ADB shell dumpsys meminfo view application memory usage

ADB shell dumpsys meminfo

The following information is displayed:

Currently running services:
Meminfo
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dump of service meminfo:
Applications memory usage (Kb ):
Uptime: 5712383 realtime: 5712383

** Meminfo in PID 100 [Android. process. acore] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 10180 3591 N/A 13771
Allocated: 8590 2852 N/A 11442
Free: 297 739 N/A 1036
(PSS): 2821 2360 4880 10061
(Shared dirty): 2768 4768 3936 11472
(Priv dirty): 2588 1172 2996 6756
 
Objects
Views: 40 viewroots: 1
Appcontexts: 9 Activities: 1
Assets: 5 assetmanagers: 5
Local binders: 24 proxy binders: 17
Death recipients: 1
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 586 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 2 inactivepagekb: 45
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 125 [COM. Android. settings] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 4812 3203 N/A 8015
Allocated: 4733 2519 N/A 7252
Free: 78 684 N/A 762
(PSS): 816 1421 732 2969
(Shared dirty): 2936 4900 1368 9204
(Priv dirty): 560 484 492 1536
 
Objects
Views: 0 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 1 Activities: 0
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 2 proxy binders: 16
Death recipients: 1
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 0 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 0 inactivepagekb: 0
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 1768 [COM. xinmei365.wallpaper] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 20836 8391 N/A 29227
Allocated: 18370 5639 N/A 24009
Free: 437 2752 N/A 3189
(PSS): 5422 8735 15611 29768
(Shared dirty): 2600 4508 924 8032
(Priv dirty): 5204 5056 11412 21672
 
Objects
Views: 367 viewroots: 1
Appcontexts: 4 Activities: 3
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 37 proxy binders: 23
Death recipients: 1
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 39 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 2 inactivepagekb: 9
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 217 [COM. svox. Pico] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 4764 3203 N/A 7967
Allocated: 4659 2426 N/A 7085
Free: 92 777 N/A 869
(PSS): 698 961 682 2341
(Shared dirty): 3024 4932 1444 9400
(Priv dirty): 412 316 412 1140
 
Objects
Views: 0 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 1 Activities: 0
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 1 proxy binders: 5
Death recipients: 0
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 0 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 0 inactivepagekb: 0
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 142 [Android. process. Media] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 5792 3271 N/A 9063
Allocated: 4931 2513 N/A 7444
Free: 52 758 N/A 810
(PSS): 1010 1493 1097 3600
(Shared dirty): 2908 4852 1164 8924
(Priv dirty): 760 684 724 2168
 
Objects
Views: 0 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 4 Activities: 0
Assets: 4 assetmanagers: 4
Local binders: 7 proxy binders: 9
Death recipients: 0
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 155 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 3 inactivepagekb: 59
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 184 [COM. Android. Email] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 4888 3203 N/A 8091
Allocated: 4876 2666 N/A 7542
Free: 11 537 N/A 548
(PSS): 881 1221 833 2935
(Shared dirty): 2956 4952 1308 9216
(Priv dirty): 620 544 560 1724
 
Objects
Views: 0 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 2 activities: 0
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 4 proxy binders: 8
Death recipients: 0
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 56 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 3 inactivepagekb: 13
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 133 [COM. Android. alarmclock] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 4764 3203 N/A 7967
Allocated: 4723 2575 N/A 7298
Free: 28 628 N/A 656
(PSS): 726 1066 837 2629
(Shared dirty): 2980 4976 1296 9252
(Priv dirty): 460 392 564 1416
 
Objects
Views: 0 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 1 Activities: 0
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 2 proxy binders: 10
Death recipients: 1
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 14 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 1 inactivepagekb: 3
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 161 [COM. Android. MMS] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 4808 3203 N/A 8011
Allocated: 4765 2645 N/A 7410
Free: 42 558 N/A 600
(PSS): 802 1195 849 2846
(Shared dirty): 2952 4948 1268 9168
(Priv dirty): 540 512 624 1676
 
Objects
Views: 0 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 2 activities: 0
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 2 proxy binders: 27
Death recipients: 0
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 0 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 0 inactivepagekb: 0
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 52 [system] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 13476 6791 N/A 20267
Allocated: 7935 4737 N/A 12672
Free: 464 2054 N/A 2518
(PSS): 2760 6282 7747 16789
(Shared dirty): 2716 4564 952 8232
(Priv dirty): 2528 4308 4988 11824
 
Objects
Views: 127 viewroots: 6
Appcontexts: 10 activities: 0
Assets: 6 assetmanagers: 6
Local binders: 74 proxy binders: 114
Death recipients: 22
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 64 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 2 inactivepagekb: 21
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 93 [COM. Android. Phone] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 5152 3847 N/A 8999
Allocated: 5073 3137 N/A 8210
Free: 78 710 N/A 788
(PSS): 1199 2160 1109 4468
(Shared dirty): 2888 4840 1140 8868
(Priv dirty): 952 1336 860 3148
 
Objects
Views: 0 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 5 Activities: 0
Assets: 3 assetmanagers: 3
Local binders: 31 proxy binders: 68
Death recipients: 3
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 181 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 2 inactivepagekb: 25
Activepagekb: 0

** Meminfo in PID 92 [COM. Android. inputmethod. Pinyin] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 5860 3203 N/A 9063
Allocated: 5822 2627 N/A 8449
Free: 37 576 N/A 613
(PSS): 946 1256 1743 3945
(Shared dirty): 2944 4932 1300 9176
(Priv dirty): 684 508 1480 2672
 
Objects
Views: 12 viewroots: 0
Appcontexts: 3 Activities: 0
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 6 proxy binders: 90
Death recipients: 1
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 0 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 0 inactivepagekb: 0
Activepagekb: 0

If there are many apps installed on your mobile phone, a lot of printed information can be used.

ADB shell dumpsys meminfo com. *** (package name) or

ADB shell dumpsys meminfo 1234 (PID)

For example:

ADB shell dumpsys meminfo com. xinmei365.wallpaper
Currently running services:
Meminfo
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dump of service meminfo:
Applications memory usage (Kb ):
Uptime: 7845348 realtime: 7845348

** Meminfo in PID 1882 [COM. xinmei365.wallpaper] **
Native Dalvik other total
Size: 23884 8263 N/A 32147
Allocated: 23485 5486 N/A 28971
Free: 397 2777 N/A 3174
(PSS): 8374 8231 18460 35065
(Shared dirty): 2604 4516 2432 9552
(Priv dirty): 8156 5228 14068 27452
 
Objects
Views: 437 viewroots: 2
Appcontexts: 4 Activities: 3
Assets: 2 assetmanagers: 2
Local binders: 39 proxy binders: 23
Death recipients: 1
OpenSSL sockets: 0
 
SQL
Heap: 41 dbfiles: 0
Numpagers: 2 inactivepagekb: 10
Activepagekb: 0

This is the memory usage of the application. It is helpful to analyze oom.