Android: Device Screen not timing out with latest android System WEBVIEW

Question

1)Cordova(Webview) based android app.

2)Launch the app and screen times out peoperly as per device settings.

3)From application side we are not acquiring any SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK or ON_AFTER_RELEASE.

4)When app put to background and brought to foreground, device screen light never times out.

4)From application side we are not acquiring any SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK or ON_AFTER_RELEASE.

5)Basically when coming to foreground the PowerManager is acquire ON_AFTER_RELEASE | SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK(0x2000000a) wake-lock on behalf of our app 10311 and screen is kept on.

Line 58354: 08-14 22:49:22.280 D/PowerManagerService( 1088): [api] acquire WakeLock flags=0x2000000a tag=WindowManager uid=1000 pid=1088

08-14 22:50:22.000 I/PowerManagerService( 1088): [PWL]  SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK        'WindowManager' ON_AFTER_RELEASE (uid=1000, pid=1088, ws=WorkSource{10311}) (elapsedTime=59719)

6)Starting Android System WebView 59.0.3071.25 beta(Fails to work) ( May 4, 2017)

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google-inc/android-system-webview/android-system-webview-59-0-3071-25-release/android-system-webview-59-0-3071-25-android-apk-download/

screen timeout issue is seen.

7) Issue is not seen android 7.0 which uses chrome v59 as webview.

Device used: Note 4(5.0.1)

Webview version: 59.0.3071.125

Answer 1

You can try to use this plugin:

https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Insomnia-PhoneGap-Plugin

window.plugins.insomnia.keepAwake() to keep the screen awake
window.plugins.insomnia.allowSleepAgain() to allow sleep again