DDMS View explained

Question

I'm trying to identify a memory leak in my Android application. I'm very new to DDMS, and just trying to get my head around it.

One of the things I keep seeing is a little yellow circle in the icon for each object.

What does this indicate? I can't find any explanation of it.

Answer 1

According to eclipse memory analyzer:

Objects decorated with a yellow dot are Garbage Collection (GC) Roots, i.e. objects which are assumed to be alive. Usually GC Roots are objects that are currently on the call stack of a thread or system classes.