Excellent :) Thanks!
On Feb 4, 8:12 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote:
> Actually it is in DDMS, just not in the DDMS view of the Eclipse
> plugin. You will have to run the standalone version.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Gw1921 <guidedw...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ouch :(
>
> > The documentation in that case needs updating too:
>
> >http://code.google.com/android/reference/ddms.html
>
> > Is there a way to get hold of an alpha-release of this SDK? I can't
> > think of narrowing down to these memory leaks without going down the
> > painful path of converting hprof files
>
> > Thanks for your time.
>
> > On Feb 4, 7:25 pm, Romain Guy <romain...@google.com> wrote:
> >> Argh I just remembered it's not part of the SDK yet. Sorry :(
>
> >> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Gw1921 <guidedw...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > 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
>
> >> --
> >> 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
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