Automatically pause scanning on low battery

[mjaakko]

When the battery level is critically low, the user most likely has more important use for the remaining battery than scanning networks

This feature should be enabled by default, but be configurable in the settings

[realeatham]

How low is critically low?

[mjaakko]

How low is critically low?

I was thinking of using BATTERY_LOW broadcast for this

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent#ACTION_BATTERY_LOW

[realeatham]

Ah so 15%

[realeatham]

You should make it configurable if it isn't too much work

[andrewkolda]

Nice thing about the intent is you dont have to check the battery, saving work. Would using the power saver mode intent be good for y'all? You can set power save mode to whatever % and then the behavior would be congruous with the rest of your system as well

[mjaakko]

Nice thing about the intent is you dont have to check the battery, saving work. Would using the power saver mode intent be good for y'all? You can set power save mode to whatever % and then the behavior would be congruous with the rest of your system as well

The problem with power saving mode is that it can also be enabled in other situations than low battery, e.g. some devices have routines to automatically turn on power saving mode at night. This could also be beneficial in some cases, but I think it would be better to have another option separate from low battery for pausing scanning in power saving mode