Android: How to turn screen on and off programmatically?

Question

Before marking this post as a \"duplicate\", I am writing this post because no other post holds the solution to the problem.

I am trying to turn off the device, then

Answer 1

Regarding to Android documentation it can be achieve by using following code line:

getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);

I have added this in my onCreate method and it works fine.

On the link you will find different ways to achieve this and general explanation as well.

Link to the documenation: https://developer.android.com/training/scheduling/wakelock.html