Hi, such information as this is probably out here - but here comes a small guideline (perhaps more suited for a blog - but anyhow - here we go).
We have received a question or two on how to programmatically disable the screen saver in android devices. If you are playing a video the the preferred way is to use the MediaPlayer.setScreenOnWhilePlaying() method. If that doesn't have the wanted effect or in other cases there is a Power Manager API that can be used. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/PowerManager.htmland the wake lock mechanism. This mechanism must be handled with great care. There are two things that really must be kept in mind. 1. The partial wakelock lets the CPU run even when the screen is off - thus it may drain the battery easily if you not pay strct attention to closing it. 2. Also note that you should ALWAYS decide if the wakelock that is used needs to be reference counted or not, the default in Android is TRUE. The normal and preferred settings is FALSE! Example: PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE); PowerManager.WakeLock wl = pm.newWakeLock( PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK | PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP, "My Tag indeed"); w1.setReferenceCounted(FALSE); wl.acquire(); ..screen will stay on during this section.. wl.release(); For further information check: http://developer.sonyericsson.com/wportal/devworld/article/newsandevents-latestnews-androidpower?cc=gb&lc=en and http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/PowerManager.html Kind regards /Johan Sony Ericsson Developer Support #SEDW -- 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
