this method exists for binary compatibility . it was part of the external allocation api which was removed in android 3.0 honeycomb . concode_field_sep VMRuntime THE_ONE concode_field_sep long getMinimumHeapSize concode_elem_sep void trackExternalFree concode_elem_sep long setMinimumHeapSize concode_elem_sep boolean trackExternalAllocation concode_elem_sep void gcSoftReferences concode_elem_sep void clearGrowthLimit concode_elem_sep void setTargetSdkVersion concode_elem_sep void preloadDexCaches concode_elem_sep void runFinalizationSync concode_elem_sep long addressOf concode_elem_sep void startJitCompilation concode_elem_sep void registerNativeFree concode_elem_sep float getTargetHeapUtilization concode_elem_sep void registerNativeAllocation concode_elem_sep Object newNonMovableArray concode_elem_sep void nativeSetTargetHeapUtilization concode_elem_sep String bootClassPath concode_elem_sep String classPath concode_elem_sep float setTargetHeapUtilization concode_elem_sep String vmVersion concode_elem_sep void disableJitCompilation concode_elem_sep boolean isDebuggerActive concode_elem_sep VMRuntime getRuntime concode_elem_sep String[] properties
long function ( ) { return 0 ; }