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

Unused imports do not have a impact at runtime (because there are no imports in the byte code). However, unused imports will affect the compiler, but not by much.

In general, importing only what you need will lead to improved maintainability and readability of code.