No Pause Lock

besspiny

About this app

Disable touch screen and buttons while using your app

- use your favourite app on a locked phone preventing accidental touch of screen or buttons
- continue using your app with phone in a pocket
- let your child watch videos without unintended app stopping

Usage
Run this app, switch to your app and while it's running on screen:
-hold(not regular short press) "Power" button for approx. 1-2 seconds till screen lock - like You do to display Power off dialog(requires app enabled in accessibility settings on Android 9 and above)
- use proximity or shake sensor locking / unlocking
Your phone is effectively locked and your app is STILL RUNNING;)
Touchscreen and navigation buttons ale blocked to prevent accidental touch
To unlock simply hold "Power" again or use sensors or use regular short presses to put device to sleep/wake.

If "Home","Back" or "Menu" or other buttons wouldn't block try enabling "NoPause Lock" service in Android accessibility settings.


If any of the navigation buttons is still active after locking and you've got Lolipop (ANDROID 5.0) or higher you can combine this app with "screen pinning" Android feature to prevent your app being switched over by accidental button press

“This app uses Accessibility services.”

This optional service helps holding nad using device for people with grip disability or finger trembling and such by disabling hardware and soft buttons and preventing unintended touches on some devices during lock.
This service doesn't gather or forward any data.

!!! Make sure "Display pop-up window" , "Draw over other apps" or such is allowed in app permissions !!!

Some customised non standard firmware may prevent Power button activation, sensor activation methods should work though.

Ratings and reviews

Works well. Nice, simple interface. Using it for a work project on a number of devices. One recommendation would be to not allow the short press of the power button to sleep the phone normally. It is easy to accidentally press the power button briefly rather than for 1-2 seconds in which case, our app goes to sleep on the phones we are using after 5 minutes. You can't definitively tell the difference between this and a long press "locked" mode either until you try to wake the phone up later and the app is restarting. We give the phones out to others during demos so they aren't always in our control. I have the accessibility setting set but that doesn't prevent the power button from being pressed briefly either when the app is "locked" or when it is not.

Pretty great app. Android is dumb and makes it so when phone is locked, it turns off wifi after a bit, meaning data is used, using it and the battery up more. Would like more customization options. Maybe an in app touch to lock like the shake or sensor blocked activation. Add that and the app is 5 stars easily. The shake to lock is a bit wonky. But I find shake to lock and sensor unblocked (3 sec) to be a great setup. Shake, put in pocket, good to go. Take out of pocket, "wakes up". Bam. Great

Superb app. I listen to a lot of online radio shows on YT and I can get a full day on one charge using this app. Galaxy A7 running Android 8 . For those having problems here is what I do: open Chrome, tap 3 dots and tick Use Desktop Site, go to YT. Com, select video, once it loads press the phone Home key, video stops, pull down display from top of screen and you will see audio buttons, press play and video will run, you can now press Power button to kill the screen and listen to audio.

What’s new

Power button lock(app enabled in accessibility on Android 9 and above)
VOD players mode (soft lock)