Disable/Delay Android Lock Screen Programmatically

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I’d like to disable/delay the lock screen programmatically. In looking into this, KeyguardManager is depreciated/doesn't work consistently, FLAG_DISMISS_KEYGUARD is not an option because I want to do this in the background, I don't want to use WakeLock for battery reasons, Device Administration does not appear to be capable of this and, while SCREEN_OFF_TIMEOUT is available to control when the screen sleeps, I was unable to find a similar timeout for the screen lock.

What am I missing here? Thanks.

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 13 '13 at 13:24

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try this, it will keep awake the screen/ display , as long as the activity is on top. getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);

Also this does not require any permission in manifest.

answered Nov 13 '13 at 13:24

Swapnil Kale

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Houcine · Answer 2 · 2013-04-18T09:51:11.577

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the answer of @nandeesh is working but it's deprecated , to disable lock screen use flags :

getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DISMISS_KEYGUARD);

edited Apr 18 '13 at 09:51

answered Apr 17 '13 at 09:42

Houcine

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 18 '12 at 20:01

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Did you try this?

KeyguardManager keyguardManager = (KeyguardManager)getSystemService(Activity.KEYGUARD_SERVICE);
KeyguardLock lock = keyguardManager.newKeyguardLock(KEYGUARD_SERVICE);
lock.disableKeyguard();

Add

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD"/>

You can disable the keyguard using this.

answered Aug 18 '12 at 20:01

nandeesh

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Yes, and it is depreciated/doesn’t work consistently (per my original post). – Bink Aug 19 '12 at 00:01

Disable/Delay Android Lock Screen Programmatically

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