You need to call the recycle method on the previously decoded Bitmap.
On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:52:04 AM UTC-5, Vijay Krishnan wrote: > > this error occurs when i read the stream for the second time > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Francisco M. Marzoa Alonso < > fmmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I have had a lot of those. >> >> You can reduce the sampling as told by Justin, and also use less bits >> per pixel: default is ARGB_8888, but you have also ARGB_4444 and >> ARGB_565. You should now anyway that use of ARGB_4444 is discouraged >> because it may generate a really bad quality output in some cases. I was >> using it to save memory but I have found that several images, specially >> those that includes gradients, looks really ugly in that mode. >> >> Anyway the BEST way to solve this is to make a more rational use of the >> available memory. >> >> I used to load ALL my application bitmaps into static members of a class >> at app loading, so they were available for the rest of the session. It >> was not a problem on my first app version, but the app grew and I >> started to have OutOfMemoryError exceptions in some devices. >> >> So what I do now is freeing those bitmaps that I do not need for a >> while, and load those needed by demand. >> >> For example, if you have a game with a main menu and a "Play" button, >> there is no reason to: >> >> a) Load game bitmaps before the user touches Play button. >> b) Keep main menu bitmaps in memory after the user touches Play button. >> >> So my advice is to review your code and try to load/recycle bitmaps as >> needed in each different application screen or state. >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> On 26/06/12 14:54, Vijay Krishnan wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > How to resolve the java.lang.OutOfMemoryError while calling >> > BitmapFactory.decodeStream(stream). >> > >> > Thanks, >> > vijay.k >> > >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
