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

I found a solution to this problem. Invoke a method that disables the idleTimer in about 5 seconds after you start playing the music. It's a bit of a hack, but it is a workaround.

[[SoundEngine mainEngine] playMusic];

[self performSelector:@selector(setIdleTimeDisabled) withObject:nil afterDelay:5.0];

- (void) setIdleTimeDisabled {
[UIApplication sharedApplication].idleTimerDisabled = YES;
NSLog(@"Setting idleTimer to TRUE");}