Can't apply system screen brightness programmatically in Android

Question

I\'m using the following to set the system auto brightness mode and level:

    android.provider.Settings.System.putInt(y.getContentResolver(),Settings.System         


        

Answer 1

I created a static method in my Application class which I invoke from all my Activity.onResume() methods.

MyApplication extends Application {
    ...
    public static void setBrightness(final Activity context) {
        // get the content resolver
        final ContentResolver cResolver = context.getContentResolver();
        // get the current window
        final Window window = context.getWindow();

        try {
            // get the current system brightness
            int brightnessLevel = System.getInt(cResolver,System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS);
            // get the current window attributes
            LayoutParams layoutpars = window.getAttributes();
            // set the brightness of this window
            layoutpars.screenBrightness = brightnessLevel / (float) 255;
            // apply attribute changes to this window
            window.setAttributes(layoutpars);
        } catch (SettingNotFoundException e) {
            // throw an error cuz System.SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS couldn't be retrieved
            Log.e("Error", "Cannot access system brightness");
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

MyActivity extends Activity {
    ...
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        Log.d(TAG, "onResume()");
        MyApplication.setBrightness(this);
    }
}