Power Optimization for Android

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Power optimization for Android covers how to reduce battery drain across system-on-chip components (CPU, GPU, audio/video decoders) rather than just racing the CPU to idle. It explains Android power-related APIs and a power-profiling tool to identify which hardware blocks are active, diagnoses common sources of high power use, and offers debugging steps and concrete mitigation techniques.

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1. 0:00Battery optimization
2. 4:21Battery-heavy components
3. 7:53Network optimization
4. 16:46Batch network and CPU calls
5. 26:25Network analysis tools
6. 27:10CPU optimization
7. 30:00CPU profiling
8. 33:12Avoiding wasted tasks
9. 35:22Battery Historian analysis
10. 38:12Summary

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