Have you ever tried to listen to a video clip of Youtube with screen off? If the answer is yes, you will have realized that currently that is impossible. Both YouTube and a good number of apps stop working when we turn off the screen of our Android phone or tablet. How can we solve it?
Can we keep an app running with the screen turned off or locked?
Many Android apps, while still running in the background, at the time of turning off the screen they stop showing signs of life. Luckily it is not something that happens with all applications. For example, platforms like Spotify or iVoox continue to play audio even with the screen out of combat.
Apps that exhibit this behavior, however, usually have a good reason for it. In the case of YouTube, not being able to watch a video with the screen off, It sounds logical that the audio is also deactivated, truth? Also, it is a good way to save battery life.
But developers don't always think about all the details, and they may not have taken into account that on YouTube there is also a lot of music that deserves to be listened to, even with the screen turned off.
How can I not listen to Live Forever with the screen off?Turn off the screen and keep running apps with the help of Black Me
Although today there is no application or configuration that allows us to continue running any app with the screen turned off or locked, we have a small pass called "Black me”.
Download QR-Code Black Me - Screen Off for YouTube Developer: AZ-Apps Price: Free Black Me is an app for Android that simulates turning off the screen, allowing the execution of all the apps that we had in the foreground with the screen on. Although it does not turn off the screen completely, it turns completely black. It is a fairly elegant and practical passport that at least saves battery during the time it is running.
Once installed we just have to launch the application to configure it and start the service.
- When Black Me is active, we will see a notification on the screen. We just have to click on it to "turn off the screen."
- To turn it back on, just tap on the screen.
The application is specially designed to work with Android devices with AMOLED screen. With the rest of the screens it also works, but the "screen off" effect is not so perfect. I have tested it on a mobile with an LCD screen, and the truth is that the result, without being surprising, is quite acceptable.
At least, until Android offers a direct solution to this type of problem. For now, Black Me is the best possible outlet.
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