Um, you need to release it at some point. Once you release it, you don't need to do anything with it any more if you don't want.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:17 AM, madcoder <paperga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In the example here: > > It shows: > > PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService > (Context.POWER_SERVICE); > PowerManager.WakeLock wl = pm.newWakeLock > (PowerManager.SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK, "My Tag"); > wl.acquire(); > ..screen will stay on during this section.. > wl.release(); > > > Once the wake lock is received from the pm, can the reference to the > pm be set to null? Is it needed any more? Or is there some reason to > keep it? > > It seems like the wl reference is the only one needed. > > > > > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
