How much RAM samsung devices do normally allocate for Android apps?

Question

Now my app has 2000 downloads and 180 daily users. I don't believe they all use Samsung devices only. I am confused - I don't have any samsung devices, please if you have one - could you please tell me how much RAM they normally allocate for android application? My app normally consumes 20-22mb +2mb per UI reload as memory leaks (but users normally don't do this more than 2-3 times so...) I have added "LargeHeap" in last version (not in statistics yet).

Is this 46 OutOfMemory errors a lot for 14500 sessions? Or it is okay for android?

Answer 1

You are asking the wrong question. You should be trying to figure out how to make your application less memory-hungry, not trying to find workarounds for specific vendors/OEMs.

For some guidance, this article is particularly helpful: Managing Your App's Memory . Since you mentioned that you are attempting to use the largeHeap attribute in your manifest, you might want to read the following snippet from the article:

In very special situations, you can request a larger heap size by setting the largeHeap attribute to "true" in the manifest <application> tag. If you do so, you can call getLargeMemoryClass() to get an estimate of the large heap size.

However, the ability to request a large heap is intended only for a small set of apps that can justify the need to consume more RAM (such as a large photo editing app). Never request a large heap simply because you've run out of memory and you need a quick fix .