If you aren't using WebView, this is most likely bitmaps. I would suggest looking in the dalvik heap info to see what bitmaps are being held. Unfortunately bitmap memory is not currently part of the Dalvik heap, so it can be a little hard to track down.
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Joan Pujol <joanpu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Dianne, > > I've tried with the dumpsys memoryinfo and it says I have the same > that is reported in running services. > It seems you are right and that the memory is used in the native part: > Native Dalvik > allocated: 18259 4659 N/A 22918 > > But how can I get some detail of where is used the native memory. > Because with only the number I haven't any clue. > > And also, if the native memory isn't displayed in the HEAD DUMP, it is > really useful?? > > Cheers, > > On Jan 23, 10:00 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > You can use "adb shell dumpsys memoryinfo" to see more details > information > > about app memory usage. > > > > Note that Running Services (especially starting with Gingerbread) is > showing > > the aggregate of your process and any processes you are causing to keep > > around. Look at the details to see if there are other processes > involved, > > and it should say why they are needed. > > > > Or it could just be that you have allocations elsewhere -- for example I > > think DDMS only shows the Java heap in its main view. If you have a lot > of > > native allocations (bitmaps, web view, etc) then they may not show up > there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Joan Pujol <joanpu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I've seen that my background service is allocating 25Mbs according to > > > the Running Services android window. As it is a lot of memory that I > > > think I don't use I looked to ddms and also made a head dump of my > > > process and then the memory usage is only 2.9Mb > > > > > What's is the real memory usage? If it is the ddms one is there any > > > way to let running services give the correct usage? Because I'm afraid > > > that if some user look at the running services it will say that the > > > application is wasting a lot of memory. > > > > > -- > > > 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><android-developers%2Bunsubs > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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 > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. 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
