Power States

You can access a device’s power resources. Currently, the screen and CPU power resources are supported, allowing you to request a specific power state and control the brightness of the screen.

This feature is supported in mobile and wearable applications only.

The main features of the Power API include the following:

Prerequisites

To use the Power API (in mobile and wearable applications), the application has to request permission by adding the following privilege to the config.xml file:

<tizen:privilege name="http://tizen.org/privilege/power"/>

Manage power resources

You can request and release a minimum power state for the screen and CPU. The request locks the screen to a minimum state and keeps the device bright and awake. For example, if you set the minimum power state to SCREEN_NORMAL, the device display always remains in the SCREEN_NORMAL level and never goes down to the SCREEN_DIM level.

The following table lists the levels you can request.

Table: Power state levels

Level Description
SCREEN_OFF In this state, the screen is off. You cannot request this state, but it can be used in event handlers.
SCREEN_DIM In this state, the screen is dimmed. When this state is requested, the device does not go to the SCREEN_OFF state automatically.
SCREEN_NORMAL In this state, the screen uses the default brightness the user has configured for the device. When this state is requested, the device does not go to the SCREEN_DIM state automatically.
CPU_AWAKE In this state, the CPU is awake. When this state is requested, the device does not go to SLEEP state automatically.
Note

If you request a new power state without releasing the previous state, the Tizen platform follows the highest minimum state requested.

To request and release the power state:

  1. To set the power state, call the request() method of the PowerManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications) with the intended power resource and its state. In this example, the SCREEN_NORMAL state is requested for the screen resource:

    tizen.power.request('SCREEN', 'SCREEN_NORMAL');

  2. To release a power state, call the release() method with the intended resource:

    tizen.power.release('SCREEN');

  3. To listen for the screen state changes, use the setScreenStateChangeListener() method:

    function onScreenStateChanged(previousState, changedState) {
    console.log('Screen state changed from' + previousState + 'to' + changedState);
}
tizen.power.setScreenStateChangeListener(onScreenStateChanged);

  4. To unset the screen state change callback and stop monitoring it, use the unsetScreenStateChangeListener() method:

    tizen.power.unsetScreenStateChangeListener();

Manage the screen brightness

To get, set, and restore the screen brightness, follow these steps:

  • To get the screen brightness, call the getScreenBrightness() method of the PowerManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications):

    var screenBrightness = tizen.power.getScreenBrightness();

  • To set the screen brightness, call the setScreenBrightness() method of the PowerManager interface with the value from 0 to 1.

    In this example, the screen brightness is set to 1 (the brightest setting):

    tizen.power.setScreenBrightness(1);

  • To restore the default screen brightness, use the restoreScreenBrightness() method of the PowerManager interface:

    tizen.power.restoreScreenBrightness();

Manage the screen state

To check whether the screen is on, call the isScreenOn() method of the PowerManager interface (in mobile and wearable applications):

var isScreenOn = tizen.power.isScreenOn();
  • Dependencies
    • Tizen 2.4 and Higher for Mobile
    • Tizen 2.3.1 and Higher for Wearable
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