Memory management na Android ke kayi aiki ta yaya kuma kayi nawa amfani da su don guje wa leaks?

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Android apps suna aiki da **ƙarancin alaƙa** kuma jiya'a suna iya kashe apps a ƙarƙashin matsa lamba na alaƙa. Fahimtar management na alaƙa — kuma musamman **guje wa memory leaks** (matsala ta gida, mai tsanani na Android) — yana da mahimmanci don stable, performant apps.

## Mahimman alaƙa na Android

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→ Apps have a LIMITED heap; the system can KILL background apps to reclaim memory
→ Garbage collection reclaims unreachable objects — but GC pauses can cause jank, and
  objects that STAY reachable (leaks) are never collected
→ Low-memory devices are common (Android's range) → memory efficiency matters
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## Memory leaks — matsalar da ta gida

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A LEAK = an object that's no longer needed but is still REFERENCED (so GC can't free it).
Classic Android leaks:
  ✗ Holding an ACTIVITY/Context reference beyond its lifecycle:
    - a static field or singleton holding an Activity/Context
    - a long-lived listener/callback capturing an Activity
    - an inner class / non-cancelled coroutine / handler holding the Activity
  → the Activity can't be GC'd after it's destroyed → its whole view tree leaks (big!)
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## Guje wa leaks

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✓ Don't hold Activity/Context in static fields or long-lived objects (use applicationContext
  where a long-lived context is needed)
✓ UNREGISTER listeners/observers; CANCEL coroutines (lifecycle scopes auto-cancel)
✓ Use LIFECYCLE-AWARE components (ViewModel, lifecycleScope, LiveData) — they clean up
✓ Be careful with inner classes/handlers (use weak references or static + WeakReference)
✓ DETECT with LeakCanary (flags leaks in development); profile memory in Android Studio
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## Me ya sa yana da mahimmanci

Fahimtar Android memory management da guje wa leaks yana da mahimmanci senior-level ilimi saboda **memory leaks yana da gida, matsalar ta tsanani na Android** wanda ya saukar da aiwatarwa da kuma abubuwa buguwa, kuma alaƙar ƙarancin Android, app-killing environment yana sa alaƙa efficiency mata, saboda haka yana da mahimmanci don gina apps masu halin tsama. Android apps suna aiki da **alaƙa ɗan ƙarancin** kuma jiya'a zai iya kashe apps a ƙarƙashin matsa lamba na alaƙa, sannan garbage collection tana dawo da abubuwa marasa alaƙa amma ba za ta share abubuwan da suke jira (leaks) — yana sa memory management mahimmanci, musamman da jiya'a yawa low-memory devices na Android. **Memory leaks yana da gida musamman kuma tasiri na Android problema**: wani abu wanda ba za a bukaci ba amma har yanzu alaƙa ba za a iya share ta garbage collection ba, kuma **classic Android leaks suna haɗa da rike Activity/Context references waje na kawo su life-cycle** (ta hanyar static fields, singletons, dogon-lived listeners, inner classes, handlers, ko ba tabbataccen coroutines ba suna kama Activity) — wanda yana musamman muni saboda wani Activity leak yana ja duka view tree, babbar memory leak.

Fahimtar waɗannan leak patterns yana mahimmanci saboda suna yawa, ainihi tushen matsalolin alaƙa da buguwa.

Fahimtar **kayi nawa amfani da su don guje wa leaks** — ba rike Activity/Context a static ko dogon-lived abubuwa ba (amfani da applicationContext inda ya dace), kasantsi listeners kuma kayar coroutines (life-cycle scopes auto-cancel), amfani da **lifecycle-aware components** (ViewModel, lifecycleScope, LiveData wadanda suke tsaftacewa kai-kai), tunani da inner classes/handlers, kuma **gano leaks tare da LeakCanary** da profiling — shine mahimmar aiki ilimi don hani masu.

Tun memory leaks yana da gida, matsalar ta tsanani na Android (musamman Activity/Context leaks) kuma alaƙar ƙarancin Android yana sa efficiency mahimmanci, kuma tun fahimtar memory management da patterns don guje wa leaks (lifecycle-aware components, daidai cleanup, detection tools) yana bukaci ne don stable, performant apps, fahimtar Android memory management da leak avoidance yana da mahimmanci senior-level ilimi — takuntawa daya daga matsalolin da yawa, tasiri na Android, yana nuna platform-specific expertise bucina don gina stable apps kuma zurfin da ake bukatawa don senior Android roles.