Can i disable the switch off option while my phone is locked (running oreo 8.1)?

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In case of theft, I would like to disable the option to turn off my phone while it's locked. I downloaded the smart screen protector app, but i guess it doesn't support my android device (p20 pro; orea 8.1) - i am still able to turn off my phone while it's locked and the app is running. Are there other application/methods, which would do the trick?

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Max
 
I know Cerberus can do that (disable power switch when phone is locked), but it's a paid app. I bought it long ago during a sale so I use it on all my devices.
 
I've always used cerberus but it doesn't seem to work on this phone but worked on all my previous Samsung devices. The disable power button does nothing, phone even restarts in my jeans pocket sometimes. I'm desperate for it to work, so if anyone has managed to disable power button while phone locked please let me know. Samsung was better security wise as even without cerberus you had to verify fingerprint/pin to switch off device or change any of the toggles that would compromise security. This phone doesn"t have that. If a thief found this phone all they gotta do is switch it off and obviously then ill never locate it. So makes using Cerberus in this case kind of redundant. I'm guessing there is probably a way with root, Huawei should really think of this and sort it out as it can't be that hard.
 
If it can't be that hard, why don't you learn how to develop Android apps, and make one yourself? (In other words, it is that hard.)
 
I'll rephrase, it can't be that hard for Huawei to add that, with there team of developers which I am not. So Samsung can enable a simple security feature where if you try and switch phone off while locked then you have to either use fingerprint or pin to do it. It's a big thing not to have. You can't track a switched off phone if it gets stolen, which is the first thing a thief will do.