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| author | Andy McFadden <fadden@android.com> | 2010-10-19 11:25:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Andy McFadden <fadden@android.com> | 2010-10-19 11:28:09 -0700 |
| commit | 6440496a8320c8e7f3d489d87ce2da2788a3996c (patch) | |
| tree | 4870313ddeeb8a462b43152f0dcbda684a4cd2cd /docs | |
| parent | f44af1c40f4a81aed17765671b100edeeec28dab (diff) | |
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Update heap dump notes.
The release order changed slightly.
Bug 3110872 is related.
Change-Id: I2b2982a29910ee58746188e9dbd61ffd9c3b3d64
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diff --git a/docs/heap-profiling.html b/docs/heap-profiling.html index ca0c2bce7..dfb3cd18b 100644 --- a/docs/heap-profiling.html +++ b/docs/heap-profiling.html @@ -165,16 +165,21 @@ you must have a card inserted and the permission enabled in your application. </p> -<h3>Android 2.2 ("Froyo"), Android 2.x ("Gingerbread")</h3> +<h3>Android 2.2 ("Froyo")</h3> <p> DDMS heap dump requests are now streamed directly out of the VM, removing the external storage requirement. </p> -<h3>Android 2.x ("Honeycomb")</h3> +<h3>Android 2.3 ("Gingerbread")</h3> <p> The <code>kill -10</code> (<code>SIGUSR1</code>) method of generating heap -dumps has been removed, in favor of a much more useful shell command: +dumps has been removed from the VM. +</p> + +<h3>Android x.y ("Honeycomb")</h3> +<p> +A new command-line tool has been added: </p> <blockquote><pre>am dumpheap <pid> <output-file-name></pre></blockquote> <p> @@ -183,7 +188,9 @@ phone. It's only necessary for the application to be debuggable (by setting <code>android:debuggable="true"</code> in the <code><application></code> element of the app manifest). The output file is opened by "am", which means you can write the data to a file on <code>/sdcard</code> without -needing the <code>WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE</code> permission. +needing the <code>WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE</code> permission in your app. +<p> +The <code>runhat</code> shell function has been updated to use this. </p> <h2>Examining the data</h2> |