** Also affects: canonical-devices-system-image Importance: Undecided Status: New
** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Milestone: None => ww28-2015 ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Assignee: (unassigned) => Pat McGowan (pat-mcgowan) ** Description changed: Support an interface in QML and HTML to allow an app to keep the screen on while the app is active. This has come up in several scenarios, such as an ebook reader, a clock in night mode. + + First step is to hook up QtSystemInfo screenSaverEnabled One solution to inhibit the screen blanking: Add a new dbus rule to the default template Provide a mediator (unity8) to control this, so it can restore the screen blanking when the app is not active or has been closed Prompt the user for confirmation the first time the app accesses it use the trust store to avoid prompts each time add to the System settings Other app access panel an entry for Screen or Display so the setting could be revoked -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1462489 Title: Allow apps to keep the screen on Status in the base for Ubuntu mobile products: Confirmed Status in apparmor-easyprof-ubuntu package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in qtubuntu package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Support an interface in QML and HTML to allow an app to keep the screen on while the app is active. This has come up in several scenarios, such as an ebook reader, a clock in night mode. First step is to hook up QtSystemInfo screenSaverEnabled One solution to inhibit the screen blanking: Add a new dbus rule to the default template Provide a mediator (unity8) to control this, so it can restore the screen blanking when the app is not active or has been closed Prompt the user for confirmation the first time the app accesses it use the trust store to avoid prompts each time add to the System settings Other app access panel an entry for Screen or Display so the setting could be revoked To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1462489/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp