react-native-screen-awake

A lightweight React Native native module that prevents the screen from sleeping on iOS and Android.

On Android, the module supports both the Old Architecture and the New Architecture (TurboModules). On iOS, it works only with the New Architecture.

Installation

npm install react-native-screen-awake

or

yarn install react-native-screen-awake

then

cd ios && pod install

Usage

import { activate, deactivate } from 'react-native-screen-awake';
import { useEffect } from 'react';

export function MyScreen() {
  useEffect(() => {
    activate();

    return () => deactivate();
  }, []);

  return null;
}

Behavior

iOS: sets UIApplication.shared.idleTimerDisabled = true

Android: adds FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON to the current Activity window

Manual screen lock (power button) is not prevented — this is expected OS behavior

Platforms

iOS ✅

Android ✅

Contributing

• Development workflow
• Sending a pull request
• Code of conduct

License

MIT

Made with create-react-native-library