jagfx / vue-insomnia

Prevents the display of a mobile device from going to sleep by playing a small mp4 video that's positioned off screen on a loop (aka wake lock).

vue-insomnia

Prevents the display of a mobile device from going to sleep by playing a small (6kb) mp4 video that's positioned off screen on a loop.

Installation

Import into your project using npm or yarn.

yarn add vue-insomnia or npm install --save vue-insomnia

Vue 3.x

Usage

<template>
    <button @click="enableVueInsomnia">Wake Lock on</button>
    <button @click="disableVueInsomnia">Wake Lock off</button>
</template>

<script setup>
  const { enableVueInsomnia, disableVueInsomnia } = useVueInsomnia();
</script>

Vue 2.x

In your main.js (or equivalent) import and then use vue-insomnia.

import vueInsomnia from "vue-insomnia";

Vue.use(vueInsomnia);

Usage

There are two methods globally available, vueInsomnia().on() and vueInsomnia().off(), to toggle screen wake lock on and off, respectively. For example, to turn on the wake lock when a component is loaded:

mounted: {
  this.vueInsomnia().on();
}

or to use in a component template:

Add a method

methods: {
  wakeLockOn() {
    this.vueInsomnia().on();
  },
  wakeLockOff() {
    this.vueInsomnia().off();
  }
}

and then use the method:

<button @click="wakeLockOn">Wake Lock on</button>