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Feature: Battery Usage Monitor #314

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📋 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% ┤╯       ╰─
     └──────────────────────
     9am  11am  1pm  3pm  5pm

🔧 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

  • Battery level tracking
  • Battery state monitoring (charging/discharging)
  • CPU usage monitoring
  • Basic energy impact score
  • Historical battery graph

Phase 2: Component Breakdown

  • CPU energy calculation
  • Network energy tracking
  • Location energy tracking
  • GPU energy estimation
  • Display energy calculation
  • Component breakdown UI

Phase 3: Advanced Features

  • Feature-level attribution
  • Energy profiling sessions
  • Background vs foreground tracking
  • Optimization suggestions
  • Energy budget alerts
  • Export reports

🧪 Testing Requirements

  • Battery level accuracy tests
  • Energy calculation validation
  • Component breakdown accuracy
  • Performance impact tests (monitoring overhead)
  • Background monitoring tests
  • Long-running session tests

📚 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

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