# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**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… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/android-screen-lock-while-playing/84858)._