What is the definition of asleep for an android device?

Question

I\'m using

alarmManager.setInexactRepeating(AlarmManager.ELAPSED_REALTIME, 0, DURATION, broadcast);

To schedule an repeating task that sho

Answer 1

A screen that is off, does not necessarily indicate a sleeping device. Applications can request wake locks that will keep the device awake while the screen is off. If another app has a timer that does not use inexact repeating, then the device will wake up for that as well.

Depending on the version of Android on your device, you can find a chart of your awake time in Settings - > About Phone -> Battery Use -> Then clicking on the graph up top. More information on wake locks can be found at http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/PowerManager.html