Simple quick settings app that keeps your screen awake.
- No user interface
- Quick settings tile for keeping your screen awake, but allowing it to dim, therefore conserving battery
- Quick settings tile for keeping your screen fully awake, therefore harder on the battery
- Permanent status notification when running
- Automatically stops when the screen is turned off (e.g. when you lock your phone)
- Stop action in the permanent notification
- Install the app
- Add the tile you need to your quick settings
- Click the tile
- A permanent notification with a stop action shows
- Click the stop action or turn the screen off manually to stop
- Repeat
The app itself doesn't do any battery-draining work. But keeping your screen on for long periods of time will drain the battery faster. You can mitigate this by using the option that allows screen dimming.
When you click the quick settings tile, the application starts a background service which acquires a wakelock.
The background service is promoted to a foreground service which displays the notification and discourages the system from killing it. As long as the service is alive, the wakelock is acquired and your screen doesn't turn off.
Robusta is a type of coffee bean.
Inspired by LineageOS "Caffeine" quick settings tile.
Most apps and devices today are using a better way of keeping the screen on. This app is a crutch for when such features aren't available.
Android 7.0 and up