Optimizations for Increasing Battery Life

Introduction

While developing an Android application, it’s critical to keep battery usage in mind. If our application quickly drains the device’s battery, users will be hesitant to use the app. Therefore, it’s important to be mindful of the app’s battery usage to provide a good user experience.

Several factors can affect the battery’s performance. For example, applications making frequent network calls will drain the battery faster. Applications with multiple background tasks also affect the battery’s performance. Moreover, if our application fetches the device’s GPS location multiple times, it will lead to degraded battery performance.

In this lesson, we’ll learn about key considerations to ensure optimal device battery life.

Considerations for increasing battery life

Let’s consider a few scenarios that lead to increased battery usage ...