Use volume buttons when screen is off
Is it possible to use the volume buttons to take laps while my screen is turned off? I use this app in an unconventional way (concert production) and I need to be able to take song timings ("laps") when it isn't appropriate for my phone to be on.
Amanda
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Great to hear. Let me know if it works well for you.
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Thanks for the very quick reply! This sounds like exactly what I need.Amanda
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Sort of.
To be more precise, Apple doesn’t give any access to apps at all when the screen is off (unless you’re a music playing app). So I’ve simulated it in the last release with a “Blackout mode”. When you enable this mode and start a watch with the volume control, then the screen is disabled, and goes black except for one line of text. You can enter “a “lap” by pressing up-Volume, and when done, you press down-Volume which turns the screen back on.
Hope that helps.
