Enable USB debugging (under settings/applications/development) programmatically from within an app

Question

Is it possible to enable USB debugging (under settings/applications/development) programmatically from within my app?

I was looking at Permission.WRITE_SETTING

Answer 1

If your device has root, and API level > 17 for enable adb:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"su", "-c", "settings put global adb_enabled 1"});

or (depends of su implementation)

Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[] {"su", "settings put global adb_enabled 1"});

For disable - change last argument from 1 to 0