Android Battery Management API

Getting Battery Level and monitoring/determining its state programmatically using Battery Receiver


BatteryManager API exists in android to provide battery related function.
It allow developer to develop application without draining battery of android user.
Smart Developer never waste battery of android phone.
This tutorial teach you how to get current battery level of android phone and notify every time when battery level changes


Getting Current Battery Level

IntentFilter mIntentFilter = new IntentFilter();
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW);
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY);
                Intent batteryIntent = registerReceiver(null, mIntentFilter);
                float batteryLevel = getBatteryLevel(batteryIntent);
                Log.e("Battery Level", String.valueOf(batteryLevel));


Creating Receiver for Observing/Monitoring Battery level changes

1) Create one Receiver and Register it with

private class BatteryReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
           @Override
           public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
                if (arg1.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW)
                          || arg1.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(
                                    Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED)
                          || arg1.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(
                                    Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY)) {
                     int level = arg1.getIntExtra("level", 0);
                     Toast.makeText(BatteryManagerC.this,
                               "Current Battery " + level + " %", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                               .show();
                     mTextView
                               .setText(String
                                         .valueOf("Battery Level Change Detect through Receiver = "
                                                   + level));
                }
           }
      }


2) Register it for Significant changes of battery level

BatteryReceiver mArrow;
      private class ThreadM implements Runnable {
           @Override
           public void run() {
                mArrow = new BatteryReceiver();
                IntentFilter mIntentFilter = new IntentFilter();
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW);
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY);
                Intent batteryIntent = registerReceiver(mArrow, mIntentFilter);
                batteryLevel = getBatteryLevel(batteryIntent);
                Log.e("Battery Level", String.valueOf(batteryLevel));
           }
      }


Complete code for listening and getting Battery level will be like this

package com.test;
 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.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import android.widget.Toast;
 public class BatteryManagerC extends Activity {
      TextView mTextView;
      @Override
      protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
           super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
           setContentView(R.layout.main);
           mTextView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.batterTest);
           findViewById(R.id.getBattery).setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                     mTextView.setText(String.valueOf(batteryLevel));
                }
           });
           new Thread(new ThreadM()).start();
      }
      @Override
      protected void onDestroy() {
           super.onDestroy();
           unregisterReceiver(mArrow);
      }
      BatteryReceiver mArrow;
      private class ThreadM implements Runnable {
           @Override
           public void run() {
                mArrow = new BatteryReceiver();
                IntentFilter mIntentFilter = new IntentFilter();
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW);
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
                mIntentFilter.addAction(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY);
                Intent batteryIntent = registerReceiver(mArrow, mIntentFilter);
                batteryLevel = getBatteryLevel(batteryIntent);
                Log.e("Battery Level", String.valueOf(batteryLevel));
           }
      }
      float batteryLevel;
      private class BatteryReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
           @Override
           public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
                if (arg1.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_LOW)
                          || arg1.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(
                                    Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED)
                          || arg1.getAction().equalsIgnoreCase(
                                    Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_OKAY)) {
                     int level = arg1.getIntExtra("level", 0);
                     Toast.makeText(BatteryManagerC.this,
                               "Current Battery " + level + " %", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                               .show();
                     mTextView
                               .setText(String
                                         .valueOf("Battery Level Change Detect through Receiver = "
                                                   + level));
                }
           }
      }
      public float getBatteryLevel(Intent batteryIntent) {
           int level = batteryIntent.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_LEVEL, -1);
           int scale = batteryIntent.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_SCALE, -1);
           if (level == -1 || scale == -1) {
                return 50.0f;
           }
           return ((float) level / (float) scale) * 100.0f;
      }
 }


Finding the Charging State of Battery

public void determineChargingState()
{
           IntentFilter ifilter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
           Intent batteryStatus = registerReceiver(null, ifilter);
         
  // Are we charging / charged?
           int status = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_STATUS, -1);
           boolean isCharging = status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_CHARGING || status == BatteryManager.BATTERY_STATUS_FULL;
           // How are we charging?
           int chargePlug = batteryStatus.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_PLUGGED, -1);
           boolean usbCharge = chargePlug == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_USB;
           boolean acCharge = chargePlug == BatteryManager.BATTERY_PLUGGED_AC;
      }