If you want to keep the screen on you can use the setKeepScreenOn(true) method as well...
On Feb 4, 7:58 am, lipinski <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to implement a times WakeLock in my Application, so this is > not a Service. > > I want the wakelock to simply prevent screen dimming for 3 min. > Looking through the docs, this seems simple enough, but I seem to > randomly encounter a Under-Locked exception that I cannot pinpoint. > > Here is my WakeLock-related code: > > in onCreate: > ... > PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) > getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE); > mWakeLock = > pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK, TAG); > // Adjust time to include user's setting > int timeout = WAKELOCK_TIME - > Settings.System.getInt(getContentResolver(), SCREEN_OFF_TIMEOUT, 0); > if (timeout > 0) { > mWakeLock.acquire(timeout); > } > ... > > in onDestroy: > if (mWakeLock != null && mWakeLock.isHeld() == true) { > try { > mWakeLock.release(); > } catch (Exception e) { > // TODO Auto-generated catch block > //e.printStackTrace(); > } > > } > super.onDestroy(); > > As you can see, I wrap the release and try to only execute it when > necessary as a clean up only. I'm assuming that since I'm aquiring > with a timeout, the PowerManager will handle the release in most cases > when the timeout expires. > > I don't have a copy of the logcat at the moment, but what seems to > happen is I get the Under-Locked exception randomly, and at random > times (it's not always when WAKELOCK_TIME elapses). The strange thing > is that the exception does not point to my code - all the entries > point to "internal" Android code. > > It's hard to find examples of other people using aquire with timeouts. > > Any ideas what I could be doing wrong here? -- 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
