Troubleshooting Memory Leaks in Android Application Using Hilt and ViewModel
Quick question that's been bugging me - This might be a silly question, but I've been banging my head against this for hours... I'm working on a personal project and I'm experiencing significant memory leaks in my Android application that uses Hilt for dependency injection and ViewModel for managing UI-related data. After navigating between fragments, I noticed that the memory usage continues to increase, and I suspect that my ViewModels are not being cleared properly. I am using AndroidX libraries and I have the following dependency versions in my `build.gradle`: `androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.4.1`, `com.google.dagger:hilt-android:2.40.5`. In my Fragment, I am injecting the ViewModel like this: ```kotlin @AndroidEntryPoint class MyFragment : Fragment() { private val viewModel: MyViewModel by viewModels() override fun onCreateView( inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle? ): View? { return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_layout, container, false) } override fun onDestroyView() { super.onDestroyView() // I have tried clearing my references here but it doesn't help } } ``` My ViewModel looks like this: ```kotlin @HiltViewModel class MyViewModel @Inject constructor(private val repository: MyRepository) : ViewModel() { private val _data = MutableLiveData<List<MyData>>() init { loadData() } private fun loadData() { // Simulating data load _data.value = repository.getData() } } ``` I have also confirmed that I am not holding references to the Fragment in the ViewModel, yet memory profiling shows that instances of MyFragment and MyViewModel remain alive after the fragment is destroyed. I tried using the `ViewModelStoreOwner` directly, but still encountered the same issue. Are there known issues with Hilt and ViewModel lifecycle management? How can I ensure that my ViewModel is being cleared properly when the Fragment is destroyed? Any help would be appreciated! For context: I'm using Kotlin on macOS. For context: I'm using Kotlin on Windows. I'm working with Kotlin in a Docker container on Debian. Has anyone else encountered this? I'm working on a mobile app that needs to handle this.