On 09/14/2011 07:13 PM, Matt Y. wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 9:59 AM, Pratik Prajapati > <pratik.prajap...@gmail.com <mailto:pratik.prajap...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dear All, > > There are a lot of classes in my (big) APK which are used no > where(some test code is part of the APK with the actual service). > Will dalvik VM keep these classes in memory at runtime? ( many > classes are not used to create any object out of them). > > > only when classes are used, dvm loads these classes into memory.
If only this were true. Unfortunately, a large number of classes (over 1800) are preloaded by zygote at startup time, to share memory between android processes, and to reduce subsequent application startup time. I'm not familiar with the DEX-combining mentioned, but I do know for sure that a large number of (potentially unused) classes are lying around in memory most of the time. (At least, in Android 2.3) -- Tim ============================= Tim Bird Architecture Group Chair, CE Workgroup of the Linux Foundation Senior Staff Engineer, Sony Network Entertainment ============================= -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel
