48MB is (or better should be) good enough memory for any app. What do you want to keep in memory? The world map with a rich set of POIs?
On Apr 22, 10:30 pm, Fabio Yasusi Yamamoto <fabi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm trying to understand why the heap size of a single application is > so small. > > I mean, there are phones with limited RAM, and the heap size is about > 16mb. Small but not so bad..... > The new devices and even the motorola XOOM with 1GB RAM, is limited to > 48mb of heap space. What the hell were they thinking?, They really > expect that i will open 21 simultaneous applications? > > I'm also a iOS developer, and 48mb was about the memory limit of > IPHONE first gen. , that was 4 years ago!! ( and the iphone had > 128mb ) > > I know a lot of people will say that i can use NDK, mmap, > texttures.... but hey, why? if i can use more ram using the NDK, why > the limit in java heap? > > Now ( using the NDK ) i will need to put a extra layer of complexity > ( libraries, leaks, plataforms, armv5, armv7, debugging... etc ) to do > something that should be very simple. > > Whyyyyyyyy -- 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