What's the most battery-efficient approach of using LocationClient to periodically get updates?

Question

I am thinking about having two separate alarms to gather a user\'s location data every hour, one that goes off every 59 minutes to \"connect\" the client and a second to act

Answer 1

Do you actually need to track the user?

If it's just about UI, then use getLastKnownLocation(PASSIVE_PROVIDER) and you should get something semi-accurate assuming they used location services on their phone somewhere else.

If you need to actually triangulate the user, realize the different providers use different battery. Passive < Network < GPS.

The more you locate the user, the more battery with GPS taking the most battery and time.

Start the service by intent one a schedule, 1 hour or whatever, only one service necessary. Only live for a maximum of 1 minute (or less), listen on all Location providers. After the minute or accuracy is good enough, you save the result and shut down the service.