A python script to pull humpdump from an android device/emulat, which can be opened with Eclipse MAT

hprof.py

#!/usr/bin/python -u

import argparse
import subprocess
import time

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Pull a memory profile of an running process')
parser.add_argument('pid', nargs='+', help='The apps process id')

args = parser.parse_args()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    pid = args.pid[0]

    hprof_file = "{pid}.hprof".format(pid=pid)
    output_path = "/sdcard/Download/" + hprof_file

    subprocess.call(["adb","shell","am","dumpheap", pid, output_path])
    time.sleep(5) #the shell exits imediatly but the heapdump can take some time

    subprocess.call(["adb","pull", output_path])
    subprocess.call(["adb","shell","rm", output_path])
    subprocess.call(["hprof-conv",hprof_file, "{pid}-conv.hprof".format(pid=pid)])