Does an unused import declaration eat memory, in Java?

Question

Does an unused import like so - import android.widget.RelativeLayout; eat memory? Just want to know about how much or just is it valuable? Maybe this is stu

Answer 1

No impact at runtime. It can make the compiling process a very tiny bit (unmeasurable) slower. But as far as having them, it's better to remove them because it makes the files smaller and it makes it easier to read what imports are actually being used.