Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Detect Battery Info.

In the last exercise "Detect Battery Level", the app simple detect the battery level only. It's modified to have more info to be displayed, include: battery level, voltage, temperature, technology, charging status, and health of the battery.

Detect Battery Info.

main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="@string/hello"
/>
<TextView
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Battery Info."
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/batterylevel"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Battery Level:"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/batteryvoltage"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Battery Voltage:"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/batterytemperature"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Battery Temperature:"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/batterytechology"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Technology:"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/batterystatus"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Status:"
/>
<TextView
android:id="@+id/batteryhealth"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Health:"
/>
</LinearLayout>


AndroidBattery.java
package com.exercise.AndroidBattery;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.os.BatteryManager;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidBattery extends Activity {

private TextView batteryLevel, batteryVoltage, batteryTemperature,
batteryTechnology, batteryStatus, batteryHealth;


/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);

batteryLevel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.batterylevel);
batteryVoltage = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.batteryvoltage);
batteryTemperature = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.batterytemperature);
batteryTechnology = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.batterytechology);
batteryStatus = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.batterystatus);
batteryHealth = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.batteryhealth);

this.registerReceiver(this.myBatteryReceiver,
new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED));
}

private BroadcastReceiver myBatteryReceiver
= new BroadcastReceiver(){

@Override
public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

if (arg1.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED)){
batteryLevel.setText("Level: "
+ String.valueOf(arg1.getIntExtra("level", 0)) + "%");
batteryVoltage.setText("Voltage: "
+ String.valueOf((float)arg1.getIntExtra("voltage", 0)/1000) + "V");
batteryTemperature.setText("Temperature: "
+ String.valueOf((float)arg1.getIntExtra("temperature", 0)/10) + "c");
batteryTechnology.setText("Technology: " + arg1.getStringExtra("technology"));

int status = arg1.getIntExtra("status", BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_UNKNOWN);
String strStatus;
if (status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING){
strStatus = "Charging";
} else if (status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_DISCHARGING){
strStatus = "Dis-charging";
} else if (status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_NOT_CHARGING){
strStatus = "Not charging";
} else if (status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_FULL){
strStatus = "Full";
} else {
strStatus = "Unknown";
}
batteryStatus.setText("Status: " + strStatus);

int health = arg1.getIntExtra("health", BatteryManager.BATTERY_HEALTH_UNKNOWN);
String strHealth;
if (health == BatteryManager.BATTERY_HEALTH_GOOD){
strHealth = "Good";
} else if (health == BatteryManager.BATTERY_HEALTH_OVERHEAT){
strHealth = "Over Heat";
} else if (health == BatteryManager.BATTERY_HEALTH_DEAD){
strHealth = "Dead";
} else if (health == BatteryManager.BATTERY_HEALTH_OVER_VOLTAGE){
strHealth = "Over Voltage";
} else if (health == BatteryManager.BATTERY_HEALTH_UNSPECIFIED_FAILURE){
strHealth = "Unspecified Failure";
} else{
strHealth = "Unknown";
}
batteryHealth.setText("Health: " + strHealth);

}
}

};
}


Download the files.

Related Article:
- Home Screen Battery Widget



1 comment:

  1. Thank you! This is exactly the sample code that I needed! I am testing our web api and need a native android app as a basis for comparison!

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