Often Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) is not a suitable option for customers because the device is behind a firewall or does not have GMS services available. The application should be available to respond to network requests, for example a push message.There are two fundamental reasons people might not want the device to enter a power saving mode: The goal of this blog is to explain your options as an application developer to give you the most control over your device’s power management and what you can do to ensure your application is always available to your users. It is assumed the reader is familiar with doze mode and the other changes made in Android Oreo and Pie related to background services, at least at a high level.įrom a consumer point of view, getting maximum battery life out of a device is frequently an ever-present consideration, so much so that a slew of snake oil “task manager” and “task killer” applications formerly gained popularity to prevent background apps but in recent Android releases Google has taken a more aggressive approach to what apps can do in the background.Įnterprise applications are written primarily to enhance user efficiency battery consumption will always be a consideration but may be secondary or tertiary to application responsiveness or performance. Since the introduction of doze mode in Android Marshmallow we have seen a number of enterprise use cases where customers want to ensure their application continues to run even though the device wants to enter a power saving mode. Updated January 2020 to include detail about Android Pie.
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