[android help] Why does empty project have large memory allocation?

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	I created an empty project in android. Then I ran it with an emulator that has hardware acceleration. 50% is already allocated. and of those the smallest free chunk of memory is a measly 174 KB. Why is this? asked 20 mins ago

Because the VM hasnt allocated more. If your memory footprint grows so will your heap size. If I remember correctly hardware acceleration also pulls some part of the renderer into your process which is why as much as 2.5 MB is already used. By rendering all of an app’s animations and UI with the GPU, the system takes a hit to memory usage. Loading up the OpenGL drivers for each process takes memory usage of roughly 2MB, http://www.extremetech.com/computing/107995-the-truth-about-hardware-acceleration-on-android answered 16 mins ago

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