iPad App - stop iPad sleeping while playing

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Chris Tobias

• May 05, 2023 18:33

I really love my Node, but using the iPad as a controller is annoying as I was hoping it would continue to display the playing track, while playing an album or playlist. But the iPad goes to sleep, and the screen goes black. If I want to control the Node to adjust volume or switch tracks I have to log back into the iPad again. This really breaks the flow of listening to great and high quality music.
Can you please update the iOS (and Android presumably) apps to have an option to remain awake and displaying the current song?
This would make it a proper music system for me.

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  Tony W.

  Product Support Manager

  • May 05, 2023 19:10

  Thanks for the feedback Chris. Unfortunately, this is not a function of Apps but of the OS of your phone or tablet. Apple outright prevents this functionality in their Apps. You will have to change your screensaver options in the Settings menu of your device. 
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  Chris Tobias

  • May 06, 2023 09:01

  Thanks, Tony. I guess I will try turning off Auto-lock in the iOS settings then.
  Although, I do have a few other apps that manage this on the iPad.
  It seems there is an approach that can be used, but it may have other implications.

  You can stop the iOS screen sleeping by using the isIdleTimerDisabled property of your application. When set to true, this means the screen will never dim or go to sleep while your app is running, so be careful – you don't want to waste your user's battery life!

  Here's an example:

  UIApplication.shared.isIdleTimerDisabled = true
  

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