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AndBegginer
AndBegginer

Reputation: 233

Android Turn screen Off

I can't turn off the screen using this code. I used PowerManager and wl.release() method, but it doesn't work. Can somebody show me an example?

  PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE); 
   wl = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.FULL_WAKE_LOCK, "DoNotDimScreen");

This is part of my function:

  stateString = "nextone";
  if(stateString=="nextone"){        
  wl.release();
   }

I also added permission in the manifest but no result.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 16810

Answers (5)

pengwang
pengwang

Reputation: 19956

try 
{
    Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), Settings.System.SCREEN_OFF_TIMEOUT, 1000*15);
} 
catch (NumberFormatException e) 
{
    Log.e("aa", "could not persist screen timeout setting", e);
}

How to detect switching between user and device

Upvotes: 0

Gdalya
Gdalya

Reputation: 405

I found the answer over here on stack overflow: Turn off screen on Android

Copied from there:

WindowManager.LayoutParams params = getWindow().getAttributes(); 
params.flags |= LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON; 
params.screenBrightness = 0; 
getWindow().setAttributes(params);

I tried this out and it seems to work.

Upvotes: 2

ademar111190
ademar111190

Reputation: 14505

You can use

getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);

Upvotes: 0

Samuel
Samuel

Reputation: 9993

please check this link before proceeding with wake lock. if it does not solve your problem then you can proceed with wake lock.

Force Screen On

Upvotes: 0

Dororo
Dororo

Reputation: 3440

If you don't use a permission, the program will crash with a SecurityException when it tries to lock, so that isn't the problem. The correct method is: (obtains WakeLock on start, gives it up when the application loses focus (onPause)

//declared globally so both functions can access this
public PowerManager.WakeLock wl;

///////////onCreate
//stop phone from sleeping
PowerManager powman = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
wl = powman.newWakeLock(PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK, "NameOfLock");
wl.acquire();

///////////onPause
wl.release();

//////////for completion's sake, onResume
if(!wl.isHeld()){
    wl.acquire();
}

However, your problem is actually in this check

if(stateString=="nextone")

This should be if(stateString.equals("nextone"))

Upvotes: 0

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