This is the maximum heap size: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.html#getMemoryClass()
Also see: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/ActivityManager.html#getLargeMemoryClass() On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 2:56 AM, Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso < fmmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > I have read that the maximum heap available for an app is 16M, despite > that there may be higher on newer devices. > > Anyway on a 2.1 emulator with Eclipse/DDMS my available heap shown is > just about 3M, while in my SGS2 real device shows about 5M of available > heap. As you see, a lot of lower than 16M. > > My app runs fine on my SGS2, but it crashes complaining about not having > sufficient heap memory on the emulator, and I have received a few > reports with the same error on Google Play. > > I am currently doing an effort to decrease heap consumption, but I > wonder why DDMS shows values so low and if some devices may actually > have less than 16M of heap memory. > > My app is developed for Android 2.1+ > > Best regards, > > -- > 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 > -- 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