Cheat Droid ★ root only

Pros

• A powerful Android debugging tool that can benefit both gamers and developers
• Supports a huge selection of different file types
• Easy import and export options

Cons

• Requires Android device to be rooted
• Should only be used by those with a high level of technical proficiency

If you're a developer working to create an app for Android devices, Cheat Droid offers a lot of the fundamental utilities you'll need. This serves as a thorough developer's toolkit, letting you dig around into the inner workings of your app and stress test it under a variety of different circumstances, and the abilities it gives you to alter the settings on a fundamental way can make zeroing in on flaws with your app and debugging significantly easier. While this is primarily intended as a tool for developers, the functions at work here also make it useful for gamers, since they can use the options here to manually dig into the settings of games and set up a wide variety of different cheats.

The first thing to know is that Cheat Droid only works with rooted phones, and that may significantly close off the users that Cheat Droid will be appropriate for. While rooting a phone gives you a lot more control over the basic settings, it can also be a major risk for users who don't know what they're doing, so it's important to not start messing around with Cheat Droid unless you're technically proficient at working with the source code of mobile operating systems and ready to take a risk with the overall performance of your phone.

But if you're up to the task, there's a limited but versatile variety available to you through the Cheat Droid interface. One of the most important is the ability to alter the Shared Preferences of your app. Since developers need to incorporate Shared Preferences into their Android software by necessity, it's often the place where they store their application settings. That means that developers can monkey around with the cornerstones of their project without having to worry about breaking the app in any meaningful way, and gamers can adjust the core variables for how their favorite games work. Gamers should be aware that many game developers put anti-cheating settings into their software, so messing with the settings in the Shared Preferences section isn't a guarantee that your alterations are going to last. Apps should also always be backed up, because editing Shared Preferences can sometimes cause critical errors in an app if users aren't quite aware of what everything does.

Cheat Droid also comes with its own text editor built in. So if you're trying to patch on some extra lines of code into your app or make some adjustments, you can accomplish that straight through the program's interface. Fortunately, export and import functions allow you to sensibly back up any changes you made without a great deal of effort. The Cheat Droid experience is even rounded out with a fully functioning SQLite Browser.

Pros

• A powerful Android debugging tool that can benefit both gamers and developers
• Supports a huge selection of different file types
• Easy import and export options

Cons

• Requires Android device to be rooted
• Should only be used by those with a high level of technical proficiency