Battery Charging Time Estimates
Olive Flyingfish
I would find it incredibly useful to have an estimate of battery charging times within the application. This feature would help me plan my usage and charging schedule more effectively, ensuring that I can manage my device's battery life efficiently. It would be great if this could be considered for future updates.
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Daniel Clark
Message to Fieldy Developers
A super easy step to this would be to just make battery level info available to third party tools such as Tasker. Should just be a few lines of code for the simplest option.
Could you consider exposing this battery data? There are a few very simple ways to implement this for power users without needing to build a full UI integration:
- Standard Android Broadcast Intent (Easiest)
You can simply fire a global broadcast intent whenever the app receives a battery update from the device. Power users can then listen for this intent.
Example: com.fieldy.action.BATTERY_UPDATE with an extra for "battery_level".
- Tasker Command System
You can broadcast directly to Tasker's built-in command receiver. It takes very little code and allows users to intercept the data effortlessly.
Documentation: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/developers.html (See "Tasker Command System")
- Native Tasker Plugin (Locale API)
If you want to build a fully integrated, user-friendly menu for automation, you can implement the standard Locale API plugin architecture.
Documentation: https://tasker.joaoapps.com/plugins.html
Locale API Docs: http://www.twofortyfouram.com/developer
Even just implementing the first option (a simple background broadcast) would be incredibly helpful for your power-user community.
Thank you for your time and for building a great product!