Detect Battery Level

It's a exercise of Android App to detect battery level.



A BroadcastReceiver, myBatteryReceiver, is implemented and registered to receive ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED, and retrieve "level" via getIntExtra() method.

main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:orientation="vertical"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 >
<TextView
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="@string/hello"
 />
<TextView
 android:id="@+id/batterylevel"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 android:text="Battery Level:"
 />
</LinearLayout>

AndroidBattery.java

package com.exercise.AndroidBattery;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.IntentFilter;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class AndroidBattery extends Activity {

private TextView batteryLevel;

 /** Called when the activity is first created. */
 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
     setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
     batteryLevel = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.batterylevel);
     this.registerReceiver(this.myBatteryReceiver,
       new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED));
 }

 private BroadcastReceiver myBatteryReceiver
 = new BroadcastReceiver(){

 @Override
 public void onReceive(Context arg0, Intent arg1) {
  // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  int bLevel = arg1.getIntExtra("level", 0);

  batteryLevel.setText("Battery Level: "
    + String.valueOf(bLevel) + " %");
 }
 
 };
}

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