# Please help! How to avoid automatic stand-by/ sleep modus in my app

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-help-how-to-avoid-automatic-stand-by-sleep-modus-in-my-app/67273>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [February 2, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-help-how-to-avoid-automatic-stand-by-sleep-modus-in-my-app/67273 "2019-02-02T15:56:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![amelie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@amelie](https://community.thunkable.com/u/amelie)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-help-how-to-avoid-automatic-stand-by-sleep-modus-in-my-app/67273/1 "2019-02-02T15:56:47Z")

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Hello there! It is crucial for my app that the smartphone is not send to stand-by/ sleep modus. I am developing an app that animates people to have good conversations, that`s why there are many breaks in using the app. However, I imagine it would be very annoying to always unlock the smartphone whenever the users come back to the app.  
I already tried playing a tiny video in the background in combination with a timer - but even then stand-by modus was started:-(  
Please help!!! Is there any workaround?

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**Author:** ![danyklein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@danyklein](https://community.thunkable.com/u/danyklein)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-help-how-to-avoid-automatic-stand-by-sleep-modus-in-my-app/67273/2 "2019-02-03T04:50:22Z")

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Can you better explain the question please ?

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**Author:** ![Dennis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/dennis/32/30148_2.png) [@Dennis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Dennis)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-help-how-to-avoid-automatic-stand-by-sleep-modus-in-my-app/67273/3 "2019-02-03T11:38:44Z")

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Hi amelie, I don’t think this is possible at the moment (please correct me if I’m wrong). This would mean that your app needs to work in background. I would also advise you to check the developer policies from Google and Apple about background services.  
Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/please-help-how-to-avoid-automatic-stand-by-sleep-modus-in-my-app/67273/4 "2024-11-08T12:16:19Z")

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