How to Use Android Profiler: Step-by-Step Guide

The Android Profiler is a powerful performance analysis tool in Android Studio that can be used to analyze an app’s CPU, memory, network, and battery usage.

The steps to use Android Profiler are as follows:

1. Open Android Studio and ensure that it is connected to a device or emulator.
2. Click on the “Profiler” tab in the bottom toolbar of Android Studio.
3. Choose the application you want to analyze in the Profiler window.
4. Select the indicator you want to analyze, such as CPU, memory, network, from the dropdown menu in the top left corner.
5. Click the “Start Profiling” button to begin the analysis. You can stop the analysis by clicking the “Stop Profiling” button.
6. During the analysis process, you can observe the real-time changes of indicators in a chart.
7. You can view detailed information about a specific point by clicking on it on the chart.
8. Other tabs in the Profiler window can be used to view performance data from different perspectives, such as method tracing, memory heap dumps, and more.
9. After the analysis is finished, the results can be exported for further analysis and comparison.

In addition to the basic functions mentioned above, Android Profiler also offers various advanced features such as setting performance alerts, capturing heap dumps, and inspecting method performance. More detailed information can be found by referring to the official documentation of Android Studio.