in the system, which is very different from the way competitors like iOS and WP play. The complexity of system settings will certainly increase the learning cost of users. This article introduces some system settings unique to Android.
In order to make the test content more representative, of course, it will focus on the explanation of the native Android system. Here we use Nexus 4, the system version Android 4.2.2, and some other more distinctive examples will be added.
First is the launcher. Because some Android devices have the menu key, which makes the operations on the launcher more complex and diverse, but it is very convenient to use. As shown in the figure, you can quickly access application management and system settings. In this way, the installed applications can be quickly uninstalled, and the system settings can also be easily accessed (it should be noted that since Android 4.0, Google has begun to play down the status of the menu key, and the menu key here is also called out through a third-party ROM, which is not available in the original Android 4.2.2)
Some brands will give different functions to menu keys. For example, Samsung's menu keys have more functions than native ones, but lack of application management
The settings of the dial panel may often be ignored. In fact, there are rich options here. After entering, you can set the ring to vibrate at the same time
Some national bank ROMs and third-party ROMs can even set the call home and other additional functions
Entering the secondary menu, native Android also has system settings and management
Samsung has added the function of hiding applications
Enter the power option to view the use after the last charge, in which the detailed information is more detailed in the use curve
In addition to the commonly used lock screen options, the security option includes an "unknown source", which is recommended to be checked, because the prerequisite for users to install the apk is that it has been selected here. It is recommended to remove the check of the verification application, otherwise you will be prompted every time you install the application
The developer option is a very special setting for Android. First of all, of course, it is the USB debugging that is most used. With the computer, you can use ADB to perform Root, push Google service packs and other operations. In addition, before connecting some synchronization software such as Peapod and 91 Assistant, you also need to open USB for debugging
Display touch operation and pointer position, which are mostly used for machine debugging. After opening, you will see the track of touch operation, and it is not necessary to open it for normal use
Animation adjustment: Android windows and page transitions will be animated. The speed of animation can be adjusted here. The default is 1x. Adjusting to 0.5x will make the machine look more "smooth". If you don't want to consume additional system resources, you can completely close these animations
For the setting of the GPU, disable the HW overlay layer. This option is related to the "butter" plan. However, in mainstream mobile phones, even if you disable the HW overlay layer, you will not feel any obvious speed difference. However, some software such as FPS Meter can be used normally only after HW stack layer is disabled. Forcing GPU rendering, that is, the speed of GPU rendering, will reduce the CPU burden to process faster and improve the user experience to a certain extent. However, when you enable this option, you should pay special attention. Some software will have adverse effects after GPU rendering is enabled, which may cause applications to get stuck, or even fail to run. The new 4x MSAA option for Android 4.2 is easy to understand. You can add 4x MSAA anti aliasing to applications using OpenGL ES 2.0
Display CPU usage, real-time display of services consuming CPU, CPU utilization can only be expressed graphically
Background process limit: the number of processes allowed to be opened in the background. When background is not allowed, Android has only one process in the foreground, which of course can show the most fluent experience, but it loses the biggest feature of Android. For mainstream 2G Ram mobile phones, you don't need to pay too much attention to this problem
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