Android: Manifest accelerate Hardware &

android:largeHeap="true"

=> Increase application memory heap. more
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"

=> Accelerate the hardware.
=> However, it limits the size of texture. For example, Bitmap cannot load bigger than 2048x2048.
      see here

Android: (Memory Management) memory leak - free ImageView resource

In order to free ImageView/Drawable object to gain memory space:

        ImageView v = (ImageView) _________;
        ((BitmapDrawable) v.getDrawable()).setCallback(null);
        

Usually you do it on onDestroy()

private void unbindDrawables(View view) {
    if (view.getBackground() != null) {
        view.getBackground().setCallback(null);
    }
    if (view instanceof ViewGroup) {
        for (int i = 0; i < ((ViewGroup) view).getChildCount(); i++) {
            unbindDrawables(((ViewGroup) view).getChildAt(i));
        }
        ((ViewGroup) view).removeAllViews();
    }
}

For Bitmap, you use recycle().

Android: (Memory Management) code dump hprof file

android.os.Debug.dumpHprofData("/sdcard/heapdump.hprof");

Android: (Memory Management) How to interpret D/dalvikvm log

D/dalvikvm log is shown in the Log whenever GC happens.

Reason for GC
D/dalvikvm( 9050): GC_CONCURRENT freed 2049k, 65% free 3571K/ 9991K, external 4703K/5261K, paused 2ms+2ms

Reason for GC:
- GC_CONCURRENT : heap has been mostly filled up, so GC runs before heap is full.
- GC_FOR_MALLOC : heap is entirely filled up, we had to STOP and GC.
- GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC : (Won't see this in Honeycomb+) Bitmap are externally allocated momory.
- GC_HPROF_DUMP_HEAP
- GC_EXPLICIT : called when you call 'System.gc()';

Amount freed
D/dalvikvm( 9050): GC_CONCURRENT freed 2049k, 65% free 3571K/ 9991K, external 4703K/5261K, paused 2ms+2ms

External Memory Information
D/dalvikvm( 9050): GC_CONCURRENT freed 2049k, 65% free 3571K/ 9991K, external 4703K/5261K, paused 2ms+2ms

(amount of external memory your app has allocated)/(Soft limit)

Pause Time
D/dalvikvm( 9050): GC_CONCURRENT freed 2049k, 65% free 3571K/ 9991K, external 4703K/5261K, paused 2ms+2ms

(beginning pause) + (during pause)

Android: (Memory Management) Larger Heap size

To make lager heap:

 <application
        android:icon="@drawable/icon"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:largeHeap="true"
        android:hardwareAccelerated="true">

Warning:
- Larger heap size means longer GC(Garbage Collection) time.
- If you make your app heap size bigger, it will significantly slow down other apps and users will soon know your app is the problem.
- Don't use this option just because you get memory error.

To check heap size on your device:

  ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
  int memoryClass = am.getMemoryClass();
  int memoryClass2 = am.getLargeMemoryClass();
  Log.v("onCreate", "memoryClass:" + Integer.toString(memoryClass) + " large: " + memoryClass2);