How to stop MPMusicPlayerController from enabling screen locking

Question

I have an application that requires the iPhone screen to remain active (or not, depending on user choice). I\'ve done this by disabling the application idle timer, which works

Answer 1

You should simply turn off the idle timer. What I usually do in a viewcontroller that needs to stay 'awake' is this:

- (void) viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setIdleTimerDisabled: YES];
}

- (void) viewWillDisappear: (BOOL) animated
{
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] setIdleTimerDisabled: NO];
}

This will make sure the screen will not get locked due to user inactivity.