lbendlin and gjs, thanks for the confirmation that users do indeed want long running services sometimes. And that battery life is acceptable when running GPS almost non-stop.
On Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:43:11 AM UTC-7, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > > What are your smart ways? No matter what, the GPS has to be on, and > even that sees like a fairly large drain. > > To be honest if you're doing this where the user actively knows it and > intends on logging at these intervals, then they probably know they > are killing their battery and that there's nothing they can do about > it. > > kris > Just having GPS on doesn't drain the battery much at all. It's only when you get a fix that you take a hit. And as other have pointed out, although it does drain the battery, it doesn't really kill it, and you're right, users are not only aware of this, but they want it - no the battery drain, but the features of GPS. As for smart ways, I meant knowing when to increase or decrease the GPS fix interval. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
