KeyguardManager - requestDismissKeyguard() method alternative for api 25 and below [Android]

Question

I was recently trying to request user to dismiss key-guard manually from my app. My app invokes a activity screen when device is locked and the screen has the flags

FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED
FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON

When I have to invoke another screen which does not have these flags I want to request the user to unlock the key-guard, this behaviour can be seen in the the camera app - when we want to share a photo taken while phone is locked it will request us to unlock the device.

requestDismissKeyguard() method works only for api26 and above any alternatives for the lower apis ??

Answer 1

you can use flags for lower versions

getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON|
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DISMISS_KEYGUARD|
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED|
                WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON);