How to show Touches and Pointer Location on Screen without Developer Mode?

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I am trying to use my phone as controller and my 42 TV as display. Chromecast is casting the thing.

I have tried Show Touches and Show pointer location as described here in Developer options. However, I do not want to keep Developer options active all the time. Also, some of the features fail too often, causing epileptic continuous blinking in different colours.
I do not have any other option (etc Show GPU view updates) on in Developer Options.

Phone: Oneplus 2
OS: CyanogenMod 13

Have you tried the "Show Touches" option in the Developer Options? — benjamin, Commented Aug 25, 2016 at 10:50
@benjamin Yes, I tried it. I do not however want to use Developer mode continuously. Either of the modes also fails too often, causing severe complications. — Léo Léopold Hertz 준영, Commented Aug 25, 2016 at 11:50
The blinking you are describing is most often caused by activating "Show GPU view updates" - which adds a red overlay to views rendered by the GPU. The developer options are the easiest option I guess. You don't have to enable "Show pointer Location" most likely. Maybe there is another way though which is better suited for you — benjamin, Commented Aug 25, 2016 at 12:10
@benjamin No, I do not have Show GPU view updates on. It happens just with those two settings. — Léo Léopold Hertz 준영, Commented Aug 25, 2016 at 12:11

Léo Léopold Hertz 준영 · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-03 07:43:39Z

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No support for this in Android 6-7 by default without the developer mode.

answered Oct 3, 2017 at 7:43

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