Windows Phone 8 : Identify Battery Status
A very simple and much required API addition in Windows Phone 8 which allows you to retrieve Battery related information. Here’s what this API expose,
- Identify remaining battery percentage
- Discharge time
- An event that triggers when battery percentage drops by 1%
Battery class is contained within namespace Windows.Phone.Devices.Power
Here’s how you can identify remaining battery percentage,
Battery.GetDefault().RemainingChargePercent
Note that this feature wasn’t supported in Windows Phone 7.5 earlier and makes a comprehensive addition to WP8 SDK.
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Comments
Anonymous
February 16, 2013
Amazing !Anonymous
February 16, 2013
This dll is in win8 sdk or have to download from somewhere else?Anonymous
February 20, 2013
Given that Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 are two different platforms, this API is part of the native Windows Phone 8 SDK experience. Hope that answers?Anonymous
March 06, 2015
Given that Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 are two different platforms, this API is part of the native Windows Phone 8 SDK experience. Hope that answers? www.help.com