It's not hard to debug. Dump the heap (with DDMS) and use a tool like MAT to see what's going on.
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Indicator Veritatis <mej1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It is one of the ironies of Java that though it is harder to write a > memory leak than in C++, once you do manage it, it is harder to debug > than in C++;) > > IBM developerworks has some good articles on it. > > So, for example, though the article is old, and mentions rather dated > GC technology, I do believe that the hints in > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-leaks/ are still > pretty up to date for finding memory leaks. > > Unfortunately, he talks about using Jprobe, which I don't think you > can run on an Android phone. But > http://kohlerm.blogspot.com/2009/04/analyzing-memory-usage-off-your-android.html > suggests using the hprof-conv tool and describes how to do that. > > On Sep 7, 1:26 pm, Jason Van Anden <robotiss...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have seen the same issue - and I suspect a memory leak. What would be >> best way to track something like this down? >> >> jOn Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Romain Guy <romain...@android.com> wrote: >> > It could also be a memory leak in your application. >> >> > On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:06 PM, blahblah...@gmail.com >> > <blahblah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > It's happening on the emulator when running 2.0 or 2.2. No >> > > compatibility mode AFAIK. I just did some testing and we are still >> > > getting OutOfMemoryError after changing screen orientation 3 times - >> > > it always gives the error the third time even though I added gc(); >> > > runFinalization(); gc() just before the createBitmap. I'm thinking it >> > > must be either a memory leak in Android or heap fragmentation. So far >> > > I don't have any workaround. >> >> > > On Sep 3, 2:40 pm, Matt Kanninen <mathias...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> I found OutOfMemory Bitmap errors happened more frequently when I had >> > >> a compatibility mode set. Although that was just on the Moto Droid, >> > >> on Android 2.1, back in December. >> >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> > -- >> > Romain Guy >> > Android framework engineer >> > romain...@android.com >> >> > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >> > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on >> > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> > For more options, visit this group at >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer romain...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
