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 cod

Answer 1

There is WakefulBroadcastReceiver which does this for you. Example use:

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.SystemClock;
import android.support.v4.content.WakefulBroadcastReceiver;
import android.util.Log;

public class SimpleWakefulReceiver extends WakefulBroadcastReceiver {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        // This is the Intent to deliver to our service.
        Intent service = new Intent(context, SimpleWakefulService.class);

        // Start the service, keeping the device awake while it is launching.
        Log.i("SimpleWakefulReceiver", "Starting service @ " + SystemClock.elapsedRealtime());
        startWakefulService(context, service);
    }
}

After completing the action in the service, call SimpleWakefulReceiver.completeWakefulIntent(intent) to release the wake lock.

(as @Force already gave you the details about the wakeLock, they need not be repeated here ;-)

Mind that the class is deprecated from api level 26.1.0, reference here