Hi Mark! I want to display Batter level stats in my app as shown in the following link:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/app-genie/id352781306?mt=8 Wonder how can i access batter voltage/power information at runtime? On Dec 23 2009, 5:50 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > Motalen wrote: > > Is this to say that the Droid has the capability to report higher > > precision values given the nature of the hardware BUT there is no way > > to access it? > > Here is my interpretation: > > -- Precision refers to the fineness of detail. Many Android devices > report at 1% precision, but the DROID reports at 10% precision. > > -- Accuracy refers to how well the reported values reflect reality. > > > If I am mistaken, which I hope I am, how would we go > > about accessing the finer granularity that is needed when developing > >batteryapplications on the Droid? > > As far as I know, you can't. As Ms. Hackborn said, "[10%] is just the > precision the Droidbatteryreports". > > > I have no problem getting single > > digit precision with other handsets only the Droid produces the > > strange '10's increments' only. > > That's the way Motorola elected to implement thebatterylevel > information. The SDK does not mandate a minimum level of precision, so > device manufacturers can report 1%, 10%, 3.14%, or whatever floats their > boats. Applications (particularly paid ones) should not be relying upon > some minimum level of precision, just as they should not be relying on > certain LED colors or the availability of a physical CAMERA button. > > If you have more detailed questions on Motorola devices, I recommend > asking Motorola the questions, since they have developer support boards: > > http://developer.motorola.com > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Development Wiki:http://wiki.andmob.org -- 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
