On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:19 AM, wasabee18 <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to lock the screen with the following code: > > PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) > getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE); > pm.goToSleep(10); > > Even though I added the android.permission.DEVICE_POWER permission in > the manifest file, I get error: > > java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10024 nor current process > has android.permission.DEVICE_POWER. > I have tested only in emulator. > > This issue has been discussed already here (http://comments.gmane.org/ > gmane.comp.handhelds.android.devel/100254) but no probing answer has > been given. > > Can anyone help now ?
Ordinary Android SDK applications cannot hold that permission, AFAIK. > If it is not possible to lock the screen/ the entire device this way, > what is the preferred way to do it ? Let the device lock on its own after user inactivity. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in London: http://bit.ly/smand1, http://bit.ly/smand2 -- 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
