I want to check if the user has any type of screen lock set on their device (PIN, fingerprint, face, pattern, etc.). I don't want to simply check if the device is capable of for example biometrics,...

How to start an Activity on device even if screen is locked. I tried as below but it's not working. Broadcast receiver: Intent alarmIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.MAIN"); alarmIntent...

When I leave my script in Jupyter Notebook for a while, it apparently pauses running. The computer itself is not going to sleep mode (I made sure that I put "Never go to sleep on battery power"), b...

Whenever I press Super+L (or Win+L) on my Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop, the screen gets locked. I would like to disable this behaviour. In System Settings->Keyboard->Shortcuts->System there is a shor...

i want to hide status bar in my application to make it fullscreen, so i use this example Hide Notification bar - it works fine. But if i lock the screen and then unlock it, the status bar appears, ...

Is there any one that can help me with a code to set a password to lock the screen ? thx

Is there a way to lock the Android screen via the ADB? I find ways to lock the display in an apk, but I want to lock the screen from the PC via ADB, to simulate a display timeout, without having ...

I know this question is asked many times but I found that none of the solution is working. I tried the code given below... protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); Intent intent = new Inten...

How can I detect lock/unlock events on the iPhone? Assuming it's only possible for jailbroken devices, can you point me to the correct API? By lock events, I mean showing or hiding the Lock Screen...

i am trying to implement finger print to unlock or remove the locked view by finger print authentication using existing enrolled finger prints by sensor to show contents further but fingerprint aut...

Rather than build a passcode directly into my app and potentially require the user to enter a passcode twice (once for the device and again for my app); I thought I might out-clever myself and do s...

I am building a security app and I need to know if the user is giving incorrect password . Suppose user phone is locked by pattern lock system , and unfortunately user has forgotten the pattern pas...

I'm developing an application that lets the user scan barcodes using an external barcode scanner connected via bluetooth. The barcode scanner acts as a keyboard, i.e. Android thinks that the scanne...

I'm trying to lock the camera so that the users can't move the map. Is there any method available for that? I tried to find it, but untill now I haven't found it yet. I also tried to find any relat...

I have make an app that can show missed call when screen is locked,but I don't know how to show number of missed call on the locked screen.the call image is from MultiWaveViewwhich has defined alre...

I want to do as below: User press hard unlock button. After pressing unlock button my activity is start. After close my activity using close button on screen user prompt to enter pattern lock(or p...