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Keeping network alive like this is not cool - the radio will drain the battery. It would be much better to not only allow a configuration for how often the sync
by DenisM 13y ago
Keeping network alive like this is not cool - the radio will drain the battery. It would be much better to not only allow a configuration for how often the sync happens, but also allow the app to manually trigger sync, normally at the same time as other network activity is going on so that no extra power is spent bringing the radio up and down.
- matm 13y agoThis makes total sense! Manually syncing is a good idea. We need to make sure we have reasonable defaults in place, though, and so far, we've had no issues from our beta testers.
- mpweiher 13y agoSteady small but spaced updates is just about worst case for battery if you're on 3G. You want relatively large batch sizes so the system can turn the radios off and keep them off. Obviously doesn't matter if the main app is using the radios...
- jordanthoms 13y agoThere is an excellent guide on the Android site covering this: http://developer.android.com/training/efficient-downloads/efficient-network-access.html http://developer.android.com/training/efficient-downloads/ef... (and it really applies to iPhones also)