I am developing a simple GPS logger that runs as a service, getting fixes
in short intervals. As I've read documentation and posts in this forum, I
realize I need a WakeLock to keep the service running and logging points.
Right now, without a WakeLock, my service runs fine for many hours, even
You need to hold a wake lock for any duration when you need to make sure
the CPU doesn't go into deep sleep. It doesn't matter what other
applications are doing, for your code to be correct you need to hold the
wake lock when your code relies on the CPU being kept running, so the
platform knows ab
My question wasn't about battery life, but I'll address it anyway. Users
who install apps that use long running services are usually fully aware
that it will affect battery life. Certainly anyone who wants to record a
GPS track for a few hours with very fine resolution (points every 5 seconds
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On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:05 PM, William Kelley wrote:
> My question wasn't about battery life, but I'll address it anyway. Users
> who install apps that use long running services are usually fully aware
> that it will affect battery life.
There is basically no relationship between "long running
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