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C6Silver
C6Silver

Reputation: 3357

Apple TV Not Stopping Screen Saver

My app needs to prevent the Apple screen saver from coming on automatically. I understand that to do this means inserting the following code into the launch with options function:

application.idleTimerDisabled = true

Additionally I understand that this may not work on a development build so I have tested it via a release build directly from Test Flight.

Net result is that it is not working. I have the Apple screen saver set to kick in at 2 minutes from the Apple settings screen. At exactly 2 minutes after inaction within my app, the screen saver fires off. In other words the above line of code is not working and I have been unable to find a different way or reason why.

Any idea why the above isn't working or if there is a different way to disable screen savers for Apple TV? This is running on tvOS 15.2.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 613

Answers (1)

C6Silver
C6Silver

Reputation: 3357

Turns out the solution was to put it directly in the view (SwiftUI in this case) and not within

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey : Any]? = nil) -> Bool

When put into the .onAppear of the SwiftUI view as UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = true it worked.

I'll leave this question up for others who will invariably find the same issue.

Upvotes: 4

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