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user1043409
user1043409

Reputation: 73

Memory/RAM usage on different devices with same app

I made an android game with cocos2d-android.

When I test this game on different devices, the RAM usage is varied:

Samsung Galaxy Note (2.3.5):

Samsung Galaxy I9000 (2.3.3):

Emulator (2.3.3 && 3.2):

I don't have a clue why the memory consumption on different devices of the same game is varied like this. Has anybody an answer?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1477

Answers (2)

NPike
NPike

Reputation: 13254

Each of those devices are running a different version of Android, and are likely running different types of software in the background.

If your not experiencing any problems, and your users aren't complaining - I dont see anything to worry about.

Upvotes: 0

trurl
trurl

Reputation: 1

Samsung Galaxy I9000 has a heap size of 64MB. Galaxy Note has a heap size of 128MB. In the emulator a heap size of 24MB is default but of course you can choose any size.

I am still don't know exactly why the ram usage is that much different, but it seems to have something to do with the bitmaps I use for the game. In the newest version I added low resolution bitmaps for low-end devices. If I turn on the low resolution bitmaps on the I9000 the ram usage is decreasing strongly. If I start the game with low-resolution bitmaps on the galaxy note the ram usage decrease is much smaller, nonetheless the game works smooth on both devices with sd and hd graphics and the user feedback in the android market is positive too.

Upvotes: 0

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