http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/View.html#attr_android:keepScreenOn
This will keep the screen on, while your view is visible.
On Jun 16, 3:52 am, Thomas Riley <tomrile...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> How would I go about doing this.
>
> I have the wake lock working ok now but no harm in knowing a different
> method...
>
> On Jun 16, 8:49 am, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
>
> > Do you REALLY need to hold a full wake lock like this? The vast majority
> > of apps should use the window flag to keep the screen on while their UI is
> > shown. This way you don't need the power permission, and you are much less
> > likely to have bugs that leave the screen on and cause the user's battery to
> > drain.
>
> > On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Thomas Riley
> > <tomrile...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > > I need to use a wakelock to hold the screen active while its required.
> > > I was recommended to use a service which I have been trying but on the
> > > onDestroy I am getting "wl cannot be resolved". Code below:
>
> > > public class WakeLockService extends Service {
>
> > > �...@override
> > > public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
> > > // TODO Auto-generated method stub
> > > return null;
> > > }
>
> > > public void onCreate() {
> > > PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService
> > > (Context.POWER_SERVICE);
> > > PowerManager.WakeLock wl = pm.newWakeLock
> > > (PowerManager.FULL_WAKE_LOCK, "My Tag");
> > > wl.acquire();
> > > }
>
> > > public void onDestroy() {
> > > wl.release();
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > --
> > 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, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such
> > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
> > answer them.
>
>
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