Android Question how to press power button programmatically

[toby]

I'm working on an app which will simulate the pressing of the power button from time to time. I'm wondering how.

Thanks in advance for any helps!

 

[edgar_ortiz]

Just call the sub... "Your_Button_Click"

Regards,

Edgar

 

[toby]

@Edgar, sorry, I meant the physical button used to turn on and off your phone.

 

[DonManfred]

I meant the physical button used to turn on and off your phone

You cannot press them programatically

 

[lemonisdead]

sorry, I meant the physical button used to turn on and off your phone.

Could you describe a little more your need ? Is it to light the screen or really send the Power intent ?

 

[Pendrush]

Some Java examples, but i don't know how to implement it:
http://stackoverflow.com/a/5440790
from: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/admin/device-admin.html#top

Set device lock
You can set the maximum period of user inactivity that can occur before the device locks. For example:

DevicePolicyManager mDPM;ComponentName mDeviceAdminSample;...long timeMs =1000L*Long.parseLong(mTimeout.getText().toString());
mDPM.setMaximumTimeToLock(mDeviceAdminSample, timeMs);

You can also programmatically tell the device to lock immediately:
DevicePolicyManager mDPM;
mDPM.lockNow();

 

[Erel]

You cannot "press" the power button programmatically.

Some Java examples, but i don't know how to implement it:

See the Administrator library.

 

[toby]

What I really want is to lock my phone when it's alive. Currently I press the power button to achieve that. I want to do this programmatically. Thanks to Erel who's pointed me to the solution. The lock screen feature in The Administrator library and accompanying example does exactly what I need.