Show the activity over the lockscreen and wake up the device. If you launched the app manually both of these conditions are already true. If you deployed from the IDE, however, this will save you from hundreds of power button presses and pattern swiping per day!

gistfile1.java

/**
 * Show the activity over the lockscreen and wake up the device. If you launched the app manually
 * both of these conditions are already true. If you deployed from the IDE, however, this will
 * save you from hundreds of power button presses and pattern swiping per day!
 */
public static void riseAndShine(Activity activity) {
  activity.getWindow().addFlags(FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED);

  PowerManager power = (PowerManager) activity.getSystemService(POWER_SERVICE);
  PowerManager.WakeLock lock =
      power.newWakeLock(FULL_WAKE_LOCK | ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP | ON_AFTER_RELEASE, "wakeup!");
  lock.acquire();
  lock.release();
}