On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 1:21 PM, ivan <istas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've read that each single process APK gets about 25 MBs.  Is this
> about correct?

A process will consume a couple of MB initially, with its heap growing
as needed up to a per-device maximum (16MB to 48MB).

> If another application specific process is declared in the manifest
> (i.e. android:process=":BackgroundService"), does this double the
> amount of memory consumed by the application; or is the original
> amount of memory split between the two processes?

It doubles the amount of memory consumed by the application. Hence,
don't do this without an exceptionally good reason (and, IMHO, I
haven't found an exceptionally good reason).

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