JohnnyLightOn wrote: > Your app looks great. I like the screenshots and would very much like > to try it. I do have a question: I'll be using my Galaxy S3 phone to > run the app, and I'm sensitive to apps that use a lot of battery because > the screen is already such a battery hog. I understand the app is > continually communicating with the server, which will be over my wi-fi. > Does this communication use lots of battery? I am mainly interested in > quickly browsing for songs and playing them, and don't need to look at > the app while the music is playing. Is there a way to reduce the > communication when I'm not actively using the app? > > Thanks very much!
Yes, you can turn off the ability of the app to stay connected in the background. Just go to Preferences > General and turn off 'Always Connected'. I don't really have the ability to measure how much battery life the app uses while it stays connected in the background. When in the background, the app receives status messages from the server every 30s or so or when the song info/status changes and it sends commands when you press the buttons on the mini controls in the notification area. Of course it also means that the app has to stay awake, so the phone probably won't be able to go into any deep idle states. So I guess if you're already actively using the WIFI, the little bit of info the app is sending/receiving probably won't make much of a difference, but if the phone is just sitting idle having the app running in the background would most likely impact the battery life. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ wt0's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96757 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
