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Allocated Memory (RAM) in Android Studio. Is it normal?

I have created an Android application that contains 6 imageviews, and some texts.. the size of the APK file is about (2 Megabyte). When I run the application of a real Android Device (HTC One M8-eye) it takes about (66 MegaByte) RAM of the device (Allocated Memory).

I also used (leakcanary), and the result is (there is no leak) in this app.

Is it normal? is there any suggestions to reduce this size??

Any answer is appreciated.. Thanks

Solution

  • This problem can be solved by creating different drawable folders (LDPI, MDPI, HDPI, XHDPI, XXHDPI, XXXHDPI).

    I also used the (android drawable importer plugin) to import photos and generate different sizes and put them to different drawable folders.


    Following are some important information:

    LDPI: Portrait: 200 X 320px. Landscape: 320 X 200px.
    MDPI: Portrait: 320 X 480px. Landscape: 480 X 320px.
    HDPI: Portrait: 480 X 800px. Landscape: 800 X 480px.
    XHDPI: Portrait: 720 X 1280px. Landscape: 1280 X 720px.
    XXHDPI: Portrait: 960 X 1600px. Landscape: 1600 X 960px.
    XXXHDPI: Portrait: 1280 X 1920px. Landscape: 1920 X 1280px.

    The Result:: Used ammount of RAM is reduced from 60 Mega to about 13 Mega.