Going Green: An Exploratory Analysis of Energy-Related Questions

— The popularity of smartphones — small computers that run on battery power — has exploded in the last decade. Unsurprisingly, power consumption is an overarching concern for mobile app developers, who are anxious to learn about powerrelated problems that are encountered by others. In this paper, we present an empirical study exploring the characteristics of energy-related questions posed in StackOverflow, issues faced by the developers, and the most significantly discussed APIs. We extracted a sample of 5009 StackOverflow questions, and manually analyzed 1000 posts of Android-related energy questions. Our study shows that developers are most concerned about energy-related issues that concern improper implementations, sensor, and radio utilization.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2015
• Where: MSR
• Keywords: MSR 2015, Software Engineering