[android-developers] Re: Total and free memory information in android phones and emulator

Thanks !

Is it the case that java.lang.Runtime.totalMemory will return the
total system memory allocated to the android emulator/phone and
java.lang.Runtime.freeMemory will return the available system memory
for the emulator/phone ? Is there a way to confirm the total memory
allocated to the emulator is the same as the API methods return ?

If that is the case then its fine for system level information. Can
anyone please tell me for application level? Should
ActivityManager.MemoryInfo suffice ?

Thanks,
Adithya.

On Dec 6, 9:59 am, DanH <danhi...@ieee.org> wrote:
> Well, there's always java.lang.Runtime.freeMemory and totalMemory.
>
> On Dec 5, 10:08 pm, adithya <24adit...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > I have gone through the ActivityManager.MemoryInfo and
> > Debug.MemoryInfo classes and the API's provided by them to get an
> > insight of the available memory present and the memory consumption
> > being done. I have been through the methods provided by Runtime class
> > to get memory information.
>
> > I still haven't got a clear idea as to how to retrieve the system
> > level memory information.
>
> > For e.g. lets say the emulator is allocated 56MB of RAM and 24MB is
> > being used (which can be a combination of cached, actual memory which
> > cannot be GCed and other memory like dirty which can be freed whenever
> > required.). All at the system level and the application level.
>
> > I would be really glad if someone guided me  because i read that its
> > not that accurate to get memory usage in android ! I am using android
> > sdk 2.2.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Adithya.
>
>

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