Doze And App Standby Mode In Android 6.0

Google introduced Doze and App Standby mode with Android 6.0 OS. Device will enter in Doze mode if device is unplugged and unused for some amount of time and if application stays i

Solution 1:

1. Yes, you can get informed of idle mode changes, by listening for DEVICE_IDLE_MODE_CHANGED intents, see: Android M listening to android.os.action.DEVICE_IDLE_MODE_CHANGED

2. You will need to whitelist your app, details here: https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html#support_for_other_use_cases

3. Same as for 1.

This page is also a really useful explanation of doze mode and how to test your app's handling of idle state: https://newcircle.com/s/post/1739/2015/06/12/diving-into-android-m-doze