Need Help: Turn screen off

[Seeking_Alpha]

I want to create a shortcut to turn screen off. Using the Lock Device action requires me to input Password/PIN due to my security policies, so I can't unlock using just my fingerprint like I do normally. I am using a Samsung J7 Pro

[Martin]

Hi,

Unfortunately there's no good way to achieve this. One option is to set the screen timeout to a very short duration like 5 seconds (with action Set System Setting, category System, name screen_off_timeout, value 5000).
Maybe try to show a black overlay over the entire screen to pretend that it works faster.

On Android 9 and Automagic 1.36 (currently available in the EAP forum) you could use the function lockScreen() in action Control UI to turn the screen off without disabling the fingerprint feature.

Regards,
Martin

[Desmanto]

If you have root, you can use execute root command

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input keyevent power

or

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input keyevent 26

to emulate the power button.

Without root, you can only grant automagic write secure setting permission and use the method explained by Martin, or can be see here : viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6986