# Prevent sleep in android

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/prevent-sleep-in-android/15011>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [October 29, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/prevent-sleep-in-android/15011 "2019-10-29T11:55:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Waboqueox](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/waboqueox/32/5643_2.png) [@Waboqueox](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Waboqueox)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/prevent-sleep-in-android/15011/3 "2019-10-29T12:12:27Z")

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Well… is in Spanish, but maybe can help you:

> [@Evitar la atenuación del brillo al cabo de un rato - AS](https://discourse.processing.org/t/evitar-la-atenuacion-del-brillo-al-cabo-de-un-rato-as/13796/2):
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> Parece ser que ya lo he conseguido, [aquí](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18468377/how-to-keep-screen-brightness-on-android-all-the-time-while-application-runs) dan dos soluciones, la primera al menos a mí, no me ha funcionado, pero la segunda si: Poner esto en onResume() getWindow().addFlags(android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG\_KEEP\_SCREEN\_ON); Y esto en onPause() getWindow().clearFlags(android.view.WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG\_KEEP\_SCREEN\_ON); Es más, estaba probando un poco y resulta que basta con meter sólo la línea de código en onResume() y onPause(), (he quitado el wakelock y no se suspende …

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