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

If your app is a system app,you can use PowerManager.goToSleep() to turn screen off,you requires a special permission

before you use goToSleep(), you need use reflection just like:

public static void goToSleep(Context context) {
    PowerManager powerManager= (PowerManager)context.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
    try {
        powerManager.getClass().getMethod("goToSleep", new Class[]{long.class}).invoke(powerManager, SystemClock.uptimeMillis());
    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Now,you can use goToSleep() to turn screen off.

This is what happens when the power key is pressed to turn off the screen.