Getting started

To use LeakCanary, add the leakcanary-android dependency to your app's build.gradle file:

dependencies {
  // debugImplementation because LeakCanary should only run in debug builds.
  debugImplementation 'com.squareup.leakcanary:leakcanary-android:{{ leak_canary.release }}'
}

That's it, there is no code change needed!

Confirm that LeakCanary is running on startup by filtering on the LeakCanary tag in Logcat:

D LeakCanary: LeakCanary is running and ready to detect leaks

!!! info LeakCanary automatically detects leaks of the following objects:

* destroyed `Activity` instances
* destroyed `Fragment` instances
* destroyed fragment `View` instances
* cleared `ViewModel` instances

What's next? Learn the Fundamentals!