Thanks for this awesome post. Yes, low power will trigger the device to go night night if possible. This is a great post for other developers to provide tips and ticks how to keep the device awake on a recording session. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplication/isidletimerdisabled Your approach of setting is indeed the standard way to achieve this. However, certain power management features, like Adaptive Power Mode, can override these settings, as you've observed. Ensure that you have an active configured while recording. This typically helps in signaling to the system that media capture is in progress, which should naturally prevent the device from sleeping. Unfortunately, iOS doesn't provide public APIs to directly detect Adaptive Power Mode specifically. However, you can check for Low Power Mode . While this doesn't exactly map to Adaptive Power Mode, it can still be useful for alerting users. Since detecting Adaptive Power Mode isn't directly possible, consider displaying a
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