SystemPanel App Task Manager v1.2.0
Requirements: 1.5 and up
Overview: SystemPanel integrates a task
manager, app manager (installer/uninstaller with multi-version APK
archival), and system monitor.
Solve your battery life problem by enabling the background monitoring service to record long-term CPU usage by individual apps.
SystemPanel includes the following features:
Task Manager: The task manager shows
what applications are currently loaded into memory and/or running on a
device, including current CPU and memory utilization for each. The task
manager provides the ability to kill offending applications, and
includes an emergency “end all” widget to handle extreme scenarios.
System Monitor: The system monitor can
be enabled to record device usage history over a period of time (up to
one week), such that you can determine what applications and usage
patterns have the greatest impact on battery life. This feature is
commonly used to help track down which applications are having major
negative effects on battery life. The system monitor records CPU usage
for each process, overall CPU usage, display usage, battery level, and
battery charging status.
Installer: The installer enables you to
install and uninstall applications quickly and conveniently. It can
archive multiple versions of applications, such that you can backup your
apps before an update and revert back to older versions afterward. This
is useful in the not uncommon event the updated item is buggy or
otherwise undesirable. Additionally, the Installer is designed to work
much more efficiently than the standard Android application manager, and
does not suffer the frustrating lag issues found in the default Android
item when browsing through a large number of installed apps.
Device Information: The device
information screens show detailed information about your Android device,
including storage, capabilities, network state, and OS build
information.
– Frequently Asked Questions –
Why does it require the ______ permission?
- SystemPanel does require a fair
number of permissions in order to be able to perform all of its duties.
This product DOES NOT send ANY information from your device over the
Internet to ANYONE. It requires the “Internet access” and
“telephony/read phone state” permissions only to monitor and display the
device’s network connectivity state. A full description of why each
permission is required can be found in the SystemPanel FAQ on our web
site.
Does SystemPanel consume battery?
- The only component of SystemPanel
which runs in the background is the “System Monitor” feature. This
feature must be enabled by the user (by default, SystemPanel runs
nothing in the background). When enabled, the System Monitor feature
will record data about which applications are consuming the battery
every 15 minutes. All told, this feature will use approximately one
minute of CPU / battery time per day of operation. When this feature is
not enabled, SystemPanel will not run in the background in any capacity.
Does SystemPanel automatically kill tasks in the background?
- No, SystemPanel is not an automatic
task killer. It has been well-established (by the Android documentation
and direct communication with the Android engineers) that randomly or
periodically terminating arbitrary tasks in the interest of saving
memory will NOT yield a benefit in performance or battery life. The only
benefit you will see from an automatic task killer is if it happens to
terminate misbehaving apps. SystemPanel provides a better solution to
this problem by showing you which apps are consuming CPU in the
background (over time) with the “System Monitor” feature. It is then
recommended that such applications be reconfigured or uninstalled (or
perhaps corrected by filing a bug with the offending application’s
author).
What’s in this version:
User interface and aesthetic improvements.
Support for Samsung Multiwindow.
Support for viewing System applications in the Installer.
Free SystemPanel App Task Manager v1.2.0 apk