Android Memory Usage
The memory of an Android system is managed by several different allocators, in several different pools.
System Memory
You can examine the system's view of the memory on the machine, by examining /proc/meminfo.
If you use 'ddms', you can see a summary of the memory used on the machine, by the system and by the different executing processes. Click on the SysInfo tab, and select "Memory Usage" in the box on the upper left of the pane.
Here's a screenshot:
Process Memory
You can see an individual process' memory usage by examining /proc/<pid>/status
Details about memory usage are in
- /proc/<pid>/statm
- /proc/<pid>/maps
- /proc/<pid>/smaps
The 'top' command will show VSS and RSS.
Also, see ddms info above.
Dalvik Heap
[how to show dalvik heap info?]