broadcastreceiver - Android: Wake & unlock phone

Question

I am trying to figure out how to wake and unlock the phone with a service. I have been referring to this post but, I can't figure out why it isn't working. This is the code that I have so far:

public class WakephoneActivity extends Activity {

    BroadcastReceiver mReceiver;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {

            @Override
            public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
                // Log.v(TAG, "Screen OFF onReceive()");
                screenOFFHandler.sendEmptyMessageDelayed(0, 2000);
            }
        };
    }

    private Handler screenOFFHandler = new Handler() {

        @Override
        public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
            super.handleMessage(msg);
            // do something
            // wake up phone
            // Log.i(TAG, "ake up the phone and disable keyguard");
            PowerManager powerManager = (PowerManager) WakephoneActivity.this
                    .getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
            long l = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
            powerManager.userActivity(l, false);// false will bring the screen
            // back as bright as it was, true - will dim it
        }
    };

    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF);
        registerReceiver(mReceiver, filter);
        // Log.i(TAG, "broadcast receiver registered!");
    }
}

I have added the code in the manifest as well. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Use this code below in your service.

PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getApplicationContext().getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
        mWakeLock = pm.newWakeLock((PowerManager.SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK | PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP), "YourServie");
        mWakeLock.acquire();
        [...]
        mWakeLock.release();

If you want to unlock the screen as well, register a receiver in your service that monitors if the screen is turned on/off and if it is turned off and you want to unlock the phone, start an activity with this code in onCreate:

Window window = getWindow();
window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DISMISS_KEYGUARD);
this.finish();
return;

I know, this is a rather dirty, but as far as I know, there is no other way of unlocking the lockscreen (and this will only work if there are no passwords etc set, so it must be the normal "slide to unlock" screen).

And don't forget to add android.permission.WAKE_LOCK ;-)

/edit: I just saw you are already using an Activity. If you have one and don't need the service at all, just put this code into the activity.