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costales (costales) wrote : Re: [Bug 1462489] Re: Allow apps to keep the screen on

THanks Jamie,
It's OK the user question :)

This is a QML container for a web, then should I to add the media-hub for
this kind of app? Is it just that?

Thanks in advance!

On Monday, June 8, 2015, Jamie Strandboge <email address hidden> wrote:
> On 06/08/2015 12:17 PM, costales wrote:
>> I made GPS Navigation app. I need to config the idle screen for use this
>> app each time :(
>> I'd need to set the screen = ON always.
>>
> FYI, the suggested implementation in the bug is to ask the user the first
time
> the app tries to inhibit the screen turning off if it is ok to do this--
after
> that the answer will be remembered (and thereafter adjustable in system
> settings). I don't know if this will be the actual implementation, but
the idea
> is to solve your issue when it is implemented.
>
> ...
>
>> For a video apps it would be useful too.
>>
> Video apps should be using media-hub which already has the ability to
inhibit
> the screen turning off. Webapps needing this are waiting for work that is
in
> progress to make media-hub work with oxide, but that is coming.
>
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