How to detect memory leak

Question

I faced some issues related to MemoryOutOfBounds exception in android. I found There are two reasons behind this

(1) Thread created are alive and not destroyed anywhere

Answer 1

You can have a look at the following links regarding how to avoid memory-leaks:

• http://android-developers.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/avoiding-memory-leaks.html
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-leaks/
• http://www.mindfiresolutions.com/How-to-avoid-Memory-leak-issue-in-Java-1001.php

Answer 2

This might be useful.

What Android tools and methods work best to find memory/resource leaks?

Answer 3

You don't need a memory leak to get an OutOfMemoryError, simply using too much memory in your app will cause it.