Kotlin Memory Leak Guide

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This comprehensive guide for Kotlin memory leak detection and prevention is currently being developed.

We welcome contributions from the community! If you'd like to help write this guide, please:

• Fork the repository
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This guide will cover:

• Kotlin-specific memory leak patterns
• Coroutines and memory management
• Android Kotlin best practices
• Integration with Java memory tools
• Kotlin/Native memory considerations

What Will Be Covered

Kotlin Memory Management

• Kotlin runtime memory model
• Coroutines and scope management
• Kotlin collections and sequences
• Delegation patterns and memory

Common Kotlin Memory Leak Patterns

• Coroutine scope leaks
• Lambda captures holding references
• Companion object static references
• Android Activity/Fragment leaks in Kotlin
• Flow and LiveData subscription leaks

Kotlin-Specific Tools

• Kotlin coroutines debugging
• Android Studio Memory Profiler (for Android Kotlin)
• IntelliJ IDEA profiler integration
• JVM tools compatibility (JProfiler, VisualVM)

Android Kotlin Specifics

• Activity and Fragment lifecycle management
• ViewBinding and memory leaks
• Kotlin Android Extensions deprecation impacts
• Compose memory considerations

Server-Side Kotlin

• Ktor application memory management
• Spring Boot with Kotlin
• Coroutines in server applications

Contributing

This documentation is open for contributions. Please see our Contributing Guidelines for more information.

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