Question

I am new to Android. Can the standard Java Memory and performance analysis tools be used with Android?

For e.g. Can we create a heapdump file and analyse the Android app? Or Use Eclipse TPTP to analyse the memory/performance?

If its not possible to use standard Java tools for this purpose then is there any Android specific tools for Memory and performance analysis?

Answer 1

If you use Eclipse, DDMS should help you do most of what you need.

DDMS – Tracking memory allocation of objects

DDMS provides a feature to track objects that are being allocated to
memory and to see which classes and threads are allocating the
objects. This allows you to track, in real time, where objects are
being allocated when you perform certain actions in your application.
This information is valuable for assessing memory usage that can
affect application performance.

To track memory allocation of objects:

In the Devices tab, select the process that you want to enable
allocation tracking for. In the Allocation Tracker tab, click the
Start Tracking button to begin allocation tracking. At this point,
anything you do in your application will be tracked. Click Get
Allocations to see a list of objects that have been allocated since
you clicked on the Start Tracking button. You can click on Get
Allocations again to append to the list new objects that that have
been allocated. To stop tracking or to clear the data and start over,
click the Stop Tracking button. Click on a specific row in the list to
see more detailed information such as the method and line number of
the code that allocated the object.