If there's any RAM free, it's wasted. RAM can be used to keep processes, applications and paused activities around, to keep uncollected garbage in the virtual machines, to cache files, etc... and it's really a goal to keep RAM usage as high as reasonable all the time.
JBQ On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:39 PM, android_soft <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Diana, > Couple of things: > 1. Display available RAM - > 2. Allocate static memory based on certain percentage of available RAM > and let the user do some tests for some sort of monitoring APP. > private static byte[][] allocateMem; > allocateMem = new byte[m][m]; // m = 1024 for 1MB of available > RAM ..lets say... > > Thanks for your response, > Chander > > On Jan 20, 10:53 pm, "Dianne Hackborn" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Between Linux and Dalkvik's VM "available device RAM" is pretty >> meaningless. What are you wanting to accomplish. >> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:44 AM, android_soft <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hi All, >> > Anyone knows how to get the available Device RAM through an API ? >> > I am not looking for - Runtime.getInstance().freeMemory() >> >> > Thanks in advance, >> > Chander >> >> -- >> Dianne Hackborn >> Android framework engineer >> [email protected] >> >> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to >> provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public >> forums, where I and others can see and answer them. > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Android Engineer, Google. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
