Are there way start activity over lock screen?

Question

I need start activity over lock screen. It can be small activity on lock screen or fully new lock screen. It must start with lock button click

How to do this? I already have activity, broadcast reciver and service to do all job, but don't know how to put activity over lock screen.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3629179/android-activity-over-default-lock-screen .check this link — manishpro, Mar 01 '13 at 14:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 01 '13 at 14:01

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In your Activity's onCreate(), before calling setContentView(), add this:

getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED);

For all the window flags you can set, refer to the documentation

answered Mar 01 '13 at 14:01

A--C

can we do the same thing above android M ? any hint ? @A--C – Radhey May 03 '17 at 13:25
@Radhey I would assume so, but I have not tried it myself – A--C May 06 '17 at 23:16

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