Profile WinRT Application
WinRT applications are applications that use Windows Runtime framework. More specifically, these are Windows Store and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications.
Note that dotMemory is unable to profile a UWP application if it uses .NET native tool chain. To profile such an application, you should disable the Compile with .NET Native tool chain option in Visual Studio (via the menu ) and rebuild the project.
Run dotMemory as a standalone application. The dotMemory Home window will open.
Add a run configuration – the configuration that tells dotMemory how to run the profiled application:
Under Choose what you want to profile, New Process Run, click
Add run configuration.In the New Run Configuration wizard, choose WinRT and click Next.
Specify application options:
In Packages, choose the application you are going to profile. If the application you are looking for is missing, click Refresh to update the list.
In Set environment variables specify the required environment variables. Each variable must be specified on a new line.
Click Save.
Make sure the created run configuration is selected in the New Process Run list.
Under Choose how you want to profile it, specify profiling options:
Collect allocation data: choose between Sampled (approximate data on object size) and Full (accurate data on object count and size). Learn more about data collection
Optionally, if your application creates a number of processes, and you want to profile only specific ones, configure process filters.
If required, specify other profiling options.
Click Start. This will start the profiling session.
Go through a particular workflow in your application (if you want to check it on potential memory issues) or reproduce a particular memory issue. Collect memory snapshots using the Get Snapshot button. Learn more about how to control the profiling session
After you collect the data, either close the profiled application or detach the profiler using the Detach button.