![]() Unlike the native Android battery analyzer, the GSam Battery Monitor can reset testing cycles on the fly, which means you don’t have to drain and recharge the battery to do your application’s power monitoring.īattery usage settings you can monitor include: App power usage since the phone was last unplugged, app power usage since the phone’s last full charge, and app power usage since the screen was last shut off. Doing that in a test cycle can be time-consuming, although the stats hold up for accuracy if you have the time. This functionality can give you some useful information, but it’s difficult to focus on your app at the precise moment you’re targeting because to reset the stats, you have to charge fully to 100% and then unplug the device. When you open this UI, you’ll see the charge amount, a list of your apps with a percentage of battery usage, and a time frame in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. If your test phone library has, say, 20 phones, you won’t have to install it individually on each phone. One of the most practical benefits of the native battery analyzer is its ubiquity it comes preinstalled on all Android devices. All Android builds have a native battery analyzer (accessible by going to Settings > Device > Battery). The native battery analyzer can analyze each application and identify the one that’s gulping down the most juice, which is immensely useful right out the gate. Note that none of these requires root access, which is, for the intents and purposes of testing, just fine – most of your user base probably haven’t rooted their phones. ![]() We also cover a sample battery testing cycle and suggest possibilities as to why your app might be using too much power. ![]() We’ve narrowed it down to some of our favorites. Thankfully, there are also several apps in the Google Play store that’ll help narrow down your app’s battery usage. ![]() There’s even a native battery analyzer that’s built into Android’s OS. There are a lot of battery testing resources when it comes to Android application testing. Just like we only have so much energy to go run a marathon (who am I kidding, I don’t run, I look like Jabba the Hutt), phones burn through a finite amount of energy resources used by apps before we need to fill them back up with juice. As much as we love our technology, it has its limits. ![]()
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