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How To Find That Memory Leak (Part Three): Why An Object is Leaking Into Memory

Investigating the cause of application memory leaks on BlackBerry smartphones. Part three in a three part series. [...]

How To Find That Memory Leak (Part Two): Detecting The Leak

In part one of our memory leak how to series, I explained the most common cases for a memory leak in a Java® development environment, and how that can affect your application. Today we’ll discuss how to detect potential leaks. Application memory leaks are usually not that easy to find – the application may need […]

How to find that memory leak! (Part One)

Releasing an application with a memory leak can be one of the most embarrassing moments for a developer in the application’s lifecycle. Since mobile devices tend to have less free memory than a PC, the impact of a memory leak becomes more pronounced. Following the steps below will help ensure developers don’t encounter this situation […]