Detecting energy leaks in Android app with POEM

Abstract

This paper presents the design and implementation of a Portable Open Source Energy Monitor (POEM) to enable developers to automatically test and measure the energy consumption of every single application component down to the control flow level. Based on existing portable power meter designs, POEM extends the state of the art of application analysxis with the energy annotation of the control flow down to the basic blocks, the call graph, and the Android API calls, allowing developers to locate energy leaks in their applications with high accuracy. Because the power consumption is tied to the system status, energy annotation is also coupled with system activities.