I want to write an app that has a background service to keep getting the sensor values all the time, but dont know if that will consume too much power, does anyone has some knowledge of this? any reply will be appreciated!
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I want to write an app that has a background service to keep getting the sensor values all the time, but dont know if that will consume too much power, does anyone has some knowledge of this? any reply will be appreciated!
This varies from sensor to sensor, and device to device.
On average, your most power hungry sensors are the GPS, accelerometer and gyroscope. Leaving these on in the background will start showing battery drain within an hour usually.
After that, the light sensor and compass are much less battery intensive, but if you use them for long enough even they’ll affect battery life.