Simple cross platform plugin to check batterystatus of mobile device, get remaining percentage for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Windows, and Xamarin.Forms projects.
- Available on NuGet: http://www.nuget.org/packages/Xam.Plugin.Battery
- Install into your PCL project and Client projects.
Build Status:
- CI NuGet Feed: https://ci.appveyor.com/nuget/batteryplugin
Platform Support
|Platform|Supported|Version| | ------------------- | :------------------: | |Xamarin.iOS|iOS 6+| |Xamarin.Android|API 10+| |Windows 10 UWP|10+|
Windows Store has a blank DLL that always returns 100, Ac, and Full as there is no API for checking battery
Call CrossBattery.Current from any project or PCL to gain access to APIs.
RemainingChargePercent
/// <summary>
/// Current battery level 0 - 100
/// </summary>
int RemainingChargePercent { get; }
Status
/// <summary>
/// Current status of the battery
/// </summary>
BatteryStatus Status { get; }
This returns an enum with the current status of the battery. If charging or not:
/// <summary>
/// Current status of battery
/// </summary>
public enum BatteryStatus
{
/// <summary>
/// Plugged in and charging
/// </summary>
Charging,
/// <summary>
/// Battery is being drained currently
/// </summary>
Discharging,
/// <summary>
/// Battery is full completely
/// </summary>
Full,
/// <summary>
/// Not charging, but not discharging either
/// </summary>
NotCharging,
/// <summary>
/// Unknown or other status
/// </summary>
Unknown
}
Important:
- iOS: only returns Charging, Full, Discharging, and Unknown.
PowerSource
/// <summary>
/// Currently how the battery is being charged.
/// </summary>
PowerSource PowerSource { get; }
Returns how the phone is being charged
You can subscribe to BatteryChanged, which will return BatteryChangedEventArgs with all information you need. This occurs when plugged, unplugged, or battery change.
/// <summary>
/// Event handler when battery changes
/// </summary>
event BatteryChangedEventHandler BatteryChanged;
Under MIT, see LICENSE file.