Update Dos

[alipetarian]

Hi, Please update docs. The correct command to install library is:

npm i react-native-unlock-device
and for linking
react-native link react-native-unlock-device

[alipetarian]

Also it does not work withe the following commands.
// TODO: What to do with the module?
RNUnlockDevice.unlock()
.then(() => console.log('Success'))
.catch(error => console.log('Error', error));

It works with RNUnlockDevice.unlock()

[DrSchmurge]

Also it does not work withe the following commands.
// TODO: What to do with the module?
RNUnlockDevice.unlock()
.then(() => console.log('Success'))
.catch(error => console.log('Error', error));

It works with RNUnlockDevice.unlock()

Hi alipetarian ,
Could you please share a snippet of your code? My code is not working, neiher with

RNUnlockDevice.unlock()
.then(() => console.log('Success'))
.catch(error => console.log('Error', error));

nor with

RNUnlockDevice.unlock()

[DrSchmurge]

finally made it work after changing source:

+++ node_modules/react-native-invoke-app/android/src/main/java/com/codegulp/invokeapp/RNInvokeApp.java	2020-04-24 15:23:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
             Intent activityIntent = new Intent(reactContext, activityClass);

             activityIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);
+            activityIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
             reactContext.startActivity(activityIntent);
         } catch(Exception e) {
             Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Class not found", e);

[alipetarian]

Great to know that you got it working.

[lazynewt]

Hi does this still work? i have just tested and it does not seem to currently work. I can not find any alternative either.

[lazynewt]

@DrSchmurge could you please clarify your post. You reference react-native-invoke-app not this lib ?

[DrSchmurge]

@DrSchmurge could you please clarify your post. You reference react-native-invoke-app not this lib ?

Yes, sorry for that. wrong issue thread. I use unlock-device and invoke-app together to invoke app from background and show it on locked screen also

[DrSchmurge]

Hi does this still work? i have just tested and it does not seem to currently work. I can not find any alternative either.

by the way, I use react-native-unlock-device in my project, and it seems to work. But it needs special permissions in AndroidManifest, check you have them there:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DISABLE_KEYGUARD"/>

I moved the code to NativeModule, it consists of just few lines, and works fine:

public class UnlockDevice extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {

  private final ReactApplicationContext reactContext;
  private static final String TAG = "RNUnlockDevice";

  public UnlockDevice(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
    super(reactContext);
    this.reactContext = reactContext;
  }

  @Override
  public String getName() {
    return "UnlockDevice";
  }

  @ReactMethod
  public void unlock() {
    Log.d(TAG, "manualTurnScreenOn()");
    UiThreadUtil.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            Activity mCurrentActivity = getCurrentActivity();
            if (mCurrentActivity == null) {
                Log.d(TAG, "ReactContext doesn't hava any Activity attached.");
                return;
            }

            Window window = mCurrentActivity.getWindow();
            window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED |
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DISMISS_KEYGUARD |
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON |
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON);
        }
    });
  }
}

And in JS code, I call it by unlock() only, no need of .then

NativeModules.UnlockDevice.unlock()

[lazynewt]

@DrSchmurge you are awesome. Unlock device works perfectly with the standard docs (minus the naming issue) and your suggestion of adding to the android manifest. I will look at your native module also but am somewhat new to react-native. I am now at the stage of being able to unlock but like you have run into the issue of the app not unlocking when in the background. Could you possibly advise/share your work around ? I am attempting to run react-native-background-timer and call invokeApp() which is not working out for me. I beieve this may be due to me needing to run this from within a headless function ? thanks again you have really helped me out.

[DrSchmurge]

@DrSchmurge you are awesome. Unlock device works perfectly with the standard docs (minus the naming issue) and your suggestion of adding to the android manifest. I will look at your native module also but am somewhat new to react-native. I am now at the stage of being able to unlock but like you have run into the issue of the app not unlocking when in the background. Could you possibly advise/share your work around ? I am attempting to run react-native-background-timer and call invokeApp() which is not working out for me. I beieve this may be due to me needing to run this from within a headless function ? thanks again you have really helped me out.

Hi, you are welcome. I will try to share my work, but in a while, not really much free time now(