Android – out of memory exception when creating bitmap

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I am getting the following error after creating bitmap second time around:

04-17 18:28:09.310: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(3458): java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget

this._profileBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(_profileBitmap, xCoor,  yCoor, width, height);

From log:

04-17 18:27:57.500: INFO/CameraCropView(3458): Original Photo Size: W 1536 x H 2048   
04-17 18:28:06.170: INFO/CameraCropView(3458): xCoor: 291   
04-17 18:28:06.170: INFO/CameraCropView(3458): yCoor: 430    
04-17 18:28:06.170: INFO/CameraCropView(3458): Width: 952  
04-17 18:28:06.170: INFO/CameraCropView(3458): Height: 952

Since the image is huge I get the error. But the interesting thing is the error does not happen the first time, only when I take the picture the second time, which makes me believe this profileBitmap is NOT destroyed. How do I clean this up?

Best Answer

I had the same problem and fix it this way:

My app was ~18MB size, and when I see how much memory left free I was shocked - 654KB (on 1GB RAM!). So I just deleted almost all images from project and downloaded them from the internet on first start, and use pics from SD card when needed.

To check total/free memory for your app use:

 Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory();
 Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();

EDIT: I forgot the main thing - add in your manifest, between application tag, this line:

android:largeHeap="true"

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inSampleSize is a good hint. But a fixed value often doesn't work fine, since large bitmaps from files usually are user files, which can vary from tiny thumbnails to 12MP images from the digicam.

Here's a quick and dirty loading routine. I know there's room for improvement, like a nicer coded loop, using powers of 2 for faster decoding, and so on. But it's a working start...

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Btw, in the newer APIs there are also lots of BitmapFactory.Option's for fitting the image to screen DPIs, but I'm not sure whether they really simplify anything. Using android.util.DisplayMetrics.density or simply a fixed size for less memory consumption seem to work better imho.

Android – How to convert a Bitmap to Drawable in android

Try this it converts a Bitmap type image to Drawable

Drawable d = new BitmapDrawable(getResources(), bitmap);

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