I am using Android Studio Beta 4.1, and I realised the "Show Memory Indicator" link checkbox is missing in Preferences -> Appearance & Behaviour -> Windows Options
Any idea why?
Method 2View Memory Usage Again, you must first enable Developer Options, then open the menu from the very bottom of your Settings list or in Settings –> System –> Advanced. Once inside Developer Options, scroll down and choose "Memory." Here you will see your phone's current RAM usage.
To do this click the profile button in Android Studio, and enter the memory profiler for more detailed memory tracking information. Top level view of memory profiler. Showing gradual increase in native memory with each run of the “Gpu emulation stress test”
Note: As of the initial 4.1 release of Android Studio, the Native Memory Profiler is disabled during app startup. This option will be enabled in an upcoming release. As a workaround, you can use the Perfetto standalone command-line profiler to capture startup profiles.
When a memory leak is suspected, it’s often a good idea to start at a high level and watch for patterns in the system memory. To do this click the profile button in Android Studio, and enter the memory profiler for more detailed memory tracking information. Top level view of memory profiler.
Alternatively, you can inspect your app memory from the command line with dumpsys, and also see GC events in logcat. Android provides a managed memory environment —when it determines that your app is no longer using some objects, the garbage collector releases the unused memory back to the heap.
It’s on the bottom bar. Right click on the bottom most bar and check "Memory Indicator". It’s the last item and is unchecked by default.
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