WakeLock not working

Question

I have a wake lock set up so that I can still hear the sound when the screen times out or I press the screen lock button. From what I can understand through reading online i

Answer 1

Try:

wl = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK |
                PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP |
                PowerManager.ON_AFTER_RELEASE, "sleeplock");

I've found the "PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP" alleviates a few of the same issues I was having.

Also make sure:

is declared in your manifest.