On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM, coredump <jose.jun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I tried the 'correct' way to do it: > > Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(), > Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS, 255); > > And it doesnt work. It seems to change the brightness value on the > Display Settings Screen but not the actual display brightness. I tried > with putString too, no game. > > I also tried to use the IHardware approach (described by joby some > messages ago), but it seems to doesn't even exist on SDK 1.1 (at least > eclipse could not resolve it).
It never existed on the SDK 1.1 as an official API, so the SDK won't know about it. > But there must be one way working because the Flashlight app on the > Market does that perfectly. So, if anyone can provide a different > approach I will be very thankful. What SDK are you targetting? For SDKs 1.0 and 1.1, the API was unfortunately there but not official to make flashlights. For SDK 1.5 there's a new *official* way to do a simple flashlight. No hacks involved and you're guaranteed it will work. Dianne posted the 2 lines of code that you need earlier in the thread. If you want a more complete example: http://code.google.com/p/autosettings/source/browse/trunk/Flashlight/src/com/alfray/flashlight/FlashlightActivity.java R/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
