Which is the real memory usage of Android app?

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When a run a simple application consisting of a single activity with a layout containing a button, the memory usage reported in the Android Studio Monitor is around 3MB. But when I take a look at the app memory usage in the task manager it reports 25MB.

So my question is which is the correct memory usage and why is there a discrepancy between these two?

--Edit - Task Manager that was included with the Samsung Tablet

what is task manager ? from where did you get this task manager? is it from android studio? — KOTIOS, Apr 27 '17 at 03:20
android studio showing your project's memory while Task manager is showing memory occupied by android studio — Rajesh Nasit, Apr 27 '17 at 03:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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You can check it yourself by using dumpsys utility which is part of ADB. Details about this utility can be found here.

I think that you'll find out that Android Studio reflects the memory usage more accurately.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Apr 27 '17 at 06:50

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