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How to reveal that screen is locked?


In my application I need to know when device is locked (on HTC's it looks like short press on "power" button). So the question is: which event is triggered when device is locked? Or device is going to sleep?


Solution

  • You should extend BroadcastReceiver and implement onReceive, like this:

    public class YourBroadcastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            if (Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF.equalsIgnoreCase(intent.getAction())) {
                //screen has been switched off!
            }
        }
    }
    

    Then you just have to register it and you'll start receiving events when the screen is switched off:

    IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_ON);
    filter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_SCREEN_OFF);
    appBroadcastReceiver = new AppBroadcastReceiver(yourActivity);
    registerReceiver(appBroadcastReceiver, filter);