How much power consume by GPS application?

Question

Hey I want to know per minute power consumption by gps location application for android in Samsung galaxy II. when application is running and also when application is running in background? Is there any method that I can test it if my application frequently provide location update and send it to the server. Also I want to know in above scenario what is the good time interval that I set for MINIMUM_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES for requestLocationUpdates of LocationManager.

Answer 1

Perhaps this app would help. It seems to specifically have a measurement for how much power the GPS is using. If you turn off other apps using GPS, you might be able to get a good handle on the battery consumption.

http://gigaom.com/mobile/android-power-consumption-app/