I am making an application that turn the screen ON and OFF with the proximity sensor. The proximity code is finished, but i got trouble using the screen controls.
I have read that I should use,
PowerManager manager = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
manager.goToSleep(int amountOfTime);
For that, I need to grant special permissions in order to make it works, but I haven't figured out how to do it.
Also, I have read about changing screen brightness
WindowManager.LayoutParams params = getWindow().getAttributes();
params.flags |= LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON;
params.screenBrightness = 0;
getWindow().setAttributes(params);
But this way only turn the screen off on my application; it doesn't work if my application is running in background.
I have also read about using Wakelock (i use them to wake my phone from screen-off), but when
PowerManager manager = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
PowerManager.WakeLock wl = manager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, "Your Tag");
wl.acquire();
wl.release();
But when I do that, nothing happens.
Is there any other way to do it ?