# Android screen lock while playing **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [December 1, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-screen-lock-while-playing/84858 "2014-12-01T23:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![struchot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@struchot](https://forums.plex.tv/u/struchot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-screen-lock-while-playing/84858/1 "2014-12-01T23:49:13Z")
I load up a tablet for my toddler for road trips etc, and when she sees the characters, she loves to touch the screen which screws things up.  I'd like to request a screen lock that can be set while playing.  A good example of one is in MX Player for Android.     ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-screen-lock-while-playing/84858/2 "2014-12-02T02:38:36Z")
Considering that the player is the built-in Android one, I seriously doubt any feature requests can or will be implemented.  If your bandwidth can take direct playing, you can switch the player to MX player.  You lose the watched status tracking, but your kids will probably watch the entire thing anyways. ---
**Author:** ![ParaDiddle777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ea5d25/32.png) [@ParaDiddle777](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ParaDiddle777)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-screen-lock-while-playing/84858/3 "2015-04-13T21:48:39Z")
> Considering that the player is the built-in Android one, I seriously doubt any feature requests can or will be implemented.  If your bandwidth can take direct playing, you can switch the player to MX player.  You lose the watched status tracking, but your kids will probably watch the entire thing anyways. What do you mean the built-in Android one? ---
**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-screen-lock-while-playing/84858/4 "2015-04-13T22:22:28Z")
The Android app uses the built in video player that comes with Android.  This is the one that us used by your camera's gallery to play videos you record.  Plex can add some overlays to the GUI but the playback is all controlled by that built-in player. ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-screen-lock-while-playing/84858/5 "2021-07-19T14:29:18Z")
2021 clean-up: duplicate > [@Option to lock the screen while playing on mobile](https://forums.plex.tv/t/option-to-lock-the-screen-while-playing-on-mobile/59872): > > Excellent idea from this thread: [https://forums.plex.tv/topic/101461-lock-the-screen-when-playing-video/](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/101461-lock-the-screen-when-playing-video/)     We use Plex a lot on our tablet when we're traveling so the kid can watch Power Pony Time or Sesame Road or whatever. But, cute as she is, she can't keep her hands and feet of the screen. Other players have an option to lock the screen during playback until you touch a particular area of the screen to unlock it. Does this feature exist in the Plex player?   Having kids and multip…