keep your phone's screen On while developing
About this app
Caffeinate is an App that helps android developers to keep their phone's display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
• a tile in the quick settings, the place that holds the toggles for e.g. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Requires Android 7 or higher.
• a button in the app itself
Features
• Uses android's WakeLock Class with either SCREEN_DIM_WAKE_LOCK or SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK lock level based on user settings
• Timeout period is configurable
• Switch timeouts from the quick settings tile or the button in the app. clicking them, selects the next timeout and after 1 second the timeout will start, if the quick settings tile or the button are clicked after starting, the timeout will stop.
• Available timeouts are [30 seconds, 05 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, Ꝏ]
• An option to enable the screen to dim while the WakeLock is acquired
• An option to enable holding the WakeLock if the screen is locked, so that the screen will keep on after unlocking, default behaviour is that the WakeLock is released when the screen is locked
• Multiple theming options [light, dark, system default and material you]
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by AbdAlMoniem AlHifnawy.
What's New in v2.2.0
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * bump app version to 2.2.0
- > - New Crowdin updates (#94)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Arabic)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Polish)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Russian)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Arabic, Egypt)
Version history
Dec 9, 2025 · 2.1 MB · Android API 24–35 · code 36
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * bump app version to 2.2.0
- > - New Crowdin updates (#94)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Arabic)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Polish)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Russian)
- > - New translations strings.xml (Arabic, Egypt)
SHA-256 3336b43a04cf7e4776449b2ae4eaa4420237f4ad1a479c31718a3dc68ad87a44
Dec 29, 2024 · 2.1 MB · Android API 24–35 · code 35
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * fixed TimeoutsSelectionFragment crashing when changing languages
- >
- * added Play Store badge to README
- >
- * Update issue templates
- >
SHA-256 1865824b243183515afc525550a37e6ec338b24ae4bbb328f2e4a98a72c169fa
Nov 16, 2024 · 4.9 MB · Android API 24–35 · code 30
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- * fix service termination on some chinese OEM devices
- > - some chinese OEM devices have aggressive battery optimizations which
- > - would kill the service when the overlay option is enabled and the
- > - application is swiped away from the recent apps list or after some time
- > - has passed, the fix is a litte bit crude for now. the app saves the last
- > - remaining timeout to the device's storage every one second and then when
SHA-256 9a78fd0f2ebe5cd587c5aa73cd2f02e626d3d78a08ad30252e4355f3ef865401
Will it run on your device?
78%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
How to verify the file you downloaded
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How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 2.1.0 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Caffeinate first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
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3336b43a04cf7e4776449b2ae4eaa4420237f4ad1a479c31718a3dc68ad87a44
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