DDMS and os show different memory info about my app

Question

I'm working with the ddms to find memory leaks and other bugs. When tracking the memory I see a heap size of 30MB.

But when I go to device and check the memory in the application manager I see 70 MB.

Is it normal? What's the reason for this ?

Device : SamsunGalaxy GT9300

Is this running Android 4.0 or Android 2.3? – David Wasser Oct 18 '12 at 15:25 — David Wasser, Oct 18 '12 at 15:25

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 18 '12 at 14:38

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Yes its normal, DDMS shows only running app memory. You can also try another tool like memory analyser tool(MAT). You see best result comparison to DDMS.

Here is the link.

edited Oct 18 '12 at 14:38

Lucifer

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answered Oct 18 '12 at 14:29

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@Satyam, can you stop indenting your prose as code-blocks? By now you should already have a good grasp of the available formatting in answers – Alexander Mar 26 '13 at 22:55

DDMS and os show different memory info about my app

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