Detect when an application is keeping the screen on

Question

I'm writing an Android app that mostly communicates with the user via status bar notifications. However, I would like to not bother the user if s/he is not really directly interacting with their phone. For example, if the user is using the navigation app or watching a movie. I think that the commonality between all (or most) of these kind of apps is that they keep the screen on. I believe an app can keep the screen on by using a WakeLock or by specifying a keepScreenOn parameter on their activity, there might be other ways.

I wanted to know if, before I am about to show a notification, I can check if another application is keeping the screen on so I can avoid bothering the user. I'd like to cover all options. I can see that WakeLock has an isHeld() method, but will that detect the other method?

Thank you,

Answer 1

I think the best you can get is PowerManager.isScreenOn();