How to convert a heap dump in android to eclipse format

Question

Im attempting to analyze a memory leak that has been driving me crazy for weeks, I found out about the eclipse MAT tool that helps you to figure out what is wro

Answer 1

Just to be said: You don't explicitly need to convert the .hprof file using hprof-conv. MAT does this for you automatically - as described here. In Eclipse,

1. open the Preferences Window,
2. navigate to Android > DDMS
3. and change the HPROF action to "Open in Eclipse".

Answer 2

Sounds like you need to use the hprof-conv tool that's located in [Android-SDK]\platform-tools.

To do this on Windows:

1. Press WINKEY+R and type in cmd

2. Type in:

   cd "C:\android-sdk\platform-tools" (or whichever directory contains your Android sdk)

3. Assuming you have your Dalvik file on the Desktop (I'm just guessing the directory), type in:

   hprof-conv "C:\Users\Edmund\Desktop\heap-dump-tm-pid.hprof" "C:\Users\Edmund\Desktop\4mat.hprof"

4. This will generate the standard format HPROF file that you can use called 4mat.hprof