title: Make Android Screen never dim while on a particular activity?
body: <p>Going through logs from 2009, it seems that everyone was complaining that this wasn't an option.</p>
  
  <p>Now all I'm finding is people telling people different ways to do it, none of which work on my device. keepScreenOn, or its corresponding flag in LayoutParams, only serves to keep the screen on, even though multiple people have offered it as a solution for screen dimming.</p>
  
  <p>WakeLocks, on the other hand (as I have seen them demonstrated online, anyway), appear to do absolutely nothing, not even keep the screen alive. The screen dims at the normal time, and I even get to see this hilarious little number on the monitor I have running on my laptop:</p>
  
  <pre><code>02-04 00:10:30.687: D/PowerManagerService(192): @PowerManagement: 'MyActivitiyName' releaseWakeLock when screen locked
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  <p>I made sure to follow all the wakelock instructions on this page: <a href="http://blog.blundell-apps.com/tut-keep-screen-onawake-3-possible-ways/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.blundell-apps.com/tut-keep-screen-onawake-3-possible-ways/</a></p>
  
  <p>There were no build errors, and no runtime errors, either. The screen just dims and then shuts off, in the standard time frame.</p>
  
  <p>Help?</p>