Programmatically dispatch KeyEvent

gistfile1.java

KeyEvent powerKeyUp = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_UP, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_POWER);
KeyEvent powerKeyDown = new KeyEvent(KeyEvent.ACTION_DOWN, KeyEvent.KEYCODE_POWER);

powerKeyDown = powerKeyDown.changeTimeRepeat(powerKeyDown, SystemClock.uptimeMillis() - 100, 1);
dispatchKeyEvent(powerKeyDown);
if (dispatchKeyEvent(powerKeyUp))
    Log.d("PML", "The event was consumed in dispatchKeyEvent() ACTION_UP");
else
    Log.d("PML", "The event was NOT consumed in dispatchKeyEvent() ACTION_UP");

//// this is an alternate way of dispatching the long press key event using KeyEvent.DispatcherState
// KeyEvent.DispatcherState powerKeyState = new KeyEvent.DispatcherState();
// powerKeyState.performedLongPress(powerKeyDown);
// powerKeyDown.dispatch(this, powerKeyState, this);



// *** actual output:
// The event was NOT consumed in dispatchKeyEvent() ACTION_UP