How do you diagnose a memory leak using the Android Studio Profiler?
This tests your practical skill with the Android Memory Profiler, not just theory. A great answer involves capturing a heap dump, filtering for unreachable objects, and inspecting the reference tree to find the leak's source.
This tests your hands-on experience with the Android Memory Profiler, moving beyond observing high memory usage to pinpointing a leak's cause. A strong answer outlines forcing garbage collection, capturing a heap dump, filtering for unreachable objects, and analyzing the dominator tree or references pane to find the invalid reference. A common red flag is describing the real-time graph but failing to explain how to analyze a heap dump to find the specific leaking object.
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