Battery-Sample

• Understanding battery drain

  • Used batteryHistorian to understand battery drain of the sample app
  • We can apply filter while charging to conserve battery, this was done in the activity.

• Wake Lock and Battery Drain || Remedy by Job Scheduler

  • Holding on the wakeLock for too long, we can drain the battery easily. Manual releasing also makes its usage tedious.
  • jobScheduler API makes the systen defer your wakelock task at appropriate situations with collectively other wakelocks
    • jobInfo object and service needs to be created.
    • see the DevBytes video

• Minimise cellularRadio usage || wait for WiFi

  • use jobScheduler API to defer tasks to only when WiFi is connected.