Is there a way to prevent device sleeping in a iOS HTML5 web app?

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Hi I want to know if there is a way with js or sth else that can prevent device go to sleep in a iOS web app.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7477424/html5-app-screen-sleep-timeout-on-ipad?rq=1 — Xpundel, Apr 22 '13 at 10:23

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '13 at 20:08

If you are talking about an iOS app that uses a webview then call the following method locally from js. This requires a native iOS app to work.

application.idleTimerDisabled = YES

Another hack from a true web app (non native) is to play an audio file constantly as some others have pointed out.

<audio src="loop.mp3" onended="this.play();" controls="controls" autobuffer></audio>

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