Also you definitely do get paused when the screen is turning off, so you really should be able to fix things by doing whatever you need to there.
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 10:11 AM, theSmith <[email protected]> wrote: > Im not sure you can catch it from turning off, but you can setup a > broadcast receiver to let you know when that happens. > > Your receiver must be defined in java (not xml) and look for the > ACTION_SCREEN_OFF broadcast. > > Hope that helps, > > theSmith > > On Nov 27, 6:47 am, David Given <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Is there any way where I can detect that the screen is about to turn > > off, so I can do some work *before* it happens? > > > > I need this to work around bug 3755: OpenGL apps sometimes crash when > > the screen gets turned off because they don't get > > surfaceDestroyed()/surfaceCreated() events. > > > > http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3755 > > > > Simply put, I need to shut down OpenGL before the phone has a chance to > > detach the GPU. The only events I seems to be getting when the screen > > turns off are onPause() and onWindowFocusChanged()... both of which turn > > up *after* the GPU detaches, by which time it's too late. > > > > Can anyone suggest any way of doing this? > > > > (In desperation, I have tried to intercept the power key, but the > > power/hangup key is treated specially and doesn't generate keyboard > > events...) > > > > - -- > > ┌─── ｄｇ＠ｃｏｗｌａｒｋ．ｃｏｍ ─────http://www.cowlark.com───── > > │ > > │ "Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from > > │ malice." -- Vernon Schryver > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla -http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAksPvFIACgkQf9E0noFvlzioGACfW5r72xNXqykHvSu4SocKo0bw > > rlkAoLNa6NZiWgczIBHtLmgJmzFZLiaR > > =HOwY > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
