Thanks Mark. Power Tutor looks useful. I am still developing app but just thought about battery life :)
Thanks, -A On Sep 9, 4:20 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:03 AM, A. Purohit <[email protected]> wrote: > > How can we know how much my app [ livewallpaper here ] is consuming? > > I assume refresh rate will highly affect battery consumption. > > Have your app run for 12 hours or so on a device that is not plugged > in. Check the battery screen in the Settings app (usually in the About > area, though that might vary by device). If you don't show up, then > you are OK, to a rough approximation. > > Getting detailed power stats is more troublesome and tend to be > device-specific, such as PowerTutor: > > http://ziyang.eecs.umich.edu/projects/powertutor/ > > The ultimate is using the Qualcomm MDP and its Trepn power profile, > but that device is rather expensive. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Training...At Your Office:http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

