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Originally Posted by FredipusRex
The hardware brightness swipe is a good news/bad news thing.
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Here's what the author had to say about a similar suggestion:
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Originally Posted by Patrick Thompson (Founder, Inkstone Software, MegaReader);http://megareader.uservoice.com/forums/137541-general-feedback/suggestions/2357595-restore-the-hardware-brightness-level-on-app-exit#comments
Yeah, I tried that, but Apple blocks any attempt to restore the brightness on exit. Apparently it is by design. Changing the screen brightness through the API allows the brightness to be changed only for the current lock session. As soon as you lock the device, the brightness is restored to the value previously chosen in settings. So if you lock and unlock the device, you'll get back to your previous brightness setting. The iBooks brightness control also works like this.
If you don't like this behavior then you can choose the "Overlay" brightness option in settings. This overlays a semi-transparent black layer on top of the reading screen, like Stanza did, and modifies the transparency of the overlay to adjust the brightness. This means that the brightness setting will only apply to the reading screen. The downside of this approach is that it does not conserve battery life, as the system brightness setting will.
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