Android FULL_WAKE_LOCK is deprecated but PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK is not deprecated

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KOUSIK daniel picture KOUSIK daniel · May 28, 2015 · Viewed 18.3k times · Source

Here i mentioned the code for waking up the screen. i want the code is listen still the app is closed and the cpu is cleared and user can click the power button when ever my screen is unlock the app is sync like whatsapp.

    PowerManager pm =  (PowerManager)getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE); 
    wl = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK, "whatever");
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    wl.acquire();

Answer

Prokash Sarkar picture Prokash Sarkar · May 28, 2015

FULL_WAKE_LOCK is already deprecated and it's better to use the PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK. This is the standard way to do this,

PowerManager powerManager = (PowerManager) getSystemService(POWER_SERVICE);
Wakelock wakeLock = powerManager.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK,
        "MyWakelockTag");
wakeLock.acquire();

For more way of implementation kindly visit the official link,

https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/wakelock.html

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