Sorry to ask the obvious, but are you sure you have the
"android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" permission declared in your
AndroidManifest.xml?


On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:11 PM, guich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to programatically turn the screen off and on, while keep
> the app running.
>
> If i try this code:
>
> final PowerManager pm = (PowerManager)
> loader.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
> AndroidUtils.debug("creating lock");
> screenLock = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK,
> "TotalCross");
> AndroidUtils.debug("lock: "+screenLock);
> screenLock.acquire();
> AndroidUtils.debug("acquired: "+screenLock);
>
> ... then the application stops at the "acquire" method call
> ("acquired" is never printed).
>
> If i change to:
>
> PowerManager pm = (PowerManager)
> loader.getApplication().getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
>
> (note the getApplication()), then i get:
> java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10030 nor current process
> has android.permission.WAKE_LOCK.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
> thanks
>
>   guich
>
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