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  1. Bug #1462489
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Comment 8 for bug 1462489

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

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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