Did you read my reply to your original, exactly the same as far as I can
tell, code?

On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Cythes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Well after taking a few days off its time to hit the bricks again. So here
> I am asking for help as to why my program is not setting the brightness
> requested... Here is the code I have so far.
>
> import android.app.Activity;
> import android.content.Intent;
> import android.os.Bundle;
> import android.provider.Settings;
> import android.provider.Settings.SettingNotFoundException;
> import android.view.WindowManager;
>
> public class bright extends Activity {
>
> @Override
> protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
>  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
> super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
> int brightnessMode = 0;
>  try {
> brightnessMode = Settings.System.getInt(getContentResolver(),
> Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE);
>  } catch (SettingNotFoundException e) {
> // TODO Auto-generated catch block
> e.printStackTrace();
>  }
> if (brightnessMode == Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_AUTOMATIC) {
>     Settings.System.putInt(getContentResolver(),
> Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE,
> Settings.System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS_MODE_MANUAL);
>  }
>
> WindowManager.LayoutParams layoutParams = getWindow().getAttributes();
> layoutParams.screenBrightness = 0.5F; // set 50% brightness
>  getWindow().setAttributes(layoutParams);
>         Intent i = new Intent(this, StartSpark.class);
>         i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
>         startActivity(i);
> finish();
> }
> }
>
> I heard some place that when you do things like this you need to send out
> a new window in order for it to refresh and take on the new brightness
> properties. So that is why I have the intent set up at the bottom.
>
> I have been messing with this on my own for a while now but everything I
> am trying is coming up dead... And not in the way I want it to be..
>
> So what am I doing wrong?
>
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