Doing this kind of stuff from third party apps isn't really supported. You may be able to hack up a somewhat working solution, but I don't think you can actually implement a fully working robust solution with the SDK APIs.
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:24 AM, luiX_ <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to develop something similar to the proximity event of the > dialer during a call, this is: when something is near the proxmity sensor > turn off the screen and when there's not power it on again. > > I've had no problem making the sensor's events work, that was easy, but I'm > having a lot of trouble trying to set the screen on/off, this is what I've > got this far: > > - I can power the screen off by setting brightness to zero (using the > WindowManager.LayoutParams), the problem is that it locks the screen > instead > of just setting it off. > - I've tried using a PowerManager.WakeLock to several things: > - using as flag PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK which should keep the cpu running > but allowing the screen and keyboard to go off (but not actually > setting > them off at the moment, it waits for the configured timeout) > - using as flag SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK | ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP and > then setting the screen off using the brightness "trick" but I still > do have > to manually press the button to bring the screen up. > > Now, I'm playing with some flags in the Window, but still nothing, I always > do have to bring the screen back by pressing the power button. > > Any ideas/snippets to make this work like when you're inside a call in > Android's default dialer? > > Thanks! :) > > -- > 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 -- 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
