Screen off - Widget & tile

JGR

About this app

An invisible widget that lets you turn your screen off by double tapping it. Place it anywhere and adjust it to the size of your liking. It also includes a quick settings tile that provides the same functionality.
It works by simulating a press on the power button, so fingerprint unlocking will work afterwards and has no impact on battery life or resources.

· Requires accessibility permissions for Android Pie or higher.
· Requires superuser access (root) for Android Oreo or lower.

Iconography by Laureano Ruiz
laureanoruiz.com

Ratings and reviews

Great! Having a tile is convenient, easy, fast. I tried a few different apps that didn't have a tile, so I had to go hunting for the app icon, open the app, then press the app's screen-off button. One supposedly had a floating button but that didn't work. Those apps demanded Device Admin rights - this one doesn't. Those apps made it so I couldn't use my fingerprint to open it again - my phone would say, "Device locked by admin," and make me type my code. This app doesn't, everything just works.

Great app when it works, there are 2 main problems need to be fixed, 1. After some time of putting the widget on the home screen it's becoming one tap to lock the phone instead of double tap! 2. Every time i shut down the phone or restart it the widget is not working at all and i have to remove the widget and add a new one to make it work again.

The app works well, but in my experience it has a big effect on battery. With the app installed my phone was using about 2% an hour off screen and it was only in deep sleep 60-65% of the time. I uninstalled and it's about 0.5% and 90% respectively. Other people might have a different experience but this is mine.

What's new

· Added a quick settings tile.
· New app icon.