auto-lock

I am working on an alarm app, which needs to auto-lock the device after a particular time period, since most of the clock applications in the App Store have that feature. If you would like to lock the phone after 5 minutes then do the following: set this: [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setIdleTimerDisabled:YES]; and also set a timer: [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:240 target:self selector:@selector(disableIdleTimer) userInfo:nil repeats:NO]; And in the disableIdleTimer method you will set this: [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setIdleTimerDisabled:NO]; This will work with the

I'm attempting to write some code to keep a phone alive and not go to sleep on a webpage. In my search, I found this post: Prevent iOS mobile safari from going idle / auto-locking / sleeping? But looping an audio file seems to no longer keep MobileSafari alive and prevent the phone from locking. While forcing the page to refresh every 30 seconds works, I need the original page to stay open. Google's latest interactive music video, Just A Reflektor , seems to be preventing lock from mobile, and their JS here references a preventSleepIos function. What could I simply do to prevent iOS from

No matter whether I am using MPMoviePlayerController or AVPlayer ( AVFoundation ), the iOS does not allow the device to auto lock (to enter sleep mode ) while the video is playing. I have a case where an extremely slow video is constantly being played in a loop in the background. While this video is playing, the device never goes to sleep. So far, the only option I have is to detect when a user did not make any actions for a while and then pause the video. After that, the device counts down the "auto lock" duration that is specified in iOS Settings. I am looking for an alternative to AVPlayer

I have managed to ensure that the iPhone doesn't auto-lock using: [[ UIApplication sharedApplication ] setIdleTimerDisabled: YES ]; But how do I make the screen dim after a certain amount of time? Thanks... EDIT: Think I've found a solution myself: Use this method in your view controller to dim by adding a black view with 50% alpha. Make sure to set userInteractionEnabled = NO to pass events to underlying views. - (IBAction)dim:(id)sender { UIView *dimView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 460)]; dimView.backgroundColor = [UIColor blackColor]; dimView.alpha = 0.5f; dimView