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Android

Posted by Giovanny Piñeros
Giovanny Piñeros
590 Points

How to get the time the screen of a device is on in my android app?

I want to know how long the screen of my users device is on, i only need the time that has been on.

1 Answer

Ryan Ruscett
Ryan Ruscett
23,309 Points
Ryan Ruscett
Ryan Ruscett
23,309 Points

Hey, it's a lot to type so I will give you the link, but think about it like this (if you haven't already). When I set my screen timeout I can set it to a certain value. Then my screen will be on for x amount of time. So android must have interaction with this, and it must be keeping track of how long the screen is on so it can shut off at the desired time. The link below uses gestures and detection of those with a lot of different support libraries you can use to accomplish your task.

https://developer.android.com/training/gestures/detector.html

Hope this helps.