📋 Feature Description
Add a Battery Usage Monitor to DebugSwift that tracks and analyzes energy consumption by app features and components.
🎯 Motivation
Battery life is critical for mobile apps. Developers need to:
- Identify battery-draining operations
- Monitor energy impact by feature
- Compare background vs foreground usage
- Track CPU, GPU, network, and location energy costs
- Optimize for Apple's Energy Impact guidelines
Currently, developers rely on Xcode's Energy Gauge, which requires a connected device and doesn't provide real-time, in-app monitoring during development.
✨ Proposed Features
Core Functionality
- Real-time Energy Monitoring: Track current energy usage
- Battery Level Graph: Historical battery percentage
- Energy Impact Score: Apple-style energy impact rating
- Component Breakdown: CPU, GPU, Network, Location, Display
- Feature Attribution: Track energy by app feature/screen
- Background vs Foreground: Separate tracking for app states
Energy Metrics
- CPU Energy: Processing power consumption
- GPU Energy: Graphics rendering costs
- Network Energy: WiFi/cellular data transfer
- Location Energy: GPS and location services
- Display Energy: Screen brightness impact
- Total Energy: Aggregate consumption
Advanced Features
- Energy Profiling Sessions: Record and analyze sessions
- Feature Comparison: Compare energy cost of features
- Optimization Suggestions: AI-powered recommendations
- Energy Budget: Set limits and get alerts
- Historical Trends: Track energy over time
- Export Reports: Share energy analysis
🎨 UI/UX Design
Battery Monitor Main Screen
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Battery Usage Monitor │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Current Battery: 78% ▼ │
│ Energy Impact: ⚡⚡○○○ Moderate │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Component Breakdown (Last Hour) │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ CPU ████████░░ 40% │ │
│ │ GPU ███░░░░░░░ 15% │ │
│ │ Network ██████░░░░ 30% │ │
│ │ Location ██░░░░░░░░ 10% │ │
│ │ Display █░░░░░░░░░ 5% │ │
│ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Energy by Feature │
│ • Home Screen ⚡⚡○○○ 120 mAh │
│ • Map View ⚡⚡⚡⚡○ 450 mAh │
│ • Background Sync ⚡⚡○○○ 180 mAh │
├─────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ [Start Recording] [View History] │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
Battery Graph
Battery Level Over Time
100% ┤
90% ┤╭─╮
80% ┤│ ╰╮
70% ┤│ ╰╮
60% ┤│ ╰───╮
50% ┤╯ ╰─
└──────────────────────
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🔧 Technical Implementation
Architecture
// Battery monitoring service
public class BatteryUsageMonitor {
public static let shared = BatteryUsageMonitor()
public func startMonitoring()
public func stopMonitoring()
public func getCurrentEnergyImpact() -> EnergyImpact
public func getComponentBreakdown() -> [EnergyComponent: Double]
}
struct EnergyImpact {
enum Level: Int {
case veryLow = 1
case low = 2
case moderate = 3
case high = 4
case veryHigh = 5
}
let level: Level
let score: Double // 0-100
let components: [EnergyComponent: Double]
}
enum EnergyComponent {
case cpu
case gpu
case network
case location
case display
case other
}
struct EnergySession {
let id: UUID
let startTime: Date
let endTime: Date?
let batteryStart: Float
let batteryEnd: Float?
let energyBreakdown: [EnergyComponent: Double]
let featureUsage: [String: EnergyImpact]
}
Battery Monitoring
func setupBatteryMonitoring() {
UIDevice.current.isBatteryMonitoringEnabled = true
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
self,
selector: #selector(batteryLevelChanged),
name: UIDevice.batteryLevelDidChangeNotification,
object: nil
)
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
self,
selector: #selector(batteryStateChanged),
name: UIDevice.batteryStateDidChangeNotification,
object: nil
)
}
@objc func batteryLevelChanged() {
let level = UIDevice.current.batteryLevel
let state = UIDevice.current.batteryState
recordBatteryLevel(level, state: state)
}
CPU Energy Tracking
func trackCPUEnergy() {
let info = ProcessInfo.processInfo
// CPU usage
var threadsList: thread_act_array_t?
var threadsCount: mach_msg_type_number_t = 0
let result = task_threads(mach_task_self_, &threadsList, &threadsCount)
guard result == KERN_SUCCESS else { return }
var totalCPU: Double = 0
for index in 0..<Int(threadsCount) {
var threadInfo = thread_basic_info()
var threadInfoCount = mach_msg_type_number_t(THREAD_INFO_MAX)
let infoResult = withUnsafeMutablePointer(to: &threadInfo) {
$0.withMemoryRebound(to: integer_t.self, capacity: 1) {
thread_info(threadsList![index], thread_flavor_t(THREAD_BASIC_INFO),
$0, &threadInfoCount)
}
}
if infoResult == KERN_SUCCESS {
let cpuUsage = Double(threadInfo.cpu_usage) / Double(TH_USAGE_SCALE)
totalCPU += cpuUsage
}
}
recordCPUEnergy(totalCPU)
}
Network Energy Tracking
func trackNetworkEnergy() {
// Monitor network activity
let monitor = NWPathMonitor()
monitor.pathUpdateHandler = { path in
if path.status == .satisfied {
// Track data transfer
let bytesReceived = self.getBytesReceived()
let bytesSent = self.getBytesSent()
let energyCost = self.calculateNetworkEnergy(
received: bytesReceived,
sent: bytesSent,
interface: path.availableInterfaces.first?.type
)
self.recordNetworkEnergy(energyCost)
}
}
}
Location Energy Tracking
func trackLocationEnergy() {
// Monitor CLLocationManager activity
let accuracy = locationManager.desiredAccuracy
let isUpdating = locationManager.location != nil
let energyCost: Double
switch accuracy {
case kCLLocationAccuracyBestForNavigation:
energyCost = 1.0 // Very high
case kCLLocationAccuracyBest:
energyCost = 0.8 // High
case kCLLocationAccuracyNearestTenMeters:
energyCost = 0.5 // Moderate
case kCLLocationAccuracyHundredMeters:
energyCost = 0.3 // Low
default:
energyCost = 0.1 // Very low
}
recordLocationEnergy(energyCost)
}
📝 Implementation Checklist
Phase 1: Basic Monitoring
Phase 2: Component Breakdown
Phase 3: Advanced Features
🧪 Testing Requirements
📚 Documentation
### Battery Usage Monitor
- Real-time battery and energy monitoring
- Component breakdown (CPU, GPU, Network, Location)
- Feature-level energy attribution
- Optimization suggestions
- Energy profiling sessions
// Configuration
DebugSwift.Performance.shared.enableBatteryMonitoring = true
// Set energy budget
DebugSwift.Performance.shared.energyBudget = .moderate
// Callback for high energy usage
DebugSwift.Performance.shared.onHighEnergyUsage { component in
print("High energy usage detected: \(component)")
}
🎯 Success Criteria
- Accurate battery level tracking
- Real-time energy impact score
- Component breakdown (CPU, GPU, Network, Location)
- Feature-level energy attribution
- Historical trends visualization
- Optimization suggestions
- Minimal monitoring overhead (<1% energy)
- Export energy reports
📊 Priority
Medium - Important for apps focused on battery efficiency.
🏷️ Labels
enhancement, feature, performance, battery, medium-priority
📋 Feature Description
Add a Battery Usage Monitor to DebugSwift that tracks and analyzes energy consumption by app features and components.
🎯 Motivation
Battery life is critical for mobile apps. Developers need to:
Currently, developers rely on Xcode's Energy Gauge, which requires a connected device and doesn't provide real-time, in-app monitoring during development.
✨ Proposed Features
Core Functionality
Energy Metrics
Advanced Features
🎨 UI/UX Design
Battery Monitor Main Screen
Battery Graph
🔧 Technical Implementation
Architecture
Battery Monitoring
CPU Energy Tracking
Network Energy Tracking
Location Energy Tracking
📝 Implementation Checklist
Phase 1: Basic Monitoring
Phase 2: Component Breakdown
Phase 3: Advanced Features
🧪 Testing Requirements
📚 Documentation
🎯 Success Criteria
📊 Priority
Medium - Important for apps focused on battery efficiency.
🏷️ Labels
enhancement,feature,performance,battery,medium-priority