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POInputMethodManager holds reference to the tabhost - Memory Leak - OOM Error
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copied!<p>View hierarchy is as follows <code>TabActivity</code> -> <code>ActivityGroups</code> -> <code>Activities</code>.</p> <p>Using <em>MAT</em> I found that <code>TabWidget</code> is referenced by <code>TabHost</code> which is referenced by <code>InputMethodManager</code>, hence <code>TabWidget</code> is leaked. On Subsequent launch of application OutOfMemory Error is thrown.</p> <p>Similarly all my activities are also referenced by <code>InputMethodManager</code>. (After closing the application all my activitygroups, activities, tabactivity, tabhost and tabwidget are leaked!!)</p> <p>On Properly finishing the application (hitting back key), following is shown in logcat</p> <blockquote> <p>WARN/InputManagerService(99): Starting input on non-focused client com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@44a87748 (uid=10052 pid=1463)</p> </blockquote> <p>How to remove the reference from <code>InputMethodManager</code>...?</p> <p>Thing I tried:</p> <p>A. Called this method <code>onDestroy</code> of my <code>TabActivity</code><br> 1. <code>myTabWidget.removeAllViews()</code><br> 2. <code>myTabWidger.invalidate()</code></p> <p>No Luck!</p> <hr> <ul> <li>Already posted question: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5038158/main-activity-is-not-garbage-collected-after-destruction-because-it-is-referenced">Main Activity is not garbage collected after destruction because it is referenced by InputMethodManager indirectly</a></li> </ul>

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