Provide some tips to reduce battery usage in an android application

Technology CommunityCategory: AndroidProvide some tips to reduce battery usage in an android application
VietMX Staff asked 3 years ago

Tips for improving battery usage in an android application:

  • Reduce network calls as much as you can: Cache your data and retrieve it from the cache when required next time.
  • Avoid wake lock as much as possible: A wake lock is a mechanism to indicate that your application needs to have the device stay on.
  • Use AlarmManager carefully: Wrong use of AlarmManager can easily drain the battery.
  • Batch the network calls: You should batch the network calls if possible so that you can prevent the device from waking every second.
  • A Different logic for Mobile Data and Wifi: You should write different logic for mobile data and wifi as one logic may be optimized for mobile data and other may be optimized for wifi.
  • Check all background processes: You should check all the background processes.
  • Use GPS carefully: Do not use it frequently, use it only when actually required.
  • Use JobScheduler: This is an API for scheduling various types of jobs against the framework that will be executed in your application’s own process. The framework will be intelligent about when you receive your callbacks and attempt to batch and defer them as much as possible.