How can I reduce power usage in a location-based Android application?
How can I reduce the power usage开发者_开发百科 in my application? What code can I use to implement this?
There are a couple different ways to reduce the power used when trying to get location information.
Use the last known location instead of trying to determine the current location.
// Get a Location Manager LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); // Try to get the last GPS based location Location l = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); // Fall back to cell tower based location if no prior GPS location if (l == null) { l = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER); }
Use a less expensive location provider. You can pick LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER directly or specify the criteria you care about and let Android tell you which location provider to use.
// Select the criteria you care about Criteria c = new Criteria(); c.setAccuracy(Criteria.ACCURACY_COARSE); c.setPowerRequirement(Criteria.POWER_LOW); // Let the system tell you what provider you should use for your criteria LocationManager lm = (LocationManager) getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); String p = lm.getBestProvider(c, true); // Call other Location Manager functions using the above provider...
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