How can i check if boolean method is true?

[Daniel Andersson]

So i got this boolean method from the internet that should return true if the phone is locked.
But how can i check with  an if  statement if this is true or not?
I tried  this without success    

if(isDeviceLocked() == true) {} 

    public static boolean isDeviceLocked(Context context) {
        boolean isLocked = false;

        // First we check the locked state
        KeyguardManager keyguardManager = (KeyguardManager) context.getSystemService(Context.KEYGUARD_SERVICE);
        boolean inKeyguardRestrictedInputMode = keyguardManager.inKeyguardRestrictedInputMode();

        if (inKeyguardRestrictedInputMode) {
            isLocked = true;

        } else {
            // If password is not set in the settings, the inKeyguardRestrictedInputMode() returns false,
            // so we need to check if screen on for this case

            PowerManager powerManager = (PowerManager)context.getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT_WATCH) {
                isLocked = !powerManager.isInteractive();
            } else {
                //noinspection deprecation
                isLocked = !powerManager.isScreenOn();
            }
        }

       
        return isLocked;
    }

[Ron McLeod]

Daniel Andersson wrote:... I tried  this without success

Can you provide details on the what was unsuccessful?

Did you include a reference to the context?

isDeviceLocked(context)

[Daniel Andersson]

Ron McLeod wrote:

Daniel Andersson wrote:... I tried  this without success

Can you provide details on the what was unsuccessful?

Did you include a reference to the context?

isDeviceLocked(context)

I don't understand the context part, this boolean method is declared in the MainActivity.java file.

What should i write within the () ?

[Daniel Andersson]

When only coding

 if(isDeviceLocked() == true) { } 

my IDE tells me "isDeviceLocked(Context) in MainActivity cannot be applied to ()"

[Paul Clapham]

Yes. You have to pass a Context object to that method. If you don't have a Context object available when you call the method then you need to revise your design. Either get a Context method from somewhere, or call some other method which doesn't need one.

Daniel Andersson wrote:So i got this boolean method from the internet

When you get code from the internet, there's a built-in assumption that understanding the code is your problem. Now most likely there's nobody to ask at the site where you got it from, but as it happens the Ranch is set up to be a place to ask about code. So ask away... but ask about the code where you have the problem. It sounds to me like the problem is in some code where you want to call the isDeviceLocked message.

[Ron McLeod]

Daniel Andersson wrote:What should i write within the () ?

MainActivity extends Activity which eventually extends Context so you should be able to use this

if(isDeviceLocked(this)) { }

== true is not needed

[Tim Holloway]

Ron McLeod wrote:

Daniel Andersson wrote:What should i write within the () ?

MainActivity extends Activity which eventually extends Context so you should be able to use this

if(isDeviceLocked(this)) { }

== true is not needed

Or desirable.

[Daniel Andersson]

Ron McLeod wrote:

Daniel Andersson wrote:What should i write within the () ?

MainActivity extends Activity which eventually extends Context so you should be able to use this

if(isDeviceLocked(this)) { }

== true is not needed

Thanks but that did not work. I want to check if the phone is locked within a startTimer class so my IDE now tells me this:
""isDeviceLocked(Context) in MainActivity cannot be applied to (anonymous android.os.CountDownTimer)"

[Ron McLeod]

Daniel Andersson wrote:Thanks but that did not work. I want to check if the phone is locked within a startTimer class

I understood you were calling this code from the MainActivity class.  If that is not the case, then post the code for the class that you are calling it from.

[Daniel Andersson]

Ron McLeod wrote:

Daniel Andersson wrote:Thanks but that did not work. I want to check if the phone is locked within a startTimer class

I understood you were calling this code from the MainActivity class.  If that is not the case, then post the code for the class that you are calling it from.

Now it tells me:   """isDeviceLocked(Context) in MainActivity cannot be applied to (void)"  :/

[Ron McLeod]

Ron McLeod wrote:... post the code for the class that you are calling it from.

[Tim Holloway]

"startTimer" is manifestly NOT an Android class - it doesn't even conform to standard class naming conventions.

We need to know what CLASS your method is located in - or more specifically, what Android API class is the base class for the code that won't compile.

[Daniel Andersson]

Ron McLeod wrote:

Ron McLeod wrote:... post the code for the class that you are calling it from.

    public void onFinish() {

                mTimerRunning = false;
                mTimeLeftInMillis = START_TIME_IN_MILLIS;
                updateCountDownText();
                mButtonStartPause.setText("Start");

                 v = (Vibrator) getSystemService(Context.VIBRATOR_SERVICE);

                if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
                    Log.d("VIBRATE ===>", "I AM VIBRATING");



                   // v.vibrate(VibrationEffect.createOneShot(10000, VibrationEffect.DEFAULT_AMPLITUDE));
                    v.vibrate(VibrationEffect.createWaveform(pattern, 0)); // added by me
                } else {
                    Log.d("VIBRATE ====>", "I AM VIBRATING");

                    //v.vibrate(1000);

                    v.vibrate(pattern , 0);
                }
                showNotification();

                if(isDeviceLocked(onFinish())) { }

            }

[Ron McLeod]

What class are you calling the method from?

What you have posted is a method in the CountDownTimer class.  Is CountDownTimer an anonymous class inside MainActivity, or is it in its own class?

[Ron McLeod]

Assuming that CountDownTimer is an anonymous class inside MainActivity, MainActivity.this would provide a reference to the application's context

public class MainActivity extends Activity{
	...
	
	public void onSomeKindOfEvent() {
		new CountDownTimer(5000, 5000) {
			@Override
			public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {
				// nothing to do
			}
			
			@Override
			public void onFinish() {
				// do some stuff
				
				Context context = MainActivity.this; // <<<<
				if (isDeviceLocked(context)) {
					// do some other stuff
				}
			}
		};
	}

	...
}

[Daniel Andersson]

Ron McLeod wrote:Assuming that CountDownTimer is an anonymous class inside MainActivity, MainActivity.this would provide a reference to the application's context

Thank you sir, that code did actually work.
So I guess it wanted a class defined as "context" to get it to work?

[Tim Holloway]

It looks like you need to learn the precise meanings of the words that are used to describe Java code.  This took longer than it needed to because we kept asking for the name of the class that your method was in, and you were giving us everything but.

Even at the end, you said "So I guess it wanted a class defined as "context" to get it to work?". No, it wanted an object of class Context to work. "context" is not a class.

[Daniel Andersson]

Tim Holloway wrote:It looks like you need to learn the precise meanings of the words that are used to describe Java code.  This took longer than it needed to because we kept asking for the name of the class that your method was in, and you were giving us everything but.

Even at the end, you said "So I guess it wanted a class defined as "context" to get it to work?". No, it wanted an object of class Context to work. "context" is not a class.

Only in post did i miss that he asked for the class mr grumpy. But yes i have no idea what context means in java so that's why i asked, iI do need to to do some reading

[Tim Holloway]

Sorry if I come off as surly, but we did ask "what is the class?" multiple times.

"context" in Java means different things, depending on the, um, context. But the difference between a class and an object (class instance) and an isolated method is very important.

We didn't have enough, er, context to determine what you needed.

[Helga Mykytej]

Since it's a method, to call it you should use parens afterwards, so your code would then become:

if(isValid()) {
   // something
} else {
   //something else
}