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diff --git a/docs/html/tools/debugging/debugging-memory.jd b/docs/html/tools/debugging/debugging-memory.jd index 0454293..a7f443c 100644 --- a/docs/html/tools/debugging/debugging-memory.jd +++ b/docs/html/tools/debugging/debugging-memory.jd @@ -181,11 +181,18 @@ Moving that object into a global member is a simple fix that helps improve perfo <h2 id="ViewingAllocations">Viewing Overall Memory Allocations</h2> -<p>For further analysis, you may want to observe how that your app's memory is -divided between different categories, which you can do with the <code>adb meminfo</code> data.</p> +<p>For further analysis, you may want to observe how your app's memory is +divided between different types of RAM allocation with the +following <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/adb.html">adb</a> command:</p> -<p>When talking about how much RAM your app is using with this data, the key metrics -discussed below are:</p> +<pre class="no-pretty-print"> +adb shell dumpsys meminfo <package_name> +</pre> + +<p>The output lists all of your app's current allocations, measured in kilobytes.</p> + +<p>When inspecting this information, you should be familiar with the +following types of allocation:</p> <dl> <dt>Private (Clean and Dirty) RAM</dt> @@ -210,15 +217,9 @@ determine the actual memory being used by all processes. This means PSS is a goo actual RAM weight of a process and for comparison against the RAM use of other processes and the total available RAM.</p> -<p>You can look at the memory use of your app (measured in kilobytes) with the -following adb command:</p> - -<pre class="no-pretty-print"> -adb shell dumpsys meminfo <package_name> -</pre> <p>For example, below is the the output for Gmail’s process on a tablet device. There is a lot of -information here, but key points for discussion are highlighted in different colors.</p> +information here, but key points for discussion are listed below.</p> <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The information you see may vary slightly from what is shown here, as some details of the output differ across platform versions.</p> |