StyleManager.ApplicationTheme memory leak?

[Niko]

Hey guys,

I have functionality to dynamically change themes via StyleManager.ApplicationTheme. Whenever the user changes themes, there is a roughly 20~30mb spike in memory usage that never seems to get garbage collected. Any idea on what would cause this?

The following code is used to dynamically change the theme:

public Theme ThisApplicationTheme
{
   get { return StyleManager.ApplicationTheme; }
   set
   {
      StyleManager.ApplicationTheme = value;
      var binding = new Binding("ThisApplicationTheme") { Source = this, Mode = BindingMode.OneWay };
       foreach (Window window in Application.Current.Windows)
       {
            foreach (var element in GetWindow(window).ChildrenOfType<FrameworkElement>().ToList())
            {
                 element.SetBinding(StyleManager.ThemeProperty, binding);
            }
       }
       Application.Current.MainWindow.SetBinding(StyleManager.ThemeProperty, binding);
   }
}

Thanks.

[Pana]

Hello,

The bindings use a weak event manager that doesn't clear week event references immediately and when one of our themes is instantiated the XAML for the theme is parsed and the ResourceDictionary is cached.

If you go from office black to office blue and then back and forth between these two themes a few times does the memory keep growing or at some point falls back?

Besides we would like to point you to this article before proceeding with your application. This is the Telerik's recommended way to change themes at runtime.

Regards,
Pana
Telerik