DisplayRequest

Namespace: XPlat.Device.Display

Represents a display request.

public class DisplayRequest : IDisplayRequest

Supported platforms

Platform	Version
Xamarin.Android	9.0
Xamarin.iOS	1.0
UWP	10.0.16299

Example

public void Initialize()
{
    this.displayRequest = new DisplayRequest(this.Activity.Window);

    try
    {
        // This call activates a display-required request. If successful,  
        // the screen is guaranteed not to turn off automatically due to user inactivity. 
        this.displayRequest.RequestActive();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
    }

    // Perform long-running application initialization.

    try
    {
        // This call de-activates the display-required request. If successful, the screen 
        // might be turned off automatically due to a user inactivity, depending on the 
        // power policy settings of the system. 
        this.displayRequest.RequestRelease();
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
    }
}

Constructors

DisplayRequest(Android.Views.Window) - Android

Parameters

currentWindow (Android.Views.Window)

The Window which will be used to request the wake lock.

Properties

Originator - Android

Gets the Android Window instance.

public Android.Views.Window Originator { get; }

Originator - Windows

Gets the Windows DisplayRequest instance.

public Windows.System.Display.DisplayRequest Originator { get; }

Methods

RequestActive()

Activates a display request.

void RequestActive();

RequestRelease()

Deactivates a display request.

void RequestRelease();