There's been a discussion recently about heap analysis. There is a way to send a signal to running processes to get a heap dump. Unfortunately the format of the dump is currently compatible only with an internal tool. Andy McFadden wrote a conversion tool that turns the heap dumps into "standard" hprof dumps that can be opened and analyzed by MAT, VisualVM, JProfiler, etc. You will information there: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/6659aaf069e462d2/37e7f5c9b6228948?lnk=gst&q=hprof#37e7f5c9b6228948
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Gw1921 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for that Romain. I read your article as well - very > informative. I'll have a look at DDMS as you've suggested as I'm > getting out of memory errors left right and center. So far tracing/ > profiling has proven to be extremely painful. > > I greatly appreciate the effort being put into a heap analysis tool. > Do you happen to have an ETA? > > Thanks again > > > On Feb 4, 4:30 pm, Romain Guy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> The SDK comes with traceview and DDMS to analyze performance. For >> memory usage, you can use DDMS to track allocations and the state of >> the heap. We are also working on ways to give SDK developers access to >> a heap analysis tool. >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:17 AM, Gw1921 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi >> >> > I've been running Eclipse on Mac OS X for android development. Since >> > I'm new to eclipse I'm not sure how to profile my apps. Especially >> > Memory usage. Could some one guide me to a direction please? Thanks! >> >> -- >> Romain Guy >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time >> to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on >> public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > > -- Romain Guy Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
