Is it possible to turn off the screen (just like pressing the power button) on android

Can you please tell me if it is possible to turn off the screen on android phone programma开发者_JAVA技巧tically? So that it won't respond to any touch screen events but the application is still running?

Thank you.

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Calling hidden API in android to turn screen off