Foreground Service Retains Memory Objects

My Android application is essentially a foreground service. The User Interface aspect of the application is for settings and configuration of this foreground service. When the serv

Solution 1:

My Android application is essentially a foreground service. The User Interface aspect of the application is for settings and configuration of this foreground service.

This is appropriate for a vanishingly small number of apps.

Examining the path to gc roots gives no clues as to why these are remaining in the memory, or what is holding a reference to them.

The Resources one, at minimum, is in every Dalvik process and cannot be removed. Most likely the BitmapDrawable$BitmapState is tied to the Resources.