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🧠 Mastering Android Studio Memory Profiler

Memory leaks aren't always obvious — even in well-structured apps. That's where Android Studio Memory Profiler becomes your best debugging ally. 💪

We built a clear, repeatable process for detecting and verifying cleanup logic:
1️⃣ Record a controlled session
2️⃣ Force GC and capture heap dumps strategically
3️⃣ Compare dumps to see what stays in memory
4️⃣ Follow reference chains to pinpoint retained objects

Sorting by Retained Size (not just Shallow Size) instantly showed which objects held the most memory, while the Allocation Tracker revealed when new instances appeared.

Profiling turned from guesswork into a data-driven investigation — and the results spoke for themselves.

Big thanks to .manojlovska for contributing to this work! 🙌

📖 Read the full blog — https://www.inellipse.com/fixing-exoplayer-memory-leaks-with-android-studio-memory-profiler/index.html