That definitely looks useful :) However I can't find it for the life of me.
Is this an optional tool/view one can install in Eclipse? I only see this "Threads", "Heap", "File Explorer" and on the left, "Devices" Am on Mac OS X On Feb 4, 7:18 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > You want to use the Allocation Tracker tab instead. See attached screenshot. > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM, Gw1921 <guidedw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks again Romain for the prompt reply, much appreciated! > > > Okay I may be looking at the wrong view as I'm unable to "click" > > anything. I see a "Heap" view and below that view there's a Bar Chart > > of some sort. Clicking on the bars or the labels in the Heap View, > > such as "data objects" doesn't do anything. I was assuming the bar > > chart is in fact the allocation view as I can't seem to find anything > > such as an Allocation View otherwise (as mentioned in the docs). > > > Also, does pressing the "back" button move to the previous Activity on > > the stack and 'destroy' the current one? Is it in theory supposed to > > reclaim all used memory in the currect activity as that seems to be > > the culprit. > > > Cheers > > > On Feb 4, 7:05 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > >> When you click on an allocation in DDMS it shows you the stack trace > >> for that allocation. > > >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Gw1921 <guidedw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > >> > Thanks again, this looks interesting. Also, where can we find > >> > explanation of fields displayed under the Allocation View. For > >> > example, "data objects" in our case are piling up and killing the app. > >> > What exactly are these and how can I trace back to where these were > >> > allocated? > > >> > Cheers! > > >> > On Feb 4, 6:34 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote: > >> >> 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/threa... > > >> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Gw1921 <guidedw...@googlemail.com> > >> >> 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 <romain...@google.com> 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 <guidedw...@googlemail.com> > >> >> >> 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 > >> >> >> romain...@android.com > > >> >> >> 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 > >> >> romain...@android.com > > >> >> 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 > >> romain...@android.com > > >> 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 > romain...@android.com > > 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 > > Picture 1.png > 149KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
