title: How to save battery power when use a GPS service
body: <p>I am making an application in which in need to update user location time to time.So i make a service in which i update  user location on every 5 min. My app works perfectly but the problem is it consumes too much battery power.how can i fix it.</p>
  
  <pre><code>locationManager = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE);
  listener = new MyLocationListener();        
  locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.NETWORK_PROVIDER, 300000,200, listener);
  locationManager.requestLocationUpdates(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER,     300000, 200, listener);
  </code></pre>