How to keep your screen always on even when you close the app

Question

I’m developing a app and I’m looking to implement a method that makes your screen never erase.

I did some research on the Internet and I was able to do this inside the app. However, I would like this feature to continue working when I minimize the app, always keeping your phone on screen even using other applications.

My goal is to do something like this: youtube.com/watch? v=ywXg3cqL8Tw

I thought I’d use an asynchronous method next to WAKE_LOCK, but I couldn’t.

I saw by the examples as the app of the link provided above to make it work with the app off, it is using a class extends Servise that with this he can keep the screen lit even with the app disconnected.

Below you can see my code, tried by onBind, but I couldn’t either:

public class ServiceScreen extends Service {
    private static final String TAG = "Service";

    SharedPreferences prefs;
    SharedPreferences.Editor editor;
    Notification n;
    NotificationManager notificationManager;
    // Change this int to some number specifically for this app
    int notifId = 5315;
    //Screen luz;

    IBinder b;

    @Override
    public IBinder onBind(Intent arg0) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        //getCurrentFocus().setKeepScreenOn(true);
        //int x = WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON;
        arg0.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
        return b;
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        Log.d(TAG, "onCreate");
        // Init the SharedPreferences and Editor

        prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getApplicationContext());
        editor = prefs.edit();

        notificationManager = (NotificationManager) getApplicationContext()
            .getSystemService(NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);
        Context context = getApplicationContext();

        String notifTitle = context.getResources().getString(R.string.app_name);
        String notifMessage = context.getResources().getString(R.string.ligado);
        n = new Notification();
        n.icon = R.drawable.ic_launcher;
        n.tickerText = "Buffering";
        n.when = System.currentTimeMillis();

        Intent nIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
        PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, nIntent, 0);

        n.setLatestEventInfo(context, notifTitle, notifMessage, pIntent);
        notificationManager.notify(notifId, n);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    @Override
    public void onStart(Intent intent, int startId) {
        Context context = getApplicationContext();
        String notifTitle = context.getResources().getString(R.string.app_name);
        String notifMessage = context.getResources().getString(R.string.ligado);

        n.icon = R.drawable.ic_launcher;
        n.tickerText = notifMessage;
        n.flags = Notification.FLAG_NO_CLEAR;
        n.when = System.currentTimeMillis();
        Intent nIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
        PendingIntent pIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, nIntent, 0);
        n.setLatestEventInfo(context, notifTitle, notifMessage, pIntent);
        notificationManager.notify(notifId, n);
    }

    @Override
    public void onDestroy() {
        Log.d(TAG, "onDestroy");
        notificationManager.cancel(notifId);
    }
}

If anyone knows how to help me keep the screen on, any tips are welcome!

Answer 1

I did it here! this way I can turn off the app that it keeps keeping the screen on.

I added in the onCreate class ServiceScreen this code:

PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);

wl = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.FULL_WAKE_LOCK, "watever");
wl.acquire();