I think (as in "I'm not sure at all" xD) it's for saving memory, I mean: 48Mb sounds enough for almost everything and if it used more, will be draining battery I need to make it to the end of the day :P El 23/04/2011 12:13, "Ali Chousein" <ali.chous...@gmail.com> escribió: > 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
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